NCERT Chapter Summary: Buildings, Paintings and Books

NCERT Chapter Summary: Buildings, Paintings and Books

1. Name the God who that were worshipped in the earliest Hindus temples.

Deities such as Vishnu, Shiva and Durga were worshipped in the earliest Hindu temples.

2. Name two famous Sanskrit epics.

Ramayana and Mahabharata are two famous Sanskrit epics.

3. What is a temple?

Temple is a place where Hindu people worship their Gods.

4. What is science?

Systematic knowledge based on different experiments and reasoning is called science.

5. What do you mean by Stupas?

Stupa means a mound. In most of the stupas, a small box called relic casket was kept and it contained the bodily remains of Buddha and his followers.

6. What do you know about Ajanta?

Ajanta is famous for its several caves decorated with paintings. Most of these caves were the monasteries of Buddhist monks.