What burial and books tell us lesson history question and answers
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Question. Match the columns:
Answer. Sukta ----- Well-said.
Chariots ----- Used in battles.
Yajna ----- Sacrifice.
Dasa ----- Slave.
Megalith ----- Stone boulder.
2.Question. Complete the sentences.
Answer. (a) Slaves were used for various kind of work.
(b) Megaliths are found in Deccan in the north, east and Kashmir.
(c) Stone circles or boulders on the surface were used to cover the burial places.
(d) Port-holes were used for entering the burial places.
(e) People at Inamgaon ate Fruits, cereals and meat.
3.Question.In what ways are the books we read today different from the Rigveda?
Answer. The bookd we use are written and printed. The Rigveda was recited and heard rather than read. It was written down several centuries after it was first composed and printed less than 200 years ago.
A page from-manuscript of the Rigveda
4.Question. What kind of evidence from burials do archaeologists use to find out whether there were social differences amongst those who were buried?
Answer. Archaeologists have found burial places which help them to reconstruct the past and tell about the society. At Brahmagiri, the archaeologists have found on skeleton buried with 33 gold beads, 2 stone beads, 4 copper bangles and one conch shell. Other skeletons have only a few pots. These finals suggest that there was some difference in status amongst the people who were buried. Some were rich, others poor, some chief other followers.
A dagger from megalithic burials
5.Question. In what ways do you think that the life of the raja was different from that of a dasa or dasi?
Answer.The rajas did not have capitals, places or armies, nor did they collect taxes. Generally the sons did not automatically succeed fathers as rajas.
There were people who did not perform sacrifices and probably spoke different languages. Later the term came to mean dasa (and the feminine dasi)or slave. Slaves were men and women captured in the war. They were treated as the property of the owners, who could make them do any work they wanted.
6.Question. Find out whether your school library has a collection of books on , and list the names of five books front this collection.
Answer. The five books on religion are:
Books Religions
1. Guru GranthSahib Sikh
2. Zoroastrianism Zend-ei-Avesta
3. Islam Qaran.
4. Christians Bible
5. Judaism Old Testament
7.Question. Write down a short poem or song that you have memorised. Did you hear or read the poem or song? How did you learn it buy heart?
Answer. A Song which we have memorized is a song from film Jagriti (1954), sung and written by the legendary poet and singer kavi Pradeep.