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Class 6 History Chapter 10 Notes - Buildings, Paintings and Books

Chapter Notes -  History Books, Buildings and Paintings  

 

  • The Indian civilization is the oldest in the world. It has work on literature, art and architecture.  

Literature: World of Books:  

(i) In the field of language and literature Indian heritage is unparalleled.  

(ii) It is not easy to find such a literature in any other language as to match with the Vedas, the Upanishads, the Puranas, the Mahabharata, the Ramayana and the Bhagavadgita.  

(iii) Further there were the Jatakas, the Tripitakas along with Dipvamsa and Mahavamsa of the Buddhists, Angas texts of the Jains and the Sangam literature of the Tamils.  

Fig: Ancient literatureFig: Ancient literature

The Puranas  

i) The Puranas were written as early as 1st century BC.  

ii) The Puranas are eighteen in number and have five divisions.  

iii) The fifth division is historically important as it contains the traditions about the dynasties of rulers of ancient India.  

iv) The important Puranas are the Vayu, Vishnu and the Matsaya Purana. They give us valuable information about the history of ancient India.  

Class 6 History Chapter 10 Notes - Buildings, Paintings and Books

Fig: The Puranas

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The Epics:  

(i) The two epic - the Ramayana and the Mahabharata - give account of the social, political and religious features of the people of the Epic Age.  

(ii) Mahabharata talks about the war between Kaurvas and Pandavas. It was written by a sage, Vyas. The Bhagavadgita, an important source of knowledge is included in the Mahabharata.  

iii) The Ramayana written by Valmiki is about Rama who had to fight against Ravana to get his wife back.

The Buddhist and Jain Text:  

(i) Tripitakas and Jatakas of Buddhism as well as Angas of Jainism give us vital Information.  

(ii) They help in reconstructing the history of ancient India.  

Sanskrit Works:  

i)  Good quality of Sanskrit literature was produced from the second century AD to fifth century AD, especially under the Gupta rulers.

ii) Kalidasa, the greates poet and dramatist enriched the Sanskrit language. His plays Abhijnana Shakuntalam and Vikramorvashi are gems of Sanskrit literature.  

iii) Some other major authors were Vishkhadatta who wrote Mudra Rakshasa, Amar Singh who wrote Amarkosha and Shudraka who wrote Mrichhakatikam. Panchatantra, was also written during this period.

Tamil Works:  

i)  Tamil is the oldest language among the spoken literary languages of South India.  

ii)  The earliest trace of Tamil literature is found in Sangam literature.  

iii) The famous Tamil epic, the Silappadikaram was composed by llango about 1,800 years ago.  

(iv) Another Tamil epic the Manimekali was written by Sattanar about 1,400 years ago.  

Art and Architechture:

(i) Ancient India achieved wonderful heigths in fine arts.  

(ii) In the field of architecture, the Great Bath and Sanchi Stupa, in the field of sculpture Ashoka pillars, in the field of metallurgy the Iron Pillar at Mehrauli are some great examples.  

iii) The buildings built thousands of years ago were made of brick and stone. There durability is proved by the fact that they still stand tall.  

Class 6 History Chapter 10 Notes - Buildings, Paintings and Books

Fig: Art and Architechture

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Paintings and Science:  

(i) The paintings of this area are found in Ajanta and Ellora.  

(ii) They were made of colours derived from plants and animals and were vivid in description.  

Class 6 History Chapter 10 Notes - Buildings, Paintings and Books

Fig: Painting and science

(iii) In science, Aryabhatta talked about day and night, eclipses and used circumference of a circle which is as accurate as the formula used in modern times.

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