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Chapter 5 class-vi- what books and burial tell us bkb
1. CLASS-VI
HISTORY
CH-5- WHAT BOOKS & BURIALS TELL US
Developed By-BINOD KUMAR BARAI
MA(HIST)LLB,BEd
TGT(SST) JNV,ANINI
Arunachal pradesh
JAWAHAR NAVODAYA
VIDYALAYA,ANINI
2. Chapter-5
What Books and Burials Tell us
Oldest Books in the World :-
Four Vedas :- Rigveda ,Samaveda
,yajurveda and Althurvaveda .
Oldest Vedas :-Rigveda Contains more than
1000 Sukta or well said . It is in old
sanskrit differ from present sanskrit
4. GODS & GODDESSES
Rigveda was recited and heard .
Three Important Gods :-
Agni – God of Fire .
Indra – A Warrior God.
Suriya- Sun God .
5. Some of the suktas are in the form
of dialougue between saint vishwamitra
and two rivers Beas and Sutlej
6.
7. RIG VEDA
There are many Prayers in the
Rigveda for Cattle , Children ( Son ) and
Horses.
Battles :-
Battles were fought for to capture
land and cattle .Most men took part in
these wars.
8. People
There Two Groups who are described
in terms of their work.
Priest or Brahmins
Rajas – They did not have capital
cities ,Palaces or Armies.
9. Comminuty is described as jana
and Vish . The word Vaishya comes from
Vish.
Vish or jana are meantioned by
Name –puru jana , Bharat Vish etc.,
They Hymns composed by the
People Aryas and their Opponents were
Dases.
10. Story of Megaliths
• Stone boulders are known as Megaliths
These are carefully arranged by the
People , and used to mark Burial sites.
11. Common Features of Burial
Place
The dead were buried with
distinctive pots ,which are called Black and
red ware . Skeletons , Horses , Ornaments
some iron tools are also found.
14. Social Difference
In Brahmagiri one Skeletons was
found with 33 old beads 2 stone bead 4
copper Bangles.
Other Skeletons are not Having any
Ornaments .This shows Social status
some megaliths contains more than one
Skeletons .Stone circles or boulders
served as sign posts to find the burial site .
15. A Special burrial at Inamgaon
It is a site on the river ghod a tributary of
the river Bhima. Here adults were Burried
in the ground sometimes burried were
within the houses . vessels with food and
water were placed with the dead.
One Burrial vessels with four legged
clay jar was found in the court yard of a
five roomed houses.
17. Occupations at Inamgaon
Agriculture and animals
Wheat Barley etc.,
Ber , Amla ,Jamun , Dates etc were
Fruits.
Buffalo , Goat , Sheep were the
animals reared.
