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प्रश्न
How is Mahabharata a colossal epic to understand social behaviour of early historic period?
उत्तर
The epic Mahabharata is a huge resource for learning about social behaviour because:
- History scholars frequently turn to textual traditions to understand social history. Social norms are outlined in some texts. Others show a wide range of social events and actions.
- Books like the Mahabharata can help us better understand the processes that shape social history. By focusing on the Mahabharata, a sizable epic that, in its current form, contains representations of a variety of social classes and situations and spans more than 100,000 verses.
- It is one of the more in-depth works on the continent. Approximately 1,000 years (starting in 500 BCE) went into its composition, and some of the stories it contains may have been in circulation even earlier.
- Two sets of warring cousins are at the centre of the main conflict. However, the text also contains passages that outline accepted social norms. The main characters occasionally seem to follow these rules.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Write a short essay (about 500 words) on the following:
This is what a famous historian of Indian literature, Maurice Wintemitz, wrote about the Mahabharata: “Just because the Mahabharata represents more of an entire literature…. and contains so many kinds of things….(it) give(s) us an insight into the most profound depths of the soul of the Indian folk.” Discuss.
The original story of Mahabharata was composed by ______.
The composition of the Mahabharata has been traditionally attributed to a Rishi. Identify his name from the following options.
Identify the character of Mahabharata with the help of the following information.
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Identify the character of Mahabharata with the help of the following information.
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Read the following source carefully and answer the following question by choosing the most appropriate option.
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Draupadi’s question Draupadi is supposed to have asked Yudhisthira whether he had lost himself before staking her. Two contrary opinions were expressed in response to this question. One, that even if Yudhisthira had lost himself earlier, his wife remained under his control, so he could stake her. Two, that an unfree man (as Yudhisthira was when he had lost himself) could not stake another person. The matter remained unresolved; ultimately, Dhritarashtra restored to the Pandavas and Draupadi their personal freedom. |
To whom did Draupadi ask question after losing in the dice game?
Read the following source carefully and answer the following question by choosing the most appropriate option.
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Draupadi’s question Draupadi is supposed to have asked Yudhisthira whether he had lost himself before staking her. Two contrary opinions were expressed in response to this question. One, that even if Yudhisthira had lost himself earlier, his wife remained under his control, so he could stake her. Two, that an unfree man (as Yudhisthira was when he had lost himself) could not stake another person. The matter remained unresolved; ultimately, Dhritarashtra restored to the Pandavas and Draupadi their personal freedom. |
How did Draupadi react to her humiliating treatment?
Read the following source carefully and answer the following question by choosing the most appropriate option.
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Draupadi’s question Draupadi is supposed to have asked Yudhisthira whether he had lost himself before staking her. Two contrary opinions were expressed in response to this question. One, that even if Yudhisthira had lost himself earlier, his wife remained under his control, so he could stake her. Two, that an unfree man (as Yudhisthira was when he had lost himself) could not stake another person. The matter remained unresolved; ultimately, Dhritarashtra restored to the Pandavas and Draupadi their personal freedom. |
How did Dhritirashtra react at the end?
Read the following source carefully and answer the following question by choosing the most appropriate option.
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Draupadi’s question Draupadi is supposed to have asked Yudhisthira whether he had lost himself before staking her. Two contrary opinions were expressed in response to this question. One, that even if Yudhisthira had lost himself earlier, his wife remained under his control, so he could stake her. Two, that an unfree man (as Yudhisthira was when he had lost himself) could not stake another person. The matter remained unresolved; ultimately, Dhritarashtra restored to the Pandavas and Draupadi their personal freedom. |
How was Draupadi’s question related to womanhood?
Who excavated the site Hastinapur in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh?
Which one of the following language was used by the earliest ordinary people?
The process of understanding the inscription of the past known as the:
Hastinapur was lhe capilal of which of the following?
Who among the following was the author of 'Ashtadhyayi', a work on Sanskrit grammar?
Identify the character of Mahabharata with the help of following information:
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Analyse the elements examined by historians on Mahabharata as text.
“The Mahabharata is an invaluable source available to historians to study social practices and norms in early societies”, Justify the statement.
