What, Where, How and When? Question Answers: NCERT Class 6 Social Science - History Our Past

Exercise 1
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Narmada valley                              hunting and gathering
Magadha                                        the first big kingdom
Garo                                               hills early agriculture
Indus and its tributaries                  the first cities
Ganga valley                                  cities about 2500 year ago


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Manuscripts : they were written by hand. These were usually written on palm leaf, or on the specially prepared bark of a tree known as the birch which grows in the Himalayas. Inscriptions : these are writings on relatively and surfaces such as stone or metal.


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Rasheeda’s question: how anyone can know what has happened one hundred years ago.
Answer : we can get the answer by:
- Reading the books written in past.

- By manuscripts
- By inscriptions
- By tools & weapons


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Archaeologists may find these things in their findings:
- Potteries
- Statues
- Ornaments
- Tools
- Skeletons
- Toys
- Cloth
Out of these potteries, statues and ornaments can be made up of stones.


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Ordinary men and women did not keep record of what they did because of two reasons:
- Their life was full of difficulties.
- They would not be having enough time of recording their lives.


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         Farmers                                                                       king


1. They have to work in field.                                      They do not have to work in field.

2. They have to produce their food grains                  They have to protect their subject

3. Life is full of difficulties                                            Life is comfortable