Gargi, Maitreyi and Lopamudra

Singing, playing musical instruments, dance and board games.

Brahmacharyashrama, Grihasthashrama, Vanaprasthashrama, Sanyasashrama.

Wrong

Right

Right

Sanskrit

To know

Grihapati

Shreshthi

Harmonium and Guitar.

Bangles and Necklace

Television, Sports, and Cinema

• Barley and rice were the staple food of the Vedic people.
• Their diet also included milk, yoghurt, ghee, fruits, cereals and meat.

• Milk and milk products were important items of the diet of the Vedic people
• Cow was a means/commodity of exchange.

Therefore, cows were highly priced.

• Sanyasashrama was the fourth and last stage in the life of man.
• At this stage man was expected to sever all worldly relations and spend his time in meditation by going away to the forest.

• The Vedic people offered prayers to the forces in nature such as the Sun, the rain, the rivers, lightning and storms to secure their blessings.
• They made ritual offerings to the fire to secure favour from the forces in nature.
• This ritual offering of havi into the fire was called yajna.
• The Vedic people believed that all things in nature follow ‘Rita’, i.e. a definite pattern.
• They believed that religion means to follow the rules of nature as any violation thereof leads to natural calamities.

• Most houses were earthen or made of wattle-and-daub.
• Walls were made of wooden stripes, daubed with clay mixed with cowdung.
• They called their place of dwelling as ‘Griha’ or ‘Shala’.

• Gramani was the village headman.
• Vishpati headed vish — a group of villages.
• A number of vish constituted Janapad.
• Nripa (king) was the head of the Janapad.
• The king appointed a number of officials to assist him in state administration, Senapati and Purohit were the most important officials of the king.
• Bhagdugh has appointed to collect revenue.
• Sabha, Samiti, Vidath and Jana deliberated on state affairs and provided guidance to the king.