NCERT Solutions for Class 6 History

Topics Covered in NCERT Solution for Class 6 History (Social Science) Chapter 1 What, Where, How and When are as follows:-

• Finding out what happened
• What can we know about the past?
• Where did people live?
• Names of the land
• Finding out about the past
• One past or many?
• What do dates mean?

What, Where, How and When Class 6 History Chapter 1 important Keywords are Travelling, Manuscript, Inscription, Archaeology, Historian, Source and Decipherment.

On the Trail of the Earliest People – Chapter 2

Topics Covered in NCERT Solution for Class 6 History (Social Science) Chapter 2 On the Trail of the Earliest People are as follows:-

• The earliest people: why were they on the move?
• How do we know about these people?
• Choosing a place to live in
• Making stone tools
• Finding out about fire
• A changing environment
• Rock paintings and what they tell us
• Who did what?
• A closer look – Hunsgi

On the Trail of the Earliest People Class 6 History Chapter 2 important Keywords are Hunter gatherer , Site , Habitation, Factory, Paleolithic, Mesolithic and Microliths.

From Gathering to Growing Food Class 6 History Chapter 3

Topics Covered in NCERT Solution for Class 6 History (Social Science) Chapter 3 From Gathering to Growing Food are as follows:-

• Varieties of foods
• The beginnings of farming and herding
• A new way of life
• ‘Storing’ animals
• Finding out about the first farmers and herders
• Towards a settled life
• What about other customs and practices?
• A closer look — (a) Living and dying in Mehrgarh
• A closer look — (b) Daojali Hading

From Gathering to Growing Food Class 6 History Chapter 3 important Keywords are Domestication, Farmers, Herders, Neolithic, Pots, Tribes, Village, Houses and Burials.

In the Earliest Cities Class 6 History Chapter 4

Topics Covered in NCERT Solution for Class 6 History (Social Science) Chapter 4 In the Earliest Cities are as follows:-

• The story of Harappa
• What was special about these cities?
• Houses, drains and streets
• Life in the city
• New crafts in the city
• In search of raw materials
• Food for people in the cities
• A closer look — Harappan towns in Gujarat
• The mystery of the end

In the Earliest Cities Class 6 History Chapter 4 important Keywords are City, Citadel, Ruler, Scribe, Crafts Person, Metal, Seal, Specialist, Raw Material, Plough and Irrigation.

What Books and Burials Tell us Class 6 History Chapter 5

Topics Covered in NCERT Solution for Class 6 History (Social Science) Chapter 5 What Books and Burials Tell us are as follows:-

• One of the oldest books in the world
• How historians study the Rigveda
• Cattle, horses and chariots
• Words to describe people
• Silent sentinels—the story of the megaliths
• Finding out about social differences
• Were some burial spots meant for certain families?
• A special burial at Inamgaon
• Occupations at Inamgaon

What Books and Burials Tell us Class 6 History Chapter 5 important Keywords are Veda, Language, Hymn, Chariot, Sacrifice, Raja, Slave, Megalith, Burial, Skeletal and Iron.

Kingdoms, Kings and an Early Republic – Chapter 6

Topics Covered in NCERT Solution for Class 6 History (Social Science) Chapter 6 Kingdoms, Kings and an Early Republic are as follows:-

• How some men became rulers
• Varnas
• Janapadas
• Mahajanapadas
• Taxes
• Changes in agriculture
• A closer look — (a) Magadha
• A closer look — (b) Vajji
• Ajatasattu and the Vajjis

Kingdoms, Kings and an Early Republic Class 6 History Chapter 6 important Keywords are Raja, Ashvamedha, Varna, Janapada, Mahajanapada, Fortification, Army , Tax, Transplantation, Gana or sangha and Democracy.

New Questions and Ideas Class 6 History Chapter 7

Topics Covered in NCERT Solution for Class 6 History (Social Science) Chapter 7 New Questions and Ideas are as follows:-

• The story of the Buddha
• The story of Kisagotami
• Upanishads
• The wise beggar
• Panini, the grammarian
• Jainism
• The sangha
• Monasteries
• The system of ashramas

New Questions and Ideas Class 6 History Chapter 7 important Keywords are Tanha, Prakrit, Upanishads, Atman, Brahman, Ahimsa, Jaina, Sangha, Bhikkhu, Vihara and Monastery.

Ashoka, The Emperor who Gave up War – Chapter 8

Topics Covered in NCERT Solution for Class 6 History (Social Science) Chapter 8 Ashoka, The Emperor who Gave up War are as follows:-

• A very big kingdom – an empire
• How are empires different from kingdoms?
• Ruling the empire
• The emperor and the capital city
• Ashoka, a unique ruler
• Ashoka’s war in Kalinga
• Ashoka’s inscription describing the Kalinga war
• What was Ashoka’s dhamma?
• Ashoka’s messages to his subjects

Ashoka, The Emperor who Gave up War Class 6 History Chapter 8 important Keywords are Empire, Capital, Province, Dhamma, Messenger and Official.

Vital Villages, Thriving Towns – Chapter 9

Topics Covered in NCERT Solution for Class 6 History (Social Science) Chapter 9 Vital Villages, Thriving Towns are as follows:-

• Iron tools and agricuture
• Other steps to increase production:irrigation
• Who lived in the villages?
• Finding about cities:stories, travellers, sculpture and archaeology
• Coins
• Cities with many functions
• Crafts and crafts persons
• A closer look-Arikamedu

Vital Villages, Thriving Towns Class 6 History Chapter 9 important Keywords are Iron, Irrigation, Village, Port, ring well, City, Shreni and Sangam.

Traders, Kings and Pilgrims Class 6 History Chapter 10

Topics Covered in NCERT Solution for Class 6 History (Social Science) Chapter 10 Traders, Kings and Pilgrims are as follows:-

• How to find out about trade and traders
• A poem about trade
• New kingdoms along the coasts
• The story of the Silk Route
• The spread of Buddhism
• The quest of the pilgrims
• How Fa Xian returned to China
• Nalanda – A unique centre of Buddhist learning
• The beginning of Bhakti

Traders, Kings and Pilgrims Class 6 History Chapter 10 important Keywords are Trader, Muvendar, Route, Silk, Kushanas, Mahayana Buddhism, Theravada Buddhism, Bodhisattva and Pilgrim.

New Empires and Kingdoms – Chapter 11

Topics Covered in NCERT Solution for Class 6 History (Social Science) Chapter 11 New Empires and Kingdoms are as follows:-

• Prashastis and what they tell us
• Samudragupta’s prashasti
• Samudragupta the warrior
• Genealogies
• Harshavardhana and the Harshacharita
• The Pallavas, Chalukyas and Pulakeshin’s prashasti
• How were these kingdoms administered?
• A new kind of army
• Assemblies in the southern kingdoms
• Ordinary people in the kingdoms
• The king’s army
• A fisherman finds a ring

New Empires and Kingdoms Class 6 History Chapter 11 important Keywords are Prashasti, Aryavarta, Dakshinapatha, Genealogy, Hereditary officers, Samanta, Assembly and Nagaram.

Buildings, Paintings and Books Class 6 History Chapter 12

Topics Covered in NCERT Solution for Class 6 History (Social Science) Chapter 12 Buildings, Paintings and Books are as follows:-

• The iron pillar
• Buildings in brick and stone
• How were stupas and temples built?
• Painting
• The world of books
• Recording and preserving old stories
• Stories told by ordinary people
• The story of the monkey king
• Writing books on science

Buildings, Paintings and Books Class 6 History Chapter 12 important Keywords are Stupa, Temple, Epics, Paintings and Puranas.