Return to Rasheeda’s question. Can you think of some answers to it?

Why do you think ordinary men and women did not generally keep records of what they did?

Read the story on page 122. In what ways is the monkey king similar to or different from the kings you read about in Chapters 5 and 10?

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

What were the new administrative arrangements during this period?

Match the following:

Narmada Valley                       The first big kingdom
Magadha                                 Hunting and gathering
Garo                                        hills Cities about 2500 years ago
Indus and its tributaries           Early agriculture
Ganga Valley                          The first cities

What changes do you find in the army at this time?

What were the means adopted by Ashoka to spread the message of dhamma?

What were the problems that Ashoka wanted to solve by introducing dhamma?

Describe the functions of the gramabhojaka. Why do you think he was powerful?

Why did kings want to control the Silk Route?

Why do you think ordinary men and women did not generally keep records of what they did?

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

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

Discuss the reasons why the Chinese pilgrims came to India.

Make a list of what the Harappans ate, and put a tick mark against the things you eat today.

Find out more and tell a story from one of the epics.

What were the new administrative arrangements during this period?

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

In what ways are present-day elections different from the ways in which rulers were chosen in janapadas?

Why did the rajas of mahajanapadas build forts?