q) what timelines do vedic and sangam literatures belongs to ?
- Ans) India proved to be a crucible of ethnic groups. -
- prearyans, indo aryans, greeks,hunas,turks, scythians etc made india their home -
- all contributed(art,culture,architecture) -
- meanwhile commingling of cultural elements -
- aryans equated vedic & sanskrit culture & pre aryans dravidian and tamil culture (sangam literatiure used for period or belongs to 300 B.C to 600 A.D
- dravidian & non vedic terms occur
q) after whom does india derived its names a bharatvarsh ?
- ans ) inspired from the ancient tribe known as bharatas
- people known as bharatsantiti (descendents of bharat )
q) who were called chakravaarthis ? 3 examples along with timeline
- ans) kings tried to establish authority from himalayas to cape comorin and brahmaputra(east) to beyond indus valley(west)
- universally praised
- called as chakravarthis
- example : ashoka (3rd century B.C) samudragupta (4th century A.D)
q) which foreigners gave india name hind which language and river associated with it ?
- persian and arabians referred india as hind . river sindhu and language sanskrit is associated with it .
discuss key languages and scripture used in ashoka and gupta period ?
- key language used in ashoka period is prakrit and brahmi script to wrte inscriptions
- in gupta period it was sanskrit language later served as state language. in 4th CENTURY A.D
In whih language the mahabharat and ramayan were originally composed ?
- it was originally composed in Sanskrit Language
- later presented in many different language but the substance and values remian same.
few examples of relevnce of study of ancient india in current context ?
