Maharashtra Board Class 7 History Chapter 4 Maharashtra before the Times of Shivaji Maharaj Solution

Maharashtra Board Class 7 History Solution Chapter 4 – Maharashtra before the Times of Shivaji Maharaj

Balbharati Maharashtra Board Class 7 History Solution Chapter 4: Maharashtra before the Times of Shivaji Maharaj. Marathi or English Medium Students of Class 7 get here Maharashtra before the Times of Shivaji Maharaj  full Exercise Solution.

Std	Maharashtra Class 7
Subject	History and Civics Solution
Chapter	4
Chapter Name	Maharashtra before the Times of Shivaji Maharaj

(1) Complete the following chart.

	Village (Mauja)	Kasba	Pargana
What it means	…………..	…………..	…………..
Officers	…………..	…………..	…………..
Example	…………..	…………..	…………..

(2) Write the meaning.

(1) Budruk –

(2) Balut –

(3) Vatan –

(3) Find out and write.

(1) People from Africa who had settled along the Konkan coastline –

(2) The author of ‘Amrutanubhav’ –

(3) Sant Tukaram’s place –

(4) He composed Bharuds –

(5) He explained the importance of physical fitness –

(6) Women Sants –

Solution:

(4) Sant Eknath

(5) Ramdas Swami

(6) Sant Kanhopatra Bahinabai Siurkar

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

(1) Sant Namdeo

Answer: He was a great Sant of the Varkari movement and a Skilled Organiser.

He awakened the sense of equality of men and women belonging to all castes through medium of Keertans.

He built a memorial to Sant Chokhamela at Pandharpur.

(2) Sant Dnyaneshwar

Answer: He was a great Sant in the Varkari movement. He preached the importance of path devotion through his works and composition. He composed the ‘Amrutanubhav’.

(3) Sant Eknath

Answer: He was a great Sant of Bhakti movement. He was a teacher of the people in the true sense of terms. His compositions includes abhanga, gavalana, bharud, etc. He stated Bhagvat Dharma in a simple manner.

(4) Sant Tukaram

Answer: He belonged to Dehu near Pune. His ‘Gatha’ is a precious treasure of Marathi Language. He criticiged the hypocrisy and superstition in the society in very strong terms. He stressed that devotion should be coupled with morality.

(5) Why were droughts a great calamity for the people ?

Answer: Droughts were a great calamity for the people. Agriculture was dependent on rainwater. There was severe scarcity of foodgrains. Water used to become scarce. It was difficult for people to live in the village. Cattle and farm animals died. It would put an end to indistries. All financial transactions came to standstill. It was a great challenge to bring back to to normalcy, the
devastated life of the people.