Describe the teaching of the Buddha.
The teaching of the Buddha:
(i) The world is transient (anicca) and constantly changing.
(ii) It is also soulless (anatta) as there is nothing permanent or eternal in it.
(iii) Within this transient world, sorrow (dukkha) is intrinsic to human existence.
(iv) It is by following the path of moderation between severe penance and self-indulgence that human beings can rise above these worldly troubles. In the earliest forms of Buddhism, whether or not god existed was irrelevant.
(v) The Buddha regarded the social world as the creation of humans rather than of divine origin.
”The mid first millennium BCE is often regarded as a turning point in the World History.” Justify the statement.
How had Bernier described a complex social reality of the artisans under the artisans under the Mughals? Give any one reason.
”Krishnadeva Raya was characterised by expansion and consolidation.” Justify the statement on the basis of evidences.
Mention the two earliest Bhakti Movements of the Tamil Nadu, giving the main difference between them.
Describe briefly how do the historians usually classify the contents of Mahabharata? Why is the text described as an itihas?
On the given political map of India label the following:
(i) Three major Buddhist sites.
(ii)Two important Kingdom or towns.(C 600 BCE- 600CE)
OR
On the given political outline map of India mark and label the following:
Any five territories/cities under Babur, Akbar & Aurangzeb’s reign.
Describe briefly the expansion and consolidation of Mughal Empire under Jalaluddin Akbar (1556-1605).