Fill in the blanks:
(a) _____ was a word used for large landowners in Tamil.
(b) The gramabhojaka often got his land cultivated by the _____.
(c) Ploughmen were known as ____ in Tamil.
(d) Most grihapatis were ____ landowners.
Choose the correct answer:-
(a) Ring wells were used for:
1. bathmg 2. washing clothes
3. irrigation 4. drainage
(b) Punch marked coins were made of:
1. silver 2. gold
3. tin 4. Ivory
(c) Mathura was an important:
1. village 2. port
3. religious centre 4. forested area
(d) Shrenis were associations of:
1. rulers 2. crafts persons
3. farmers 4. herders
If you have seen crafts persons at work, describe in a short paragraph what they do. (Hint: how do they get the raw materials, what kind of equipment do they use, how do they work, what happens to the finished product).
List the functions performed by men and women who live in your city or village. In what ways are these similar to those performed by people who lived in Mathura? In what ways are they different?
Look at the chart, you will find that some of the stages in the construction of irrigation works are mentioned. fill in the rest by using the following phrases:• Labour is provided by the people.• Farmers, also benefit because crop production is more certain.• Farmers have to increase production to pay taxes,• Kings provide money and plan irrigation works.1. Kings need money for armies, palaces, forts.2. They demand taxes from farmers.3. ----------------------------------------------------.4. This is possible with' irrigation.5. ----------------------------------------------------.6. ---------------------------------------------------.7. Production increases.8. So does revenue.9. -----------------------------------------------------.
List the occupations of the persons mentioned in the story. For each one, try and decide whether they would have lived (a) only in villages (b) only in cities (c) in both cities and villages.
