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Class 6 History, Vital Villages, Thriving Towns, , Q.1 What are the functions of grama bhojaka?, , Ans1) The village head man was known as gram bhojaka in, the northern part of India.He was the largest land owner. He, had slaves and hired workers to cultivate the land. He, collected taxes from the village and functioned as a judge, and policeman., , Q.2 Who were the people living in the villages of the Tamil, region?, , Ans2) People living in the villages of Tamil region were1- Large landowner- vellalar, , 2- Ordinary ploughman- uzhavar, , 3- Landless labourer- kadaisiyar and adimai, , Q.3 What is Sangam literature?, Ans3) It is a collection of 2000 Tamil poems which tell us, about the people of South India., , Q.4 What are punch marked coins?, , Ans4) The earliest coins which were in use for about 500, years ago with designs punched on silver or copper known, as punch marked coins.

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Q.5 Why was Mathura considered as an important, settlement ?, , Ans5) Mathura was considered as an important settlement, because, 1- It was located at the cross road of two major routes to, travel and trade from the northwest to the east and from, north to south., , 2- It was an important centre of extremely fine sculpture., 3- It was a religious centre having Buddhist, monasteries,Jaina shrines., , 4- It was an important centre for the worship of Krishna., , Q.6 What are shrenis?, , Ans6) 1-Shrenis are association formed by craft persons and, merchants., , 2- Shrenis of craft persons provided training procured raw, material and distributed the finished product., , 3- Shrenis of merchant organised the trade, , A- Shrenis also served as bank where rich men and women, deposited money.