Kings, Farmers and Towns: Early States and Economies

Class 12 · History · 20 Questions

In-text 1intermediate💡 Understand3 marksShort Answer

What are the different explanations offered by early writers and present-day historians for the growth of Magadhan power?

In-text 3intermediate🔍 Analyze3 marksShort Answer

Why were officials appointed to supervise these occupational groups?

In-text 4intermediate🔍 Analyze3 marksEssay

If the Greek accounts were true, what kinds of resources do you think the Mauryan ruler would have required to maintain such a large army?

In-text 5intermediate💡 Understand3 marksShort Answer

Why did people bring these gifts? What would the chief have used these for?

In-text 7intermediate🔍 Analyze3 marksEssay

Why do you think kings claimed divine status?

In-text 8intermediate🔧 Apply3 marksShort Answer

How would you classify the people described in the text in terms of their occupations?

In-text 10intermediate🔧 Apply3 marksEssay

Find out whether plough agriculture, irrigation and transplantation are prevalent in your state. If not, are there any alternative systems in use?

In-text 11beginner🧠 Remember1 markVery Short

Were there any cities in the region where the Harappan civilisation flourished in the third millennium BCE?

In-text 12intermediate🔍 Analyze3 marksShort Answer

Why did the author compile this list?

In-text 13advanced🔍 Analyze3 marksEssay

What are the transactions involved in trade? Which of these transactions are apparent from the sources mentioned? Are there any that are not evident from the sources?

In-text 14intermediate🔍 Analyze3 marksShort Answer

Epigraphists have translated the term pativedaka as reporter. In what ways would the functions of the pativedaka have been different from those we generally associate with reporters today?

1intermediate🔍 Analyze5 marksLong Answer

Discuss the evidence of craft production in Early Historic cities. In what ways is this different from the evidence from Harappan cities?

2beginner🧠 Remember5 marksLong Answer

Describe the salient features of mahajanapadas.

3intermediate💡 Understand5 marksLong Answer

How do historians reconstruct the lives of ordinary people?

4intermediate🔍 Analyze5 marksLong Answer

Compare and contrast the list of things given to the Pandyan chief (Source 3) with those produced in the village of Danguna (Source 8). Do you notice any similarities or differences?

5beginner🧠 Remember5 marksLong Answer

List some of the problems faced by epigraphists.

6advanced🔍 Analyze8 marksLong Answer

Discuss the main features of Mauryan administration. Which of these elements are evident in the Asokan inscriptions that you have studied?

7advanced⚖️ Evaluate8 marksLong Answer

This is a statement made by one of the best-known epigraphists of the twentieth century, D.C. Sircar: “There is no aspect of life, culture and activities of the Indians that is not reflected in inscriptions.” Discuss.

8intermediate🔍 Analyze8 marksLong Answer

Discuss the notions of kingship that developed in the post-Mauryan period.

9intermediate🔍 Analyze8 marksLong Answer

To what extent were agricultural practices transformed in the period under consideration?