Saturday, August 22, 2015

W S -S .sT Villages And Towns In Ancient India.

1. d 2. c 3. b 4. a l
QII. Choose the correct option from the bracket and fill in the
blanks.
1. Tamralipti was a sea-port located on the mouth of the river
Ganga. (Tamralipti/Vaishali)
2. The introduction of the monetary system facilitated the
growing commerce and trading specializations.
(barter/monetary)
3.Sanskrit developed as the language of the Brahamans and
some scholarly people. (Prakrit/Sanskrit)
4.The life in villages and towns is described in the Ashtadhyayi by
Panini. (Ashtadhyayi/Kathasaritasagara)
5.Fa-hsein mentioned the several monasteries and shrines
situated in Vaishlai. (HsuanTsang/Fa-hsein)
Q.III Answer the following
1. Name the two important land routes in ancient times.
The Northern route Uttarapatha and the Southern route
Dakshinapatha were the two important land routes in ancient
India.
2. Why were the punch marked coins so called?
The punch marked coins were so called because they were
manufactured by striking a single or multiple punches on the
surface of the coin.
3. What does the Buddhist text Tripitaka consist?
Tripitak is based on the life of Gautam Buddha and throws light
on the life in ancient India.
QIV Complete the mind map below.


Another name
Sreni
Purpose
Members could work
together and share a close
knit relationship.
Names ofany
two guilds
Potter’s guild
weaver’s guild
Functioning
Settling disputes,
working
arrangements,dut
ies and
obligations and
religious
observances
QV Imagine you lived in ancient India. Which place would you like to live in and why?
I would love to live in Kausambhi as it has been mentioned as
one of the prosperous towns. It also has many evidences of
historic significance. I would love to witness The Ashokan Pillar,
the Ghositarma monastery and the presence of the two major
dynasties the Mauryas and the Guptas whose presence has
been confirmed thourgh the archaeological evidences.
QVI Classify the names of the towns given below into the correct
type of urban centres and write them in their respective houses

Political
Champa
Rajgriha
Coastal Religious
Sopara
Arikamedu
Religious
Varanasi
Vaishali
Market
Ujjain
Mathura


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