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@nswér the following questions -----

1. How did archaeologists find out the social differences that existed amongst those who were buried?

2. How and Why were the Yajnas performed?

3. Mention where was the practice of erecting megaliths prevalent.

4. Which are the two rivers that were worshipped as goddesses by the Rig Vedic people?

5. Mention the place from where writings on oracle bones were recovered.

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Answer 1

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1. To find out the social differences, the evidence from burial which the archaeologists use is the amount of jewelry on the corpse or the number of belongings buried with it.
2. Most Yajna rituals involves simultaneous chanting by many Brahmin priests. There are two kinds of Yajnas. One done for the good of the householders. Public Yajnas used to be sponsored by kings, but now they are performed by several Hindu temple managements and socio-religious organizations
3. The practice of erecting megaliths began about 3000 years ago and was prevalent throughout the Deccan, South India, in the northeast and Kashmir. There were also surface as well as underground megaliths and they were known as Cist.
4. One such hymn is a dialogue between a sage named Vishvamitra, and two rivers, (Beas and Sutlej) that were worshipped as goddesses. There are many prayers in the Rigveda for cattle, children (especially sons), and horses
5. Shang is well known from oracle bones recovered from the site of the last Shang capital, near Anyang. The bones are turtle plastrons and ox scapulae with inscribed texts, used by the Shang kings in a highly regularized system of ritual divination and sacrifice aimed

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