Where did people live?Names of the landFinding out about the pastOne past or many?What do dates mean?The earliest people: why were they on the y on they on the move?How do we know about these people?Choosing a place to live inFinding out about fireA changing environmentThe story of HarappaWhat was special about these cities?Houses, drains and streetsLife in the cityNew crafts in the cityOne of the oldest books in the worldCattle, horses and chariotsWords to describe peopleSilent sentinels—the story of the megalithsFinding out about social differencesHow some men became rulersJanapadasMahajanapadasTaxesChanges in agricultureA very big kingdom = an empireHow are empires different from kingdoms?Ruling the empireAshoka, a unique rulerAshoka’s war in KalingaA very big kingdom = an empire an empire an empireHow are empires different from kingdoms?Ruling the empireAshoka, a unique rulerAshoka’s war in KalingaIron tools and agricultureOther steps to increase production: irrigationWho lived in the villages?Finding out about cities: stories, travellerssculpture and archaeologyHow to find out about trade and tradersNew kingdoms along the coastsThe story of the Silk RouteThe spread of BuddhismThe quest of the pilgrimsPrashastis and what they tell usSamudragupta’s prashasti GenealogiesHarshavardhana and the HarshacharitaThe Pallavas, Chalukyas and Pulakeshin’s prashastiThe iron pillar on pillarBuildings in brick and stoneHow were stupas and temples built?PaintingThe world of booksThe course module will help you understand how historians come to know about the past like stone tools, traces of plant, bones, written material and pictures, ornaments and implements, inscriptions, etc.
Teachers explain the economy, beliefs, and faiths, clothes and food, settlements and buildings, etc.
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