Question

E. Long-answer questions:

1. Why do you think burial sites are important? Explain with the help of an example.

2. Discuss in detail the various literary sources of history.

3. Give a brief account of the early settlements in india.

4. How has geography affected the history of India? India. Discuss ​

Answer 1

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Answer 2

1.The variety of personal belongings buried with the dead gives important clue about the social status of the dead person

2.There are three kinds of literary sources namely religious, foreign and secular accounts. Literary sources remind us of our ancestor's social, political, economic, cultural & religious activities. In nature, most of the ancient manuscripts are religious.

3.The first known settlements in ancient India were in the Indus River valley. There were farming communities in this valley as early as 4500 B.C.E. By 3000 B.C.E., people also lived near the Ganges River. When the rivers flooded, the silt spread over the plains and made the soil in the river valleys fertile for farming.

4.The geography of India greatly influenced the location of early settlements on the subcontinent. Both the Indus and the Ganges rivers carried rich silt from the mountains to the plains. When the rivers flooded, the silt spread over the plains and made the soil in the river valleys fertile for farming.