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(ii) Sulaiman and Kirthar hills are the places where early people first grown
______.
Ans: Wheat and burley - Sindh's Sulaiman and Kirthar hills are where women and
men first started growing crops like wheat and barley.
(i) Inscriptions were used to inscribe the war stories and life stories of any king.
Ans: True - Inscriptions are written on stone, metal, or other materials and are a
valuable historical record.
(ii) Findings such as Tools, weapons, pans, pots, ornaments, coins, metals, and
remains from the ancient sites do not help archaeologists to understand the
past.
Ans: False - Archaeologists' data collection methods can be applied to any time
period, including the recent past.
Ans:
d) BC and CD
Ans: (a) BC and AD - The letters AD stand for Anno Domini, which means "in the
year of the Lord," while BC stand for "before Christ."
(a)Wood
(b) Clothes
(c) Stones
(d) Paper
Ans: (c) Stones - Stone, marble, metal, terracotta, and wood were all used to carve
inscriptions.
(ii) Inscriptions
Ans: These were carved into the stones.
7. What were the ways that people used to travel in the past?
Ans: People used to go by foot or in animal carriages in the past.
9. What are the ways that can help to know about the past?
Ans: We can learn about the people of the past by analysing their lives via the results.
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15. On what topics ancient people used to write books? Mention their names
and out of them which ones would you like to read?
Ans: The following topics have been the subject of books:-
(i) Lives of kings
(ii) Science
(iii) Drama
(iv) Epics
(v) Poetry
(vii) Medicine
16. Who were hunter gatherers? How did they live their lives?
Ans: People who hunted and gathered food were known as hunter gatherers. They
were expert hunter-gatherers. They had a broad understanding of many forms of
cuisine. Trees and woodlands, roots, and animal hunts were all sources of sustenance
for them. They used to dwell near a river since it was abundant in water, animals,
and a diverse range of trees. It made it simple for them to get their food.
18. Why did people move from one place to another in the past? Explain.
Ans: People used to go from one location to another. They travelled across hills,
high mountains, rivers, deserts, and seas, including the Himalayas. Their journeys
were a little scary at times because to the rocky and treacherous paths, but they were
never impossible. Men and women moved from place to place in quest of work and
to avoid natural disasters such as floods and droughts. Armies of men marched to
20. What are the things that are found in an excavation and how did
archaeologists decipher it to understand the past?
Ans: Historians and archaeologists are the historians and archaeologists who write
and decipher history. Archaeologists are those who investigate artefacts or other
types of findings that have been discovered at an excavation site. Historians and
archaeologists both investigate these discoveries, and their judgments take the form
of history. There are a variety of methods for determining the past. They read
manuscripts, inscriptions, epics, and stories, among other things. These texts cover
a wide range of ancient behaviours, including religious practises and beliefs,
monarchs and kingdoms, science, and medicine. Sanskrit was the most used script
in ancient India, followed by Prakrit and Tamil.