2. The tex on crop was fined at.
3. Republics were called.
4. Name the two religions that flourished in the Magadhas empi
5. Big and powerful Janpadas were called.
6. Herders paid taxy in the form of.
7. The ward ‘Moksha' means:
8. Gautam's father was the head of which clan?
9. Jainism was founded by:
10. Who founded Buddhism?
11. Explain the term Upanishad.
12. The number of main Upanishad.
B. Match The Following:
(a) Division of so
Answers
Answer:
2. 1/6th
4. Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism.
5. Mahajanapadas
6. Herders paid taxes in the form of animals and animal produce.
7. The term moksha literally means freedom from samsara.
8. Shakya clan.
9. Nataputta Mahavira
10. Siddhartha Gautama
11. Answer in explanation section.
12. 108
Explanation:
2. Taxes on crops were the most important. This was because most people were farmers. Usually, the tax was fixed at 1/6th of what was produced. This was known as bhaga or a share.
4. The Magadhan religions are termed the sramana traditions and include Jainism, Buddhism and Ājīvika. Buddhism and Jainism were the religions promoted by the early Magadhan kings, such as Srenika, Bimbisara and Ajatashatru, and the Nanda Dynasty (345–321 BCE) that followed was mostly Jain.
5. Historians suggest that around 2,500 years ago, some janapadas became more important and powerful than the others and were called Mahajanapadas. Most Mahajanapadas had a monarchical system. The kings did fortifications of the cities or palaces and maintained large armies.
6. Herders paid taxes in the form of animals and animal produce. There were taxes on import and export as well as on hunter-gatherers who had to give a share of their forest produce.
7. Moksha, also spelled mokṣa, also called mukti, in Indian philosophy and religion, liberation from the cycle of death and rebirth (samsara). Derived from the Sanskrit word muc (“to free”), the term moksha literally means freedom from samsara.
8. The father of Gautam Buddha was King Suddhodana and he belonged to the Shakya clan with its capital at Kapilavastu.
9. Jainism is somewhat similar to Buddhism, of which it was an important rival in India. It was founded by Vardhamana Jnatiputra or Nataputta Mahavira (599-527 BC), called Jina (Spiritual Conqueror), a contemporary of Buddha.
10. Buddhism, founded in the late 6th century B.C.E. by Siddhartha Gautama (the "Buddha"), is an important religion in most of the countries of Asia.
11. The Sanskrit term Upaniṣad (from upa "by" and ni-ṣad "sit down") translates to "sitting down near", referring to the student sitting down near the teacher while receiving spiritual knowledge. Other dictionary meanings include "esoteric doctrine" and "secret doctrine".
12. Around 108 Upanishads are known, of which the first dozen or so are the oldest and most important and are referred to as the principal or main (mukhya) Upanishads.