Question

Hero Stones: a. What was the common practice in a pastoral society? b. Who plundered the cattle wealth of enemies? c. How were the dead warriors remembered? d. Which Tamil text describes the procedures for erecting hero stones?

Answer 1

a) The people belonging to the pastoral society  were basically nomads who travelled on the same route and depended entirely on the cultivation of domestic animals. They never settled in a single place and kept travelling along the same routes which their ancestors used.

b) In many of the regions around the world, the people belonging to the pastoral society resorted to plundering and raiding settlements, travellers or other pastoral groups for their livelihood.

c) The dead warriors were remembered by erecting the hero stones for honoring the brave hearts.

d) Irrelevant