class6 his ch9

Q1- What is meant by unbanisation?

Ans:- The migration of people from villages to town and cities is called Urbanisation.

Q2- What was the capital of Cheras? Who was the most famous Chera King?

Ans:- Vanchi was the capital of Cheras. Senguttuvan was the most famous Chera King.

Q3-  Name the capital and one prominent king of Pandya Dynasty.

Ans:- Nedunchezhiyan was one of the most prominent king of Pandyas, their capital was at Madurai.

Q4-Mention the capital city and a major king of the (early) Chola Kingdom.

Ans- Kaveripattinam was the capital city of Chola Kingdom. Karikala was the one of the powerful chola king.

Q5- What is the Sangam Age? Why is it called so?

Ans:- Between 200 BCE to 300 CE is called Sangam Age because of the many assemblies of Scholars organised, which encouraged exchange of thoughts and development of literature.

Q6- Who were the Satavahanas? Where was their Kingdom located?

Ans:- Satavahanas were the rulers of Central India, their kingdom was spreading from Malwa to Karnataka.

Answer in Details:-

Q1- How did iron tools help the Aryans expand agriculture? What effect did it have on people's occupations?

Ans:- Iron tools helped Aryans to expand agriculture because Iron tools were more efficient than tools of other metals which helped Aryans to clear land for agriculture.

                Iron tools made agriculture easier as agricultural tools made of iron were more strong and durable.

                Due to expansion of agriculture productivity increased and surplus production was done, surplus production lead to the development of trade, due to availability of sufficient supply of food some people opted for other occupations, like- Potter, Carpenter, Metal-smith, etc.

Q2- What were the conditions which encouraged urbanisation in the Gangetic Plains?

Ans- Conditiion which encouraged urbanisation in the gangetic 

plains are as follows-

                - use of Iron tools increased productivity of  agriculture

- Development of craft such as pottery, carpentry, etc.

- rivers served as the means of transportation for trade between cities.

Q3- Describe the different kind of urban centers during the second urbanisation in ancient India.

Ans-  Different kind of urban centers during the second urbanisation are as follows:-

                - Administrative town- Town which developed because of being used as the center of administration.

                - Market town- Market town were the towns which was used as the centre of trade.

                - Port town- The town form where the trade was done through sea from different parts of the world were developed as port town.

                - Religious town- places of religious importance developed as the religious town.

Q4- Write an essay on the life of Tamil people during the Sangam Age.

Ans- During the Sangam age tamil people were involved in agricultural activities. They were following the agricultural activities according to the type of soil.

                People were also following many other occupation, like- weavers, goldsmith, black smith, architects, sculptors, carpenter, lather workers etc. People associate with similar occupation had also formed their guild.

                Tamils were the followers of Vaishnav and Shaiv sect. The rulers were following Jainism and they were tolerant, some rulers were also the followers of Buddha.

Q5- Write an account on the reign  of the Satavahana King.

Ans- The Satavahana kings were ruling in the central India. Their kingdom was spreded from Malwa to Karnataka region. The Satavahana had control over trade routes connecting south India with north India called Dakshinapatn.