Class 6th History Chapter 9 Traders, Kings and Pilgrims

 NCERT Solutions for Class 6th Social Science History Chapter 9 Traders, Kings and Pilgrims

Question 1. Match the following:

A). Muvendar          i).Mahayana Buddhism

B). Lords of the Dakshinapatha                                                    ii). Buddhacharita

C). Ashvaghosha    iii). Satavahana rulers

D). Bodhisattvas     iv). Chinese pilgrim

E). Xuan Zang          v).Cholas, Cheras and Pandyas

Answer:

A). Muvendar ———— v).Cholas, Cheras and Pandyas

B). Lords of the Dakshinapatha ————iii). Satavahana rulers

C). Ashvaghosha————— ii). Buddhacharita

D). Bodhisattvas————— i). Mahayana Buddhism

E). Xuan Zang————— iv). Chinese pilgrim

 Question 2.

Why did kings want to control the Silk Route?

Answer:

Kings wanted to control the Silk Route because they could benefit from taxes, tributes and gifts that were brought by traders and the pdople along the route.

Question 3.

What kinds of evidence do historians use to find out about trade and trade routes?

Answer:

The historians use the following evidences to find out about trade and trade routes:

1. Archaeologists have collected information about the Northern Black Polished Ware. They have provided information about bowls and plates which were found from several sites throughout the subcontinent. They guess that traders might have been carried from the place where they were made, to other places.

2. Historians find evidence of trade in Sangam poems (or literary works). Here is one example which describes the goods brought into Puhar an important port on the east coast:

♠ Swift prancing horses by sea in ships

♠ bales of black pepper in carts

♠ gems and gold born in the Himalayas

♠ sandalwood born in the western hills

♠ the pearls of the southern seas

♠ corals from the eastern occeans

♠ the yield of the Ganga and the crops from the Kaveri

♠ foodstuffs from Sri Lanka

♠ pottery from Myanmar and other rare and rich imports.

3. Using different historical sources the historians tell us that south India was famous for gold, spices, especially pepper, and precious stones. Pepper was particularly valued in the Roman empire, so much so that it was known as black gold. So, Indian traders carried many of these goods in ships, across the sea, and in caravans, to Rome. Many Roman gold coins have been found in south India. These coins are considered great proofs of trade relations between ancient India and Roman empire.

4. Traders explored several sea routes along the coasts. Other routes passed across the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, where sailors took advantage of the monsoon winds to cross the seas more quickly. So, if they desired to reach the western coast of the subcontinent from East Africa or Arabia, they chose to sail with the south west monsoon.

Question 4.

What were the main features of Bhakti?

Answer:

i). Bhakti is generally understood as a person’s devotion to his or her chosen deity.

ii). The idea of Bhakti is present in the Bhagavad Gita, a sacred book of the Hindus.

iii). In the Bhagavad Gita (which is included in the Mahabharata), Krishna the God, asks Arjuna, his devotee and friend, to abandon all dharmas and take refuge in him, as only he can set Arjuna free from every evil.

iv). Those who followed the system of Bhakti emphasized devotion and individual worship of a single god or goddess, rather than the performance of elaborate sacrifices.

v). Deities who were worshipped through Bhakti included Shiva, Vishnu and goddesses such as Durga. This form of worship became an important feature of Hinduism.