India and the world : social sciences textbook for class VI / authors, Makkhan Lal ... [and others] ; editor, B.S. Parakh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Makkhan Lal, 1954-

Contributor:

Parakh, B. S.

National Council of Educational Research and Training (India)

Series:

NCERT Textbook for Social Sciences.

NCERT Social Science Textbook ; for class VI.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

India--History.

India.

History.

India--Civilization.

Civilization.

Physical Description:

6 unnumbered pages, 169 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm.

Edition:

First edition (reprinted in 2003).

Place of Publication:

New Delhi : National Council of Educational Research and Training, 2002.

Contents:

Unit I: The earth our habitat

1. Our earth and the solar system

2. How the globe and maps help us

3. Locating places on the earth

4. How days and seasons are caused

5. Major domains of the earth

6. India: our country

7. Our climate, natural vegetation and wildlife

Unit II: People and society in the ancient period

8. The early humans

9. Early non-Indian civilizations

10. Indian civilization: Harappan civilization

11. The vedic civilization

12. Indian history (600 to 100 B.C.): the age of Janapadas and Mahajanapadas, the age of Mauryas and Sungas

13. Megalithic culture of Deccan and south India, early history of Deccan and South India

14. North India after Mauryas and Sungas (first century B.C. to third century A.D.): the Gupta empire, the era of Harsha

15. Deccan and south India (fourth to seventh century A.D.)

16. India's cultural contacts with the outside world

17. Major religions

Unite III: Community and its development

18. How communities meet their needs

19. How village people meet their needs

20. How people in cities meet their needs

21. Caring for things belonging to us all.

OCLC:

818192784