5. The founder of this religion is
Rishabhdev , the first
Tirthankara has founded this
religion.Vardhamana Mahavira
was 24th Tirthankara who
spread this religion.......
6. Islam is a religion that teaches there
is only one god-Allah.The followers
of Islam are called Muslims who
believes that the word of god was
revealed through Prophet
Muhammad who spread the message
of love,peace and brotherhood.The
holy book of Islam is Quran.
7. This religion is based on teachings of jesus
christ who was born about 2000 years ago in
Bethlehem and taught people to love god and
all people and emphasised importance of
forgiveness. Holy book of Christanity is Bible
and it was brought in India by St Thomas.
8. Parsis believe in the teachings of
Zoroaster.
He taught that our duty is to be
good and fight evil.The holy book
of the Parsis is called the Zend
Avesta.
9. This religion was founded by Guru Nanak
Dev. He lived in Punjab about 500 years ago’
He believed that there is only one god and
people hd given him different forms and
names.Holy book of the sikhs is the the Guru
Granth Sahib.
10. Brave people have fought against
unwanted practices such as caste
system, child marriage and dowry
system and helped to improve
society.Such people are called social
reformers.
11. He fought against social practices
such as the caste system and gave
importance to the rituals by Hindu
and Muslim priests and spread
the message of love and harmony.
12. He was born in Bengal about 250
years ago.
He fought against the practices of
child marriage,caste system and
sati.
13. She was a social reformer of
Maharashtra. She worked to
improve the condition of
women in India.
14. Ashoka wanted to be a great conquerer.
After winning Battle of Kalinga he was very
sad to see thousands of dead and injured
soldiers.
He gave up war and worked for the good of
his people and helped to spread Buddha’s
message of non-violence and worked for
the welfare of the people.
15. Krishna Deva Raya ruled in south
India about 500 years ago. He
worked for the good of the people
and people were free to follow
whatever religion they wanted and
encouraged astists, poets and
writers.
16. Akbar ruled in india about 400
years ago and respected all
religion. He encouraged art
music and literature and gave
lot of attention to the welfare
of the people.
17. Mathematics Astronomy and Medicine were
well developed science in ancient India. The
Decimal system of numbers and ayurveda
system of medicine was developed in India
thousands of year ago.Surgery was also
performed in ancient India. Aryabhatta was
a great mathmatician of ancient India,
Varahamira was the well known astronomer,
charaka was a famous physician and
Sushruta a surgeon.Some of the scientists
in modern world are S Ramanujan, CV
Raman,Homi Bhabha,APJ Abdul Kalam etc.
