6th NCERT Flashcards
Sulaiman and Kirthar hills to the
northwest.
Some of the areas where women and
men first began to grow crops such as wheat and
barley about 8000 years ago
The places where rice was
first grown are to
he north of the Vindhyas
Later, about , cities
developed on the banks of the Ganga and its
tributaries, and along the seacoasts.
2500 years ago
some of the earliest cities flourished on the banks of these rivers river Indus and its tributaries
about 4700 years
This inscription dates to about 2250 years ago, and was found in Kandahar, present-day Afghanistan.
written on the orders of a ruler named Ashoka
Scripts consist of letters or signs.
two different scripts and languages, Greek (top) and Aramaic (below), which were used in this area
are known as factory sites.
Places where stone was found and where people made tools
Traces of ash have been found here
Kurnool caves
This in turn led to an increase in the number of deer, antelope, goat, sheep and cattle, i.e. animals that survived on grass.
Around 12,000 years ago, there were major
changes in the climate of the world
The Palaeolithic period extends
from
2 million years ago to about 12,000 years ago
Mesolithic (middle stone)
12,000 years ago till about 10,000 years ago
Miccoliths are found in which period
Mesolithic (middle stone)
Neolithic
from about 10,000 years ago
Ostriches were found in India during
the Palaeolithic period.
The first animal to be tamed
was
the wild ancestor of the dog
of the earliest plants to be domesticated were
The earliest domesticated animals include
wheat and barley.
sheep and goat.
Wheat, barley, sheep, goat, cattle
Mehrgarh (in present day-Pakistan)
Rice, fragmentary
animal bones
Koldihwa (in present-day Uttar Pradesh)
Rice, cattle
(hoof marks on clay surface
Mahagara (in present-day Uttar Pradesh)
Wheat and lentil
Gufkral (in present-day Kashmir
Wheat and lentil, dog, cattle,
sheep, goat, buffalo
Burzahom (in present-day Kashmir)
Wheat, green gram, barley, buffalo, ox
Chirand (in present-day Bihar)
Millet, cattle ,sheep, goat, pig
Hallur (in present-day Andhra Pradesh)
Black gram Millet cattle sheep, pig
Paiyampalli (in present-day Andhra Pradesh)
people built pit-houses, which were dug into the ground, with steps leading into them.
Burzahom (in
present-day Kashmir)
Neloithic tools
These include tools that were polished
to give a fine cutting edge, and mortars and pestles
used for grinding grain and other plant produ
was probably one of the places
where women and men learnt to grow barley and
wheat, and rear sheep and goats for the first time
in this area.
Mehrgarh
the dead person was buried with goats, which were
probably meant to serve as food in the next world at
Mehrgarh near Bolan pass
stone tools, including mortars and pestles,
have been found .Other finds include jadeite, a stone that may have been brought from China
Daojali Hading near the Brahmaputra Valley,
Harappan civilization developed around
4700 years ago
the Great Bath, was built in this
area
Mohenjodaro
Other cities, such as had fire altars, where sacrifices
may have been performed
Kalibangan and Lothal
had elaborate store houses during harappa civilization
Mohenjodaro,
Harappa, and Lothal
stone weights made up of during harappa civilization
chert
Beads made up of during harappa civilization
carnelian red stone
metals during harappa civilization
copper, bronze, gold silver tin
Cotton was probably grown
at
Mehrgarh from about 7000 years ago
The Harappans probably got copper from
present-day Rajasthan, even from Oman in West Asia
The Harappans probably got Tin,
present-day Afghanistan and Iran
The Harappans probably got Gold
present-day karnataka
The Harappans probably got precious stones from
from present-day Gujarat, Iran and Afghanistan.
Harappans grew
wheat, barley, pulses, peas, rice, sesame, linseed
and mustard
Unlike some of the other Harappan
cities, which were divided into two parts this city
was divided into three parts
Dholavira
The city of Lothal stood beside a
tributary of the Sabarmati
The Rigveda includes more than a thousand hymns, called
sukta or well said
languages spoken in Jharkhand and parts of central India belong to
he Austro-Asiatic family.
This is part of one such hymn,
a dialogue between a sage named Vishvamitra,
and two rivers
beas and satluj
words were used to describe the people or
the community as a whole
jana or vish
Sometimes, the people who composed the
hymns described themselves as
and called their opponents
Aryas
Dasas or Dasyus
The practice of erecting megaliths began about
3000 years ago, and was prevalent throughout
the Deccan, south India, in the north-east and
Kashmir.
dead in megaliths were buried with distinctive
pots, which are called
Black and Red Ware.
Here, one skeleton was buried with 33
gold beads, 2 stone beads, 4 copper bangles, and
one conch shell.
Brahmagiri
Here, adults were generally buried in the ground, laid
out straight, with the head towards the north.
Sometimes burials were within the houses.
Vessels that probably contained food and water
were placed with the dead.
Inamgaon on the river Ghod tributary of Bhima
who wrote a book on medicine known as the Charaka
Samhita
Charaka about 2000 years ago
men now became recognised
as rajas by performing very big sacrifices.
around 3000 years ago
vaishya or vish meaning
ordinary people
books in later vedic period
the Samaveda, Yajurveda and Atharvaveda,
janapada literally means
the land where the jana set its foot,
Painted Grey Ware.
later vedic period in jan padas
bhaga or share
tax on crops in mahajanpadas
kammakaras
landless agriculture labourers
