Class 6th What books and burials tell us? Please answer all of the questions.
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Answer: name the oldest Veda which was composed 3500 years ago ??
ans:- The Vedas are the earliest surviving literature of Indian subcontinent. There are four Vedas: the Rig Veda, the Sama Veda, the Yajur Veda and the Atharva Veda. Of these the Rig Veda is the oldest and was composed about 3500 years ago. All the other Vedas are based upon it and consist to a large degree of various hymns from it. It consists of a thousand such hymns of different seers, each hymn averaging around ten verses. The Rig Veda is also the oldest book in Sanskrit or any Indo-European language.
English is an example of to which languages ??
ans:- English is classified as a Germanic language because it shares innovations with other Germanic languages such as Dutch, German, and Swedish. These shared innovations show that the languages have descended from a single common ancestor called Proto-Germanic.
warrior god described in rigveda was ??
ans:- Indra is regarded as the War-God in Rigveda. Agni is considered intermediary between gods and peple. Varuna supposed to uphold 'Rita' or natural order and Surya was worshipped in 5 forms, Surya, Savitri, Mitra, Pushan and Vishnu.
In what ways are the books we read today different from the Rigveda ?
ans:- The most important points of difference between the Rigveda and the modern books is that today books are written and read. The Vedas were memorized by students, and later passed on to the later generations by speaking, listening and then memorizing.
who were slaves and what they called in vedic period ???
ans:- Slavery in Ancient India. The term dāsa and dāsyu in Vedic and other ancient Indian literature has been interpreted by as "servant" or "slave", but others have contested such meaning.
write a few functions of the priests of vedic period ???
ans:- During this period every householder acted himself as a priest. He kindered the sacred fire and recited the hymns. With a view to please the various gods the people offered prayers in the form of hymns and sacrifices. The common items which were offered to the gods included milk, grain, ghee, flesh and soma.
name the famous indian physician who wrote a book in medicine also write the name of book ???
ans:- Sushruta, or Suśruta (Sanskrit: सुश्रुत, IAST: Suśruta, lit. "well heard" was an ancient Indian physician known as the main author of the treatise The Compendium of Suśruta (Sanskrit: Suśruta-saṃhitā). The Mahabharata, an ancient Indian epic text, represents him as a son of Vishvamitra, which coincides with the present recension of Sushruta Samhita. Kunjalal Bhisagratna opined that it is safe to assume that Sushruta was the name of the clan to which Vishvamitra belonged. He is one of a number of individuals described as the "Father of surgery" and "Father of Plastic Surgery".
portholes were used as entrance, burials, gates or doors ??
ans:- Port-holes were used for burying the other member of the same family at the same place. People belonging to the same family, were buried in the same place though not at the same time. The bodies of those who died later were brought into the grave through the portholes. Stone circles or boulders placed on the surface probably served as signposts to find the burial site, so that people could return to the same place whenever they wanted to.
in what ways do you think that the life of raja was different from that of a dasa and dasi ??
ans:- 'Rajas' were the kings of the community, whereas the 'dasas' / 'dasis' were at the lowest position in society. The 'dasas' / 'dasis' were slaves who used for work. They were treated as the property of their owners. They were captured in war by the kings and wealthy people.
what are megaliths? when and when they were constructed ??
ans:- It has been used to describe stone structures built by people from many parts of the world living in many different times. Many megaliths were used to figure out the dates of the solstices and equinoxes. These structures were built mainly in the Neolithic period. They continued to be built into the Bronze Age.
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