Chapter Description
Chapter 4: "What Books and Burials Tell Us" talks about the significance of ancient literary sources and burial practices to understand early Indian history. It focuses on the Rigveda, one of the oldest known texts, and discusses information that burials provide about social structures and cultural practices.
Key Highlights
- Vedic Literature: About the Rigveda, its hymns and the deities
- Oral Tradition: How the Rigveda was preserved and transmitted orally before being written down and printed
- Burial Sites: The use of megaliths in burial practices
- Social Differences: The evidence of social stratification in burial practices and roles of different individuals in Vedic society
- Archaeological Evidence: Findings from sites like Brahmagiri and Inamgaon
Type of Questions You Will Get
- Matching Columns such as "Sukta" with "Well-Said" and "Dasa" with "Slave"
- Fill-in-the-blank questions about the use of slaves, locations of megaliths, and dietary habits at Inamgaon
- Comparative Questions such as Compare modern books with the Rigveda and how they differ in composition and transmission
- Social Differences such as discuss how the life of a raja differed from that of a dasa
- Descriptive Questions like Describe people in terms of work and language spoken, as mentioned in the Rigveda
The NCERT Solutions for "Chapter 4: What Books and Burials Tell Us" can be download in PDF format for free at any time and from any place, which is great for Class 6 students.
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