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Tamil Nadu Board 11th Standard History Unit 5: Book Back Answers and Solutions

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2 Mark Questions: Answer briefly
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Unit 5 - Evolution of Society in South India

I. Choose the Correct Answer

Question 1.

Karikala was the son of _________
(a) Sengannan

(b) Kadungo
(c) Ilanjetchenni

(d) Athiyaman

Answer Key:

Question 2.

Which of the following pairs is not correct?
(i) Talayalanganam - Nedunchezhiyan
(ii) Pattinapalai - Uruttirankannanar
(iii) Gajabahu - Ceylon
(iv) Tiruvanchikalam - Cholas
(a) (i) (b) (ii) (c) (iii) (d) (iv)

Answer Key:

(d) (iv)

Question 3.

_________ performed Rajasuya sacrifice
(a) Perunarkilli

(b)Mudukudumi Peruvazhuthi
(c) Simuka

(d) Athiyaman

Answer Key:

(a) Perunarkilli

Question 4.

Ikshavakus wielded power in _________.
(a) Andhra-Karnataka region
(b) Odisha
(c) Deccan region
(d) Banavasi

Answer Key:

(a) Andhra-Karnataka region

Question 5.

Read the following and pick out the wrong
statement
(i) Kalabhras were Saivites
(ii) Kalabhras defeated Pallavas and Pandyas
(iii) Ikshvakus supported vedic sacrifices
(iv) Salt merchants were called umanar.
(a) (i) and (ii) (b) (ii) and (iii)
(c) (i) and (iii) (d) (iii) and (iv)

Answer Key:

(a) (i) and (ii)

II. Write Brief Answers

1. Explain Barter System.

Raw materials for the production were not available everywhere.
So Precious and semi-precious stones were collected.
They exchanged for other commodities.

2. What do you know from Madurai Kanchi?

Maduraikanchi speaks about day markets as well as and night markets.
It’s also speaks about selling several craft goods.
Maduraikanchi refers to mudukudumi Peruvazhuthi and Nedunchezhiyan.

3. What did Hiuen Tsang see in Kanchipuram?

Hiuen-Tsang visited one hundred Buddhist monasteries at kanchipuram.
He also visited 10,000 priests belonging to the Mahayana school.

4. Identify Adukotpattu Cheralathan.

He was one of the king of Cheras of the Sangam age.
He was son of the Neduncheralathan.
He ruled 25 years and his capital was Thondi.

III. Write Short Answers

1. The five eco-zones of Tamil land during Sangam Age.

Thinai	Eco Region	Occupation
Kurinji	Hilly region:	Hunting and gathering
Mullai	Forested region	Pastoralism and shifting cultivation
Marutham	Riverine tract	Agriculture and irrigation
Neythal	Coastal land	Fishing and salt making.
Palai	Parched land.	Cattle lifting and robbery.

2. Karikala as the greatest of early Chola rulers.

He was greatest Chola king of the Sangam age.
Karikalan defeated Cheras, Pandyas, and eleven Velir chieftains at Venni.
He is credited with converting forest into habitable regions.
He developing agriculture by providing irrigation through the embankment of the Kaveri and building reservoirs.

3. Achievements of Gautamiputra Satakarani.

Gautamiputra Satakarni was the greatest of the Satavahana kings.
He defeated the Shaka ruler Nahapana.
He reissued the coins of Nahapana with his own royal insignia.
The inscription Nashik mentions him as the conqueror of the Shakas, Pahlavas, and Yavanas.

4. Distinction between Khizhar and Velir.

Kizhar	Velir
Kizhar were the heads of the villages territory,	Velir controlled mainly hilly and forest areas.
They were the chiefs of tribal communities	There were frequent wars among these chiefs on account of capture of cattle.
The kizhar were few in number.	The velir were many in number.

IV. Answer the following in detail

1. Sangam polity should be considered pre-state chiefdom. Give your reasons in support of or againstthis statement?

Support of this statement:

No social stratification is noticed.
Proper territorial association is absent.
Destructive warfare did not allow the development of agriculture and surplus production for the emergence of the state.No evidence of taxation as in the governments of North India.

Against of this statement:

Social differentiation is evident in the Marutham region.
The territorial associations are very clear in the case of the Muvendar.
Warfare for territorial expansion was a major theme of Puratthinai
Evidence for taxation at the highways and in the port of Kaviripattinam is cited.

2. Describe the administrative structure in the kingdom of Muvendars.

From the chiefs of the Iron Age emerged the Vendar of the early historic period.
While certain chiefs attained higher status (vendar) through the larger and effective control of pastoral and agricultural regions.
The Vendar subjugated the chieftains and fought with the other two Vendars.
For this they mobilized their own warriors, besides seeking the support of some Velir chiefs.
The adoption of titles was one of the measures adopted by the Sangam Age Vendar to display their power.
Vendar’s Titles such as Kadungo, Imayavaramban and Vanavaramban and Peru Vazhuthi.
They distinguished themselves from the ordinary people and the Velirs.

3. Who were the Kalabhras? What do we know about them from Pulankurichiinscriptions.

The period between the Sangam Age and the Pallava-Pandya period, is known as the age of Kalabhras in the history of Tamizhagam.
This period was called 'dark age' by earlier historians.
The greatest Tamil work Tirukkural was written in the age of kalabhras.
The epics Silappathikaram and Manimekalai also belong to this period.
During this period, Jainism and Buddhism became more influential.

Pulankurichi inscriptions :

A group of inscriptions found at Pulangurichi in Sivagangai district.
This inscription described two kalabhra’s kings - Chendan and Kurran.
Though there is no mention about their family or dynasty name, some scholars identify them as Kalabhra rulers.

4. Attempt an account of traders and their long distance trade during the Sangam and the immediate post-Sangam period.

Traders from faraway regions were present in the Tamil country.
Trade-related terms such as vanikan, chattan and nigama appear in the Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions.
Chattu referred to the itinerary or mobile merchants. Salt merchants called umanar.
Long distance trade existed and the connections with the Roman empire and southeast Asia.
The major early historic ports have evidence of Roman amphora, glassware and other materials suggesting active maritime activities.
The wealth brought by the Romans and by the arrival of foreign merchants is evidenced in archaeology as well as literature.