Which of the iron tools shown on page 79 | Class 6 Social Science - History Our Past Chapter Vital Villages, Thriving Towns, Vital Villages, Thriving Towns NCERT Solutions

Compare the drainage system in your locality with that of the cities mentioned in the lesson. What similarities and differences do you notice?

Describe the functions of the gramabhojaka. Why do you think he was powerful?

List the crafts persons who would have been present in both villages and cities.

Choose the correct answer:
(a) Ring wells were used for:
     1. bathing
     2. washing clothes
     3. irrigation
     4. drainage
(b) Punch marked coins were made of:
     1. silver
     2. gold
     3. tin
     4. ivory

(c) Mathura was an important:

     1. village
     2. port
     3. religious centre
     4. forested area
(d) Shrenis were associations of:
     1. rulers
     2. crafts persons
     3. farmers
     4. herders

Fill in the blanks:
(a) ———————— was a word used for large landowners in Tamil.
(b) The gramabhojaka often got his land cultivated by the ————————
(c) Ploughmen were known as ———————— in Tamil.
(d) Most grihapatis were ———————— landowners.

Read the story on page 122. In what ways is the monkey king similar to or different from the kings you read about in Chapters 5 and 10?

Why do you think ordinary men and women did not generally keep records of what they did?

Why did kings want to control the Silk Route?

Match the following
Stupa                                                 Place where the image of the deity is installed

Shikhara                                            Mound
Mandapa                                           Circular path around the stupa

Garbhagriha                                       Place in temples where people could assemble

Pradakshina patha                            Tower

Match the following:

Narmada Valley                       The first big kingdom
Magadha                                 Hunting and gathering
Garo                                        hills Cities about 2500 years ago
Indus and its tributaries           Early agriculture
Ganga Valley                          The first cities

What changes do you find in the army at this time?

What were the new administrative arrangements during this period?

What kind of evidence from burials do archaeologists use to find out whether there were social differences amongst those who were buried?

What were the means adopted by Ashoka to spread the message of dhamma?

Return to Rasheeda’s question. Can you think of some answers to it?

Make a list of what the Harappans ate, and put a tick mark against the things you eat today.

What were the main teachings of the Mahavira?

Why do you think ordinary men and women did not generally keep records of what they did?

Match the columns
Copper                                 Gujarat
Gold                                     Afghanistan
Tin                                        Rajasthan
Precious stones                    Karnataka

Match the following:

Narmada Valley                       The first big kingdom
Magadha                                 Hunting and gathering
Garo                                        hills Cities about 2500 years ago
Indus and its tributaries           Early agriculture
Ganga Valley                          The first cities

What were the questions that Upanishadic thinkers wanted to answer?

What were the main features of Bhakti?

What kind of evidence from burials do archaeologists use to find out whether there were social differences amongst those who were buried?

In what ways are present-day elections different from the ways in which rulers were chosen in janapadas?

How do archaeologists know that cloth was used in the Harappan civilisation?