Class 6 Social Science - History Our Past - Chapter Kingdoms, King and an Early Republic NCERT Solutions | Fill in the chart given below with the t

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

Who were the groups who could not participate in the assemblies of the ganas?

Why did the rajas of mahajanapadas build forts?

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

1. Complete the sentences:
(a) Hunter-gatherers chose to live in caves and rock shelters because ————————.
(b) Grasslands developed around ———————— years ago.

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

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

Match the columns

Sukta                                                            Stone boulder
Chariots                                                       Sacrifice
Yajna                                                           Well-said
Dasa                                                           Used in battles
Megalith                                                     Slave

Describe the ways in which the Buddha tried to spread his message to the people.

Make a list of the occupations of the people who lived within the Mauryan empire.

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.

Match the following:
Muvendar                                          Mahayana Buddhism
Lords of the dakshinapatha               Buddhacharita
Ashvaghosha                                    Satavahana rulers
Bodhisattvas                                     Chinese pilgrim
Xuan Zang                                        Cholas, Cheras and Pandyas

1. State whether true or false:
(a) Harishena composed a prashasti in praise of Gautamiputra Shri Satakarni.
(b) The rulers of Aryavarta brought tribute for Samudragupta.
(c) There were twelve rulers in Dakshinapatha.

(d) Taxila and Madurai were important centres under the control of the Gupta rulers.
(e) Aihole was the capital of the Pallavas.
(f) Local assemblies functioned for several centuries in south India.

List 3 ways in which the lives of farmers and herders would have been different from that of hunter-gatherers.

List three ways in which hunter-gatherers used fire (see page 15). Would you use fire for any of these purposes today?

Why did the hunter-gatherers travel from place to place? In what ways are these similar to/different from the reasons for which we travel today?

Why do archaeologists think that many people who lived in Mehrgarh were hunters to start with and that herding became more important later?

Why do people who grow crops have to stay in the same place for a long time?

Describe at least two ways in which you think the lives of kings would have been different from those of farmers.

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

Make a list of all the objects that archaeologists may find. Which of these could be made of stone?

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

List one major difference between manuscripts and inscriptions.