Chapter-4 What Books and Burials Tells Us

Explanation:

Rigvedic terminology used to denote several social groups or types of people

1. People can be described in a variety of ways, including by their occupation, the language they use, where they live, their family, their community, and their cultural customs.

2. We can admit that, generally speaking, there are only two types of people who are described in terms of their labour: the priests, also known as brahmins, who carried out various rituals for the rajas. The rajas you would read about later were not like these ones (in coming chapters). They lacked capital cities, armies, and taxation systems. In most cases, sons did not inevitably succeed their dads.

3. In the Rigveda, two words were used to describe people or the the community as a whole. One was the word jana, which we still use in Hindi and other languages. The other was Vish. The word Vaishya comes from Vish.

Explanation:

With the use of the following hints, we can identify who was interred in the grave:

1. A child's small size makes the skeleton of the creature visible. There aren't any significant skeletal variations between boys and girls, though.

2. We can determine whether a skeleton belongs to a man or woman. We can make a decision based on the information acquired with the skeleton. For instance, if a skeleton is discovered with jewellery, it may be assumed to belong to a lady. There are issues with this, though. Men typically wore jewellery as well.

3. Examining a skeleton's bones can help you determine the sex of that individual.

Explanation:

Key Aspects of the Extraordinary Burial at Inamgaon

1. The experts have learned that there was a unique burial in Inamgaon. It is a location along the Ghod River, a tributary of the Bhima. Between 3600 and 2700 years ago, it was inhabited.

2. Adults were frequently buried in this location, their heads facing north and their bodies laid out straight.

3. Sometimes, funerals took place inside homes. Containers that most likely contained food and water were buried alongside the deceased.

4. In the courtyard of a five-room house (one of the biggest homes at the site), in the middle of the settlement, a man was discovered buried in a sizable four-legged clay jar. There was a granary inside of this home. The dead body was put in a buired

Explanation:

The commanders pocketed a portion of the treasure (or looted money) they had amassed.

Priests received a share of the looted wealth (brahmins).

The remaining seized wealth was shared among the populace.

The performance of yajanas, or sacrifices, in which offerings were made into the fire, required the use of some wealth (looted during the war or wars). For gods and goddesses, these were intended. Ghee, grain, and even animals might be offered.

Explanation:

Learning about Social Differences is the response.

1. According to archaeologists, the items discovered with a skeleton likely belonged to the deceased. In certain cases, one burial had more items than another. One skeleton, for instance, was interred at Brahmagiri together with 33 gold beads, two stone beads, four copper bangles, and a conch shell.

2. Other skeletons discovered in the graves had only a small number of pots. Possibly the people who were buried had different social statuses. Some may have been wealthy while others were destitute, chiefs while others were followers.

Explanation:

Absolutely, specific families were undoubtedly intended for distinct burial sites. To support our assertion, we can provide the following evidence:

1. Megaliths occasionally held multiple skeletons. They suggested that individuals, maybe from the same family, were buried there together but not simultaneously. Through the portholes, the remains of those who passed away later were lowered into the grave.

2. It's likely that surface boulders or stone circles served as markers to help people locate the burial site so they could come back whenever they desired.

Explanation:

Wheat, barley, rice, pulses, millets, peas, and sesame seeds have all been discovered by archaeologists at Inamgaon.

2. There have also been discovered animal bones with cut marks that indicate they may have been used as food. They include birds, crocodiles, turtles, crabs, fish, goats, sheep, dogs, horses, ass, pigs, spotted deer, blackbuck, antelope, hares, and mongooses.

3. There is proof that various berries and fruits, including her, amla, jamun, dates, and others, were gathered.

Explanation:

One of the oldest books in the world is the Vedas.

The Samaveda, Yajurveda, Atharvaveda, and Rigveda are the four of them.

The Rigveda is the earliest of the Vedas; it was written roughly 3500 years ago.

More than a thousand hymns, or sukta, or "well-said," are contained in the Rigveda. These hymns are composed in honour of various deities.

The sages wrote these hymns (i.e., rishis).

Written in Vedic Sanskrit, these vedas. Old Sanskrit, often known as Vedic Sanskrit, is distinct from the Sanskrit taught in schools today.

Explanation:

Megaliths are stone obelisks or silent sentinels (literally meaning big stones).

Megaliths were placed strategically by humans to identify grave places.

Around 3000 years ago, the Deccan, South India, the north-east, and Kashmir were all regions where megalith construction was common.

While some megaliths are visible from the ground, others are buried underneath.

Explanation:

The Rigveda is the earliest Veda.

The song was written about 3500 years ago.

The Rigveda was written in ancient or Vedic Sanskrit, which is distinct from the Sanskrit taught in schools today.

More than a thousand hymns, referred to as sukta or well-said, may be found in the Rigveda.

These hymns honour several different gods and goddesses.

Instead of being written or read, the Rigveda was recited and heard.

The Rigveda was printed fewer than 200 years ago, having been written down several centuries after it was first composed.