11. Name the later Vedic books.
12. What was the Ashvamedha?
13. Where did Alexander live and what was his aim?
14. Describe the system of the government in Vajji.
15. State difference between Janapadas and Mahajanpadas.
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11. the Yajurveda, Atharvaveda, samvedansheel etc...
12.The Ashvamedha was a horse sacrifice ritual followed by the Śrauta tradition of Vedic religion. It was used by ancient Indian kings to prove their imperial sovereignty: a horse accompanied by the king's warriors would be released to wander for a year
13.Alexander was a king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon and a member of the Argead dynasty. his aim was to win the whole world.
14.Vajji was under a democratic rule. The government was known as gana or sangha. A gana was not ruled by a single ruler but by a group of many rulers who were known as the raja.
15.By the 6th century B.C. there were approximately 22 different Janapadas. With the development of iron in parts of UP and Bihar, the Janapadas became more powerful and turned into Mahajanapadas. There were sixteen such Mahajanapadas during 600 B.C. to 325 B.C. in Indian Sub-continent.