Homework: 1
I. Complete the following:
I. BC is taken from the
year
1
2. In India traces of life are found about
is 8 894
காத்தமெ
தாழல்ட்யா
GLOUSEL
Caus
years ago.
3. Iranian called India
4. Inscriptions are found on
and
Tamil inscriptions
5. Greek called India
6. Most scripts in earlier times were written on
7. Toys were the part of
8. The books of Jains was
9. The name Bharat was used in
10. Coins of
era were important.
Answers
3.Although the term 'Irani' is first attested during the Mughal era, most Iranis are descended from immigrants who left Iran and migrated to the Indian subcontinent during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. At the time, Iran was ruled by the Qajars and religious persecution of Zoroastrians was widespread.
9.It also means “One who is engaged in search of Knowledge”. India's real name is Bharat and it was kept after the name of Bharat Chakravarti the eldest son of First Jain Tirthankar & it is said that it is solely gift of Jainism in terms of name Bharat and its original source of Civilisation of Bharat today called India.
10.The practice of using silver bars for currency also seems to have been current in Central Asia from the 6th century. Cyrus the Great introduced coins to the Persian Empire after 546 BCE, following his conquest of Lydia and the defeat of its king Croesus, who had put in place the first coinage in history.