The history of the Gonds was different from that of the Ahoms in the following ways:
- Gonds lived in Gondwana while Ahoms lived in Brahmaputra valley.
- Gonds practiced shifting cultivation while Ahoms did not practice shifting cultivation.
- Gond kingdoms were large, Ahom kingdom was small.
- Gond kingdoms were divided into garhs, Ahoms built a large state.
- Gonds did not use fire-arms, Ahoms used fire-arms for the first time in the history of the subcontinent.