1. Match the columns
Sukta Stone boulder
Chariots Sacrifice
Yajna Well-said
Dasa Used in battles
Megalith Slave
Answer:
Sukta Well-said
Chariots Used in battles
Yajna Sacrifice
Dasa Slave
Megalith Stone boulder
2. Complete the sentences:
(a) Slaves were used for —work——and treated as property.————
(b) Megaliths are found in ———burial sites—————
(c) Stone circles or boulders on the surface were used to —indicate the burial beneath/site.———————
(d) Port-holes were used for ——entrance in megalith——————
(e) People at Inamgaon ate ———————wheat, rice, barley, etc as well as the meat of cattle, buffalo, goat, sheep, etc.—
3. In what ways are the books we read today different from the Rigveda?
Answer:
- Rigveda was chanted, heard, and recited that passes over the generation.
4. What kind of evidence from burials do archaeologists use to find out whether there were social differences amongst those who were buried?
Answer:
- Some burials site had ornaments made up of gold and precious metals and some burial site has simply food items that indicate the social difference among buried people.
5. In what ways do you think that the life of a raja was different from that of a dasa or dasi?
Answer:
- Raja treated data as their own property and Dasa or dasi had to do all the work that Raja wanted.
- Raja was a powerful and free person where Dasa or dasi was not.
Important Dates:
- Beginning of the composition of the Vedas (about 3500 years ago)
- Beginning of the building of megaliths (about 3000 years ago)
- The settlement at Inamgaon (between 3600 and 2700 years ago)
- Charaka (about 2000 years ago)
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