Let us Explore (Page 171) Read the excerpt (see textbook, page 170). What are your observations? Locate the route the group Class 7

Let us Explore (Page 171) Read the excerpt (see textbook, page 170). What are your observations? Locate the route the group Class 7

Question 1.

Read the excerpt (see textbook, page 170). What are your observations? Locate the route the group must have taken from Rameswaram to Haridwar. Why do you think the group was going straight to Haridwar instead of stopping at Delhi? Class 7

Answer:

The excerpt shows a group of pilgrims who have travelled a long way from their two villages north of Lucknow to Rameshwaram to Haridwar to visit sacred sites. They had been pilgrimage, from past three months. They had earthen pots and food items with them.

Perhaps the route they had taken from Rameshwaram to Haridwar:

Rameshwaram → Madurai → Chennai → Nagpur → Bhopal → Agra → Delhi → Haridwar.

They are focused on reaching Haridwar, which is an important pilgrimage destination, rather than stopping in Delhi. This suggests that their spiritual journey is more important than sightseeing.

This journey highlights how pilgrimage is not just a physical travel but also a spiritual quest.

Question 2.

In ancient times, when people were travelling from Madurai in Tamil Nadu to Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh, what languages would they come across? How would they communicate with people in those places? Where would they stay? What food would they eat? Class 7

Answer:

1. When travelling from Madurai to Varanasi, people would encounter various languages such as Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Marathi, Hindi, and possibly Sanskrit.
2. They might communicate using simple phrases or hand gestures and sign language like action if they didn't share a common language.
3. Travellers would likely stay in dharamshalas (guesthouses), temples or mathas or with local families.
4. Their diet would include regional foods, such as rice, fruits, nuts and lentils in Tamil Nadu and chapatis and curries in Uttar Pradesh. They can also cook their own meals and carried items.