History Class VI
1. Spot the odd word and underline it :
1.1 Samhita, Epics, Aranyaka, Upanishad
1.2 Brahmacharya, Garhasthya,
Vanaprastha, Brahmana 1.3 Bidath,
Sabha, Samiti, Rathin 2.
Write True or False :
2.1Ashmaka was the only mahajanapada of South India.
2.2 Chandragupta Maurya had embraced Buddhism at a later age.
2.3 Vinaypitaka discusses the main tenets of Gautama Buddha. 3.
Write in one or two sentences : 3.1
Why the Vedas are called 'Shruti'? 3.2
What is 'Janapada'? 4.
Write in your own words (3/4 lines):
How was the trade and commerce in Vedic period ?
Answers
Answer:
Explanation:
1. a. Samhita, Epics, Aranyaka, Upanishad
b. Brahmacharya, Garhasthya, Vanaprastha, Brahmana
c. Bidath, Sabha, Samiti, Rathin
2. a. true
b. true
c. true
3. a. The Early Vedic Literature was known as 'Shruti', because it was conveyed by God to the great sages by hearing (by 'Shravan') and so it was called 'Shruti'.
b. The Janapadas were the realms, republics and kingdoms of the Vedic period on the Indian subcontinent. The Vedic period reaches from the late Bronze Age into the Iron Age: from about 1500 BCE to the 6th century BCE.
c. The Vedic period is the period between 1500 - 500 BC, because the book of Vedas contains the history about the life of people in this period. - Trade and commerce were carried out mainly by system of bartering, in which goods were exchanged for goods.