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T. E. Chap. 4
Traditions and Encounters Chapter 4
Question | Answer |
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What year were the Vedas written? | 1400 and 900 B.C.E. |
What civilization had mainly a pastoral economy? | The Aryans |
What caste is above the shudras? | The Vaishyas |
What is the highest varna? | The Brahmins |
During what year did Harappan society decline? | After 1900 B.C.E. |
What two reasons drove Harappan society to its decline? | Ecological degradation, and Natural catastrophes (river floods and earthquakes) |
What did Harappan religion focus on? | Creation, procreation, and fertility. |
What type of government did the Aryans have? | Small chiefdoms, the leader was referred to as "raja". |
What language are the Vedas originally told in? | Sanskrit |
What were the two major cities in Harappan society? | Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro |
Harappa politics? | No information about the topic |
1500 BCE | Aryans took over the Indus river valley. |
After what year did Dravidian and Indo-European peace begin? | After 1500 B.C.E. |
Where did the Aryans get their horses from? | Central Asia |
In the Aryan society, what was viewed as currency, or a symbol of wealth? | Cattle |
How did the Aryans share and pass down their stories? | The used Sanskrit and recited from memory. |
The daily language of the Aryans | Prakit |
How was the Indus river valley different from the Nile? | It was less predictable, flood wise. |
Who is Indra? | An Aryan god of war that was very violent. |
What language do researchers still not understand? | Harappan |
What was Harappan economy like? | It was mainly an agricultural economy but it also included extensive trade networks |
Religious sacrifices were a part of whose religion? | The Aryan religion |
Which two peoples merged their religious beliefs? | The Dravidians and Aryans |
What were Aryan gods and deities revolved around? | Nature disease and the underworld. |
What type of society was developed? | A patriarchal and |