Reading the following excerpt carefully and answer the questions that

1.	Reading the following excerpt carefully and answer the questions that follow. The Pandya Chief Senguttuvan visits the forest This is an excerpt from the Silappadikaram, an epic written in Tamil: (When he visited the forest) people came down the mountain, singing and dancing … just as the defeated show respect to the victorious king, so did they bring gifts – ivory, fragrant wood, fans made of the hair of deer, honey, sandalwood, red ochre, antimony, turmeric, cardamom, pepper, etc…. they brought coconuts, mangoes, medicinal plants, fruits, onions, sugarcane, flowers, areca nut, bananas, baby tigers, lions, elephants, monkeys, bear, deer, musk deer, fox, peacocks, musk cat, wild cocks, speaking parrots, etc. … 1. How did people welcome him? What gifts did the people bring for him? 2. Why did people bring these gifts? 3. What would the chiefs have used these for?
Answer» 1.(a) He was warmly received by the people. (b) The people welcomed him by singing and dancing and showed much respect towards him. (c) The people brought many gifts for him by such as ivory, fragrant woods. Fans made of the hair of deer, honey, sandalwood, pepper etc. 2.(a) Mark of respect (b) To pay homage. (c) As a gesture of accepting the suzerainty of the chief and his leadership in warfare, arbitrating disputes. 3.(a) The chiefs have used these gifts for their amulets, rituals, etc. (b) They used animal hides as seats, minerals etc.

Reading the following excerpt carefully and answer the questions that follow. The Pandya Chief Senguttuvan visits the forest This is an excerpt from the Silappadikaram, an epic written in Tamil: (When he visited the forest) people came down the mountain, singing and dancing … just as the defeated show respect to the victorious king, so did they bring gifts – ivory, fragrant wood, fans made of the hair of deer, honey, sandalwood, red ochre, antimony, turmeric, cardamom, pepper, etc…. they brought coconuts, mangoes, medicinal plants, fruits, onions, sugarcane, flowers, areca nut, bananas, baby tigers, lions, elephants, monkeys, bear, deer, musk deer, fox, peacocks, musk cat, wild cocks, speaking parrots, etc. … 1. How did people welcome him? What gifts did the people bring for him? 2. Why did people bring these gifts? 3. What would the chiefs have used these for?

Answer»

1.(a) He was warmly received by the people.

(b) The people welcomed him by singing and dancing and showed much respect towards him.

(c) The people brought many gifts for him by such as ivory, fragrant woods. Fans made of the hair of deer, honey, sandalwood, pepper etc.

2.(a) Mark of respect

(b) To pay homage.

3.(a) The chiefs have used these gifts for their amulets, rituals, etc.

(b) They used animal hides as seats, minerals etc.