Chapter 4 Maharashtra before the Times of Shivaji Maharaj Solutions

Village (Mauja)

Kasba

Pargana

What it means

A small village

A big village

Group of Villages

Officers

Patil Kulkarni

The Shete
The Mahajan

The Deshmukh
TheDeshpande

Example

Bavdhan

Wai Kasba of Wai Pargana

The Pune Paragana

2. Write the meaning:

Maharashtra Before The Time Of Shivaji Maharaj Question Answer Question 1.
Budruk
Answer:
(i) ‘Badruk’ is a suffix added to the name of the village, which indicated that the village was independent.
(ii) The original town was called Budruk.
(iii) Example: Vadgaon Budruk.

Maharashtra Before Shivaji Question 2.
Baluta
Answer:
(i) A share of the agricultural produce paid by peasants to the artisans for their services to the villagers.
(ii) This share was known as Baluta.

Maharashtra Before The Times Of Shivaji Maharaj Question 3.
Vatan
Answer:
Vatan is an Arabic word. In Maharashtra it is used to refer to hereditary land to which the holder does not have to pay revenue.

3. Find out and write:

Maharashtra Before Shivaji Maharaj Question 1.
People from Africa who had settled along the Konkan coastline –
Answer:
Siddi

Maharashtra Before Shivaji Question Answer Question 2.
The author of ‘Amrutanubhav’ –
Answer:
Sant Dnyaneshwar

Maharashtra Before Shivaji, Question And Answer Question 3.
The place where Sant Tukaram belonged to –
Answer:
Dehu near Pune

4. Write about these personalities and their work in your own words:

5. Why were droughts a great calamity for the people?
Answer:
The droughts were a great calamity for the people because:

Activities

Class 7 History Chapter 4 Maharashtra before the Times of Shivaji Maharaj Additional Important Questions and Answers

Complete the sentence by choosing the appropriate word from the options given below:

Match the following:

Column ‘A’

Column ‘B’

(1) The Deshmukh(2) The Deshpande(3) The Kulkarni(4) The Patil

(a)   Maintained peace in the village.(b)     Maintained record of the revenue.(c)   Chief of the Kulkarnis.(d)  Chief of the Patils.

Column ‘A’

Column ‘B’

(1) Sant Namdeo

(a) He composed the ‘Amrutanubhav’.

(2) Sant Dnyaneshwar

(b) He built a memorial to Sant Chokhamela at Pandharpur.

(3) Sant Eknath

(c) His Gatha is a precious treasure of Marathi language.

(4) Sant Tukaram

(d) He believed that the Marathi language was inferior to no other language.

Explain the meanings of:

Answer the following question in one sentence:

Answer the following in brief:

Let’s Discuss:

Collect more information about the Pandharpur Vari and discuss the following topic.
Question 1.
In which month do the Varkaris go on the vari?
Answer:
On Ashadhi Ekadashi, that is in the month of July.

(ii) Translation: Sanskrit language is made by God Then is Prakrit made by thieves?
Meaning: The scriptures were in Sanskrit and only priests could read scriptures in Pre-Shivaji’s times. Sant Eknath said that all languages were languages of God.

(iii) Translation: The one who calls the tormented and unhappy people as their own, Only he is a true saint. There is God only there.
Meaning: Sant Tukaram says that a true saint calls the weak and tormented people as their own. And God resides only at such places.

(iv) Translation: Gather wealth by ideal actions, spend it seriously
Meaning: Sant Tukaram says that a person should not earn by wrong methods and should not spend wealth carelessly.

(v) Translation: Tukaram says only he is a saint who shares sorrows of the world.
Meaning: Sant Tukaram says that only a person who reduces the sorrow from this world is a true saint.

(vi) Translation: Onions, raddish, vegetables, There resides my God.
Meaning: Sant Sawata says in these lines that God resides in all things in life including farm work.

(vii) Translation: Gather all the Marathas, Propagate Maharashtra religion.
Meaning: Ramdas Swami asks the Maratha people to be united and spread their culture.