What was the jungle on the banks of the Ganges like? How did they benefit people?

What was the jungle on the banks of the Ganges like? How did they benefit people? What dangers lay in wait for that person?

Dense, impenetrable forests – jungle. You could eat bananas, mango fruits, coconuts and various sweet roots. If the traveler had to spend the night in the forest, he spread wide leaves on the ground.
But in the jungle, man was lurking from all sides – predatory animals, poisonous insects and snakes. One could easily get confused and lost among the many shoots.