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प्रश्न
Why do you think the chapter is named, ‘Walls Tell Stories’?
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उत्तर
The chapter is about historical structures which had been witnesses to their times. They tell a lot about the people, art, culture, craft, technology, and events of the historical period. Hence the name ‘Walls Tell Stories’ is appropriate for this chapter.
संबंधित प्रश्न
What difference would be there if you were to look from a straight flat wall or a bastion at a height?
What arrangements would have been made in the building for air and light?
Look carefully at the map of Golconda. On the map, arrows show all four directions.
- If you are peeping inside from Bodli Darwaza, in which direction from you is Katora Hauz?
- If someone is entering from Banjara Darwaza, in which direction from her is Katora Hauz?
- In which direction will you walk from Bala Hisar to reach Moti Mahal?
- How many gates can you see on the outer walls of the fort?
- Count how many palaces are there in the fort?
- What arrangements for water can you see inside the fort? For example, wells, tanks, step-wells.
The picture shown here is made after seeing a very old painting of those times. Can you think why bullocks have been used here?
Now imagine, how would this garland of pots lift water from the well?
Do you now get some idea about how the tanks could have been filled by lifting water from the wells?
What are the different kinds of factories you can see? How many people are working there? What are they doing? What are they wearing? How long do you think they work?
Is there any old building or monument near your house which people come to see? If yes, name it.
Have you ever gone to see an old monument? Which was that? Did you feel it told you a story? What could you know about those times from it?
How old was it? How did you know?
What was it made of?
What colour was it?
Were there any special kinds of designs on the old building? Draw them in your notebook.
Who used to live there in the olden days?
What kinds of activities took place there?
Do some people still live there?
Sangeeta thinks it is useless to keep old things in a museum. How would you convince her that it is important to have a museum?
Use your hand movement to show in which direction the drum attached to the rod moves when the bullocks move.
