Bricks, Beads and Bones The Harappan Civilisation — History STD 12 Humanities — Question

Prove with the help of examples that the Harappans had established their contacts with Western Asia for purchase/ exchange of artifacts.

What did Gandhiji tell the upper castes of a village to do, during his Salt March, if they wanted to get Swaraj?

Read the following passage and answer the question that follows:“For the success of democracy one must train oneself in the art of self-discipline. In democracies, one should care less for himself and more for others. There can’t be any divided loyalty. All loyalties must exclusively be centered round the state. If in a democracy, you create rival loyalties or you create a system in which any individual or a group, instead of suppressing his extravagance cares not for larger or other interests, then democracy is doomed.”
In the light of the above passage highlight the values which a loyal citizen of a democratic country should uphold.

State the anglicised names of villages where the British first set up trading posts.

How did the East India Company come to acquire Bombay?

When and by whom was Hampi declared a World Heritage site?

“The burials in Harappan sites reveal the economic and social differences amongst the people living within a particular culture.” Give two evidences in support of your answer.

Name the major anthology compiled by the Alvars which is also described as the Tamil Veda. How did various chiefdoms in the Tamil region help them in the early first millennium CE?

Throw light on the different aspects of the prosperous trade of the Vijayanagara empire.

Point out one similarity and one dissimilarity between Lingayats and Nayanars.