RBSE Solutions for Class 6 Social Science History Chapter 10 New Empires and Kingdoms

Rajasthan Board RBSE Solutions for Class 6 Social Science History Chapter 10 New Empires and Kingdoms Textbook Exercise Questions and Answers.

RBSE Class 6 Social Science Solutions History Chapter 10 New Empires and Kingdoms

RBSE Class 6 Social Science New Empires and Kingdoms InText Questions and Answers

Page 104 

Question 1.
What does this description tell you about the king (Samudra-gupta)? And also about how kings fought wars?
Answer: 
This shows that he was a brave warrior, who had fought successful wars. His body was covered with hundreds wound marks. The kings in those days fought with arrows, spikes, spears, battle axes, swords, iron clubs, barbed arrows, javelins, long arrows and many other weapons. 

Page 105

Question 1. 
What was the difference between the way in which
Samudragupta treated the rulers of Aryavarta and Dakshinapatha? Can you suggest any reasons for this difference?
Answer: 
In Aryavarta, there were nine rulers who were uprooted and their kingdoms were made a part of Samudragupta’s empire. In Dakshinapatha, there were twelve rulers. They surrendered to Samudragupta after being defeated and he then allowed them to rule again. Samudragupta adopted different policies because Dakshinapatha was far away from his capital; since the means of transport were primitive, it was difficult to keep them under control.

Page 106

Question 1. 
Arrange these titles in order of importance: raja, maharaj-adhiraja, maha-raja.
Answer: 
The titles in order of their importance are: Raja, Maha-raja, Maharaj- adhiraja.

Page 108

Question 1. 
Who were the other rulers who tried to control the coasts and why?
Answer: 
The Cholas, the Cheras and the Pandyas were the rulers who tried to control the coasts. These areas were very prosperous.

Page 109

Question 1. 
What do you think may have been the advantages and disadvan¬tages of having hereditary officers?
Answer: 
Advantages: 

1. The father could trained his son from an early age according to the responsibilities that he held.
2. There would be a continuity of the- policies.

Disadvantages: 

1. An incompetent son may come to hold the office.
2. Other more competent persons would be deprived of the opportunity to run the office.

Page 110

Question 1. 
Do you think that if a poor man. finds something and reports this to the police he could be treated like this today?
Answer: 
The king gave a precious ring to Shakuntala, but it was accidentally swallowed by a fish. The fisherman found the ring and went to the palace. The gatemen accused him of theft and the police officer was rude. However, when the king rewarded the fisherman, they wanted to have a share in the reward. Today, the poor man would not be treated in this manner. He will be taken to the court to give his verdict.

Question 2. 
Name a famous man who taught in Prakrit and a king who issued inscriptions in Prakrit.
Answer: 
Gautam Buddha taught in Prakrit language and King Ashoka issued his inscriptions in Prakrit language.

Page 111

Question 1. 
Make a list of all the things that were carried with the army.
Answer: 
The king travelled, with an enormous amount of equipments. Apart from weapons, there were things of daily use such as pots, perns, furniture, golden footstools, food, including animals such as goat, deer, rabbits, vegetables, spices, carried on carts or loaded on to pack animals such as camels and elephants. This huge army was accompanied by musicians beating drumps, and others playing horns and trumpets.

Question 2. 
What did the villagers bring for the king?
Answer: 
Villagers had to provide hospitality along the way. They came with gifts of curds, gur and flowers, and provided fodder for the animals. They also tried to meet the king, and place their complaints and petitions before him.

RBSE Class 6 Social Science New Empires and Kingdoms Textbook Questions and Answer

Let’s recall

Question 1. 
State whether true of false :
(a) Harishena composed a prashasti in praise of Gautamiputra Shri Satakarni.
(b) The rulers of Aryavarata brought tribute for Samudragupta.
(c) There were twelve rulers in Dakshinapatha. 
(d) Taxila and Madurai are important centers under the control of the Gupta rulers.
(e) Aihole was the capital of the Pallavas.
(f) Local assemblies functioned for several centuries in south India.
Answer: 
(a) False
(b) False
(c) True
(d) False
(e) False
(f) True.

Question 2. 
Mention three authors who wrote about Harshavardhana.
Answer: 
The three authors were Banabhatta, Xuang Zang and Harshavardhana himself.

Question 3. 
What changes do you find in the army at this (new empire) time?
Answer: 

1. Some kings maintained a well organized army with elephants, chariots, cavalry and foot soldiers.
2. They also had military leaders who provided with troops whenever required.
3. These leaders were known as samantas, they were not given regular salaries but were given grants of land.
4. Samantas collected revenue form the land and used this money to maintain soldiers, horses and provide equipments for warfare.

Question 4. 
What were the new administrative arrangements during this period? 
Answer: 
There were a number of new administrative arrangements that were significant for the empire. Earlier land was the source of revenue for the rulers’. Village was the basic unit of administration. The empire was divided into provinces. The following were the important officials of the provinces:

1. Maha-danda-nayaka or chief judicial officer, post was hereditary.
2. Kumar-amatya-senior minister.
3. Sandhi-vigrahika-minister of war and peace.
4. Nagara-shreshthi-chief banker or merchant of the city.
5. Sarthavaha-leader of the merchant caravAnswer:
6. Prathama-kulika-the chief crafts¬man, head of the Kayasthas (scribes). Rulers tried to win the support of men who were powerful to get their political and military strength.

Let’s discuss

Question 5. 
What do you think Arvind would have to do if he was enacting as Samudragupta? 
Answer: 
If Arvind was acting as Samudragupta then he would had to lead the army and successfully plan his campaigns. He had to sit on royal throne and to look after the welfare of the people. He also had to listen the petitions of people and to take decisions wisely.

Question 6. 
Do you think ordinary people would have read and understood the prashastis? Give reasons for your answer.
Answer: 
I think ordinary people cannot read and understand the prashastis because prashastis were written in Sanskrit language. As Sanskrit was not a language of common people and it was difficult for common people to understand his language