1. 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
Answer:
Narmada Valley Hunting and gathering
Magadha The first big kingdom
Garo hills Early agriculture
Indus and its tributaries The first cities
Ganga Valley Cities about 2500 years ago
2. List one major difference between manuscripts and inscriptions.
Answer:
- Manuscripts were being written on the soft surface like palm leaves, birch, and cloths while inscriptions were being written on a hard surface like pillars, metal, and stone.
3. Return to Rasheeda’s question. Can you think of some answers to it?
Answer:
Historians uses various sources such as manuscripts, inscriptions, etc to find out the date.
4.Make a list of all the objects that archaeologists may find. Which of these could be made of stone?
Answer:
The following are things:
- Manuscript
- Pillar
- Stone
- Coin
- Wood
- Skeltons
- Ornaments
- Grain
- Pot
- Brick
The following could be made of stone:
- Pillar
- Coin
5. Why do you think ordinary men and women did not generally keep records of what they did?
Answer:
Ordinary men and women life had not as comfort as the kinds's life and also did not have much resources as the kings that is why they did not generally keep records of what they did.
6. Describe at least two ways in which you think the lives of kings would have been different from those of farmers.
Answer:
The following are two way:
- Kings fought war whereas farmer did not
- Kings keep a victorious record on inscription and manuscript whereas farmers did not keep the record of daily life.
Important Date:
- the beginning of agriculture (8000 years ago)
- the first cities on the Indus (4700 years ago)
- cities in the Ganga valley, a big kingdom in Magadha (2500 years ago)
- the present (about 2000 AD/CE)
- AD means Anno Domini
- CE means the common era
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