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SAI INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL
                                                 SUBJECT HISTORY
                                                 CLASS VI (2020-21)
                                    CH- 10 NEW EMPIRES AND KINGDOMS
                                                       MODULE-3
                                                   LESSON NOTES


                                           Kings maintained a well-organised army, with elephants,
               A new kind of                 chariots, cavalry and foot soldiers.
               army                        Military leaders provided  the kings with troops whenever he
                                             needed them but they were not paid regular salaries.
                                            Instead, of salary, some of them received grants of land.
                                            They collected revenue from the land and used this to
                                             maintain soldiers and horses, and provide equipment for
                                             warfare. These men were known as samantas.

                                           The inscriptions of the Pallavas mentioned a number of
               Assemblies in the             local assemblies which included the sabha, an assembly of
               southern                      brahmin landowners.
               kingdoms                    This assembly functioned through subcommittees, which

                                             looked after irrigation, agricultural operations, making roads,
                                             local temples, etc.
                                           The ur was a village assembly found in areas where the
                                             landowners were not brahmins.
                                           And the nagaram was an organisation of merchants.


                                           The lives of ordinary people can be taken from plays, and
                                             other account. .Kalidasa was known for his plays depicting
               Ordinary people in            life in the king’s court.
               the kingdoms                The kings and most brahmins were shown as speaking
                                             Sanskrit, while ordinary  men and women spoke Prakrit.
                                           Kalidasa’s  most famous play, Abhijnana Shakuntalam, is
                                             the story of the love between a king named Dushyanta and
                                             a young woman named Shakuntala.
                                           The Chinese pilgrims Fa Xian noticed the practice of
                                             untouchability by the high and powerful people.
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