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NCERT Solutions for Class 6 History Chapter 5 - What Books and Burials Tell Us

Chapter 5 - What Books and Burials Tell Us



Question 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

Question 2
Complete the sentences:
(a) Slaves were used for _____
(b) Megaliths are found in _____
(c) Stone circles or boulders on the surface were used to _____
(d) Port-holes were used for _____
(e) People at Inamgaon ate _____

Answer
(a) Work
(b) South India, North East, and Kashmir
(c) indicate the exact place for burial
(d) burying the other member of the same family in the same place
(e) wheat, rice, pulses, barley, sesame, peas etc.

Question 3
In what ways are the books we read today different from the Rigveda?

Answer
The main difference between the two is nowadays books are written and read instead Rigveda was memorized by the students.

Question 4
What kind of evidence from burials do archaeologists use to find out whether there were social differences amongst those who were buried?

Answer
Archaeologists found that in some burials the skeletons found were buried with lots of pots and some with fewer pots. They concluded that people were buried according to their status. 

Question 5
In what ways do you think that the life of a raja was different from that of a dasa or dasi?

Answer
The Raja was in the highest position while Dasa/dasi was in the lowest position. Dasa was used as slaves for work. They were treated as the property of owners. Actually, they were captured during wars and made slaves.

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