KHALSA MODEL SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL

SOCIAL SCIENCE
CLASS-6
WHAT BOOKS AND BURIALS TELL US
DATE-(21.06.2021-25.06.2021) STUDY MATERIAL NO-23

WRITE THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS IN YOUR SOCIAL SCIENCE COPY

Q. When was burial site of ‘Inamgaon’ occupied?

Answer:
Burial site ‘Inamgaon’ was occupied between 3600-2700 years ago.

Q. Where was ‘Inamgaon’ site situated?

Answer:
It is a site on the river Ghod, a tributary of the Bhima.
Q. Name the book written by Charaka.
Answer:
The book written by Charaka is ‘Charaka Samhita

Q. What are called Black and Red Ware?

Answer:
Generally, the dead were buried with distinctive pots, which were called black and red ware.

Q. Why were more than one skeleton found at the same burial?
Answer:
Sometimes, megaliths contain more than one skeleton. These indicate that people, perhaps
belonging to the same family, were buried in the same place through portholes at different times.

Q. What do you understand about oracle bones?

Answer:
Oracle bones were used by the China for the writing purpose. These bones were used to predict the
future.

Q. What were the common features in the burials?

Answer:
Generally, the dead were buried with distinctive pots. Also, the archaeologists found tools,
ornaments and weapons of iron and sometimes, skeletons of horses, horse equipments and
ornaments of stone and gold.

Q. What is the better way to differentiate between skeleton of man and women?
Answer:
A better way of figuring out the sex of a skeleton is to look at the bone structure. The hip or the
pelvic area of women is generally larger to enable child bearing. These distinctions are based on
modem skeletal studies.