WHAT, WHERE, HOW AND WHEN? Flashcards
PEOPLE OF NARMADA RIVER ANCIENT HISTORY?
1 SKILLED GATHERERS- COLLECTED FOOD, ROOTS FRUITS ETC.
2 HUNTERS
PEOPLE OF SULAIMAN AND KIRTHAR HILLS (NORTHWEST) ANCIENT HISTORY?
1 WOMEN AND MEN BEGAN TO GROW CROPS SUCH AS WHEAT AND BARLEY ABOUT 8000 YEARS AGO.
2 REARING ANIMALS LIKE SHEEP, GOAT AND CATTLE.
3 LIVED IN VILLAGES
PEOPLE OF GARO HILLS TO NORTH EAST AND VINDHYAS IN THE CENTRAL INDIA?
1 AGRICULTURE DEVELOPED.
2 RICE WAS FIRST GROWN TO THE NORTH OF VINDHYAS.
PEOPLE OF INDUS AND GANGA RIVER?
1 EARLIEST CITIES- AROUND 4700 YEARS AGO SOME EARLIEST CITES FLOURISHED.
2 ABOUT 2500 YEARS AGO CITIES DEVELOPED ON BANKS OF THE GANGA AND ITS TRIBUTARIES.
WHAT IS MAGADHA AREA?
AREA LYING TO THE SOUTH OF GANGA WAS KNOWN AS MAGADHA IN ANCIENT TIMES.
NOW IN BIHAR.
FIRST BIG KINGDOM.
WHY SOUTH ASIA IS OFTEN CALLED A SUBCONTINENT?
SOUTH ASIA INCLUDES (INDIA, BANGLADESH, NEPAL, BHUTAN AND SRI LANKA) AND THE NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES OF AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, CHINA AND MYANMAR.
ALTHOUGH IT IS SMALLER THAN A CONTINENT, IT IS VERY LARGE AND IS SEPARATED FROM THE REST OF ASIA BY SEAS, HILLS AND MOUNTAINS.
WHAT ARE CARAVANS IN ANCIENT HISTORY?
THEY ARE MOBILE HOMES IN WHICH MERCHANTS USED TO TRAVEL CARRYING VALUABLE GOODS FROM PLACE TO PLACE.
WHERE DID THE NAME INDIA CAME FROM?
IRANIANS AND GREEKS CAME THROUGH NORTHWEST ABOUT 2500 YEARS AGO.
THEY WERE FAMILIAR WITH THE INDUS,CALLED IT HINDOS OR THE INDOS, AND THE LAND TO THE EAST OF THE RIVER WAS CALLED INDIA.
WHERE DID THE NAME BHARAT CAME FROM?
THE NAME BHARATA WAS USED FOR A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO LIVED IN THE NORTHWEST AND WHO ARE MENTIONED IN THE RIGVEDA, THE EARLIEST COMPOSITION IN SANSKRIT.
WHAT ARE MANUSCRIPTS?
BOOKS WRITTEN BY HAND.
LATIN WORD MANU MEANS HAND.
WRITTEN ON PALM LEAF OR BARK PREPARED FROM BIRCH.
WHAT ARE INSCRIPTIONS?
WRITINGS ON RELATIVELY HARD SURFACES SUCH AS STONES OR METAL.
KANDAHAR (AFGHANISTAN) INSCRIPTION FOUND 2250 YEARS AGO IMPORTANT POINTS?
1 WAS INSCRIBED ON THE ORDER OF A RULER NAMED ASHOKA.
2 INSCRIBED IN TWO SCRIPTS.
3 INSCRIBED IN TWO LANGUAGES, GREEK (TOP), AND ARAMAIC (BELOW).
ALL INSCRIPTIONS CONSIST OF BOTH SCRIPTS AND LANGUAGES. TRUE OR FALSE?
TRUE.
WHAT IS DECIPHERMENT?
THE ACTIVITY OF MAKING CLEAR OR CONVERTING FROM CODE INTO PLAIN TEXT.
INSCRIPTION IN THREE DIFFERENT LANGUAGES AND SCRIPTS WAS FOUND IN?
ROSETTA IS A TOWN ON THE NORTH COAST OF EGYPT.
STONE INSCRIBED IN THREE DIFFERENT LANGUAGES AND SCRIPTS (GREEK AND TWO FORMS OF EGYPTIAN) WAS FOUND.
