D. Give short answers for the following questions.
1. What are the Vedas? What do they contain?
2. What is the difference between sabha and samiti?
3. Describe the pottery and stone tools found at Inamgaon.
4. What do objects found in the megalithic graves indicate?
Answers
Answer:
1) There are four Indo-Aryan Vedas: the Rig Veda contains hymns about their mythology; the Sama Veda consists mainly of hymns about religious rituals; the Yajur Veda contains instructions for religious rituals; and the Atharva Veda consists of spells against enemies, sorcerers, and diseases. 2)The only difference between Sabha and Samiti seems to be the fact that Sabha performed judicial functions, which the Samiti did not. Later, the sabha became a small aristocratic body and samiti ceased to exist. 3) The pottery found was red in colour with black designs. Stone tools and blade tools were also recovered from the sites. Tools and ornaments made of copper and gold have also been found. 4) Objects found in the megalithic graves indicate the position of buried person in the tribe. For example, the graves with large number of ornaments and pots probably belonged to the rich or important people of the society.