Our Pasts - I

by NCERT

This is textbook for class VI Social Science for History published by National Council of Technical Education and Research (NCERT), Delhi for Central Board of Secondary Education, Delhi affiliated schools of India.
It deals with introduction to History in general. It starts from an introduction to archaeology to basics of Indian History. Overall, the book is to introduce Indian history and how its studied along with explaining its importance in present world. Since the book is for teens and is an introductory literature, its full of interesting graphics and activities appropriate for target audience - 6th standard kids. This book is freely available at http://www.ncert.nic.in/ncerts/textbo... for personal use only.

Genres: History, Academics, Academic, Nonfiction

135 pages, ebook

First published August 15, 2013

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Reviews

[Archit]

This is one of the most important books for the students in India. It describes the Harappan Civilization, the Mauryan Empire, Early Kingdoms and their cultures.

[S.Ach]

Part 1 of the 'Our Pasts' series, starts with the hunting-gathering period, traverses through Harappan and Vedic civilization, touches upon Mahajanapadas and Maurya dynasty, glorifies the advancement during the Guptas, the Kuhsnas, the Pallavas, and ends with the Chalukyas - From past infinity to the middle ages. A long journey.

1 What, Where, How and When?
2 From Hunting – Gathering to Growing Food
3 In the Earliest Cities
4 What Books and Burials Tell Us
5 Kingdoms, Kings and An Early Republic
6 New Questions and Ideas
7 Ashoka The Emperor Who Gave Up War
8 Vital Villages, Thriving Towns
9 Traders Kings and Pilgrims
10 New Empires and Kingdoms
11 Buildings, Paints and Books

How I wish, this had been my 6th Class History book.
Probably, I could have chosen a different career path.

[Inderpreet Singh]

This book is beautifully presented by NCERT. It will introduce you from palaeolithic age to various dynasties. You will feel a little smug after reading this as you get the gist of Ancient India. At first, you may think that you know everything but still there are some basic terms that you be glad to know with perspective to different empires vis-à-vis cultures.
You must give it a read before jumping directly to difficult modules of history.

[Naveen N. Bhat]

Started with NCERT all over again. Just for laughs.

[Arnab Ghosh]

Must read book for everyone who is willing to sit in Government Exams in India.

[Gangadhara Rao]

One of the basic books for you if you want to understand about India's history. Don't think it is a school book, if you read this after your 23 age, the perspective will be totally different.

[Susapien]

Although this book is meant for children of Age 10. My review of the book is based on the pedagogy adopted by the NCERT as a standard to be made in the Indian schools. The complex concepts of the Stone Ages, Formation of Cultures and Empires have been explained in creative ways. But, the recent subtraction of certain chapters is denting the big picture that the textbook compilers had in their vision. The solution to the problem will be rewriting the book rather than haphazard subtraction of texts. Moreover, While framing the book, one must consider whether the teacher in the hamlets of Odisha is able to convey the concepts as intended by the NCERT.

[Pravin Raut]

it is a very apt version of ancient indian history. whoever likes to start from basics of ancient indian history shall start from this book. this book breaks notion of viewing history from viewpoint of kings only. this book covers history from every section of society then. for me the reading was enriching and smiling experience as it depicts that times history in such a way that you literally live in those times.worth reading for everybody.

[Abhimanyu]

A very amazing read takes you through the entire curve of ancient history in a succinct way.
Amazing illustrations are a plus.

[Mimansha Choudhay]

history is very good source of life .

[-Good_life_simping]

The best history I read was in middle school

[Beast]

3.75

[Ananth]

History

[Nightingale Pages]

It's the first history school, explained the ancient part of history . It includes topics like vedic era, stone age, Mauryan and post maurya dynasty, south kingdoms, ancient architecture etc. Nice book to read as a comic 😊😊

[Aryan Prasad]

The book is clearly written with a lib-leftist bias. AIT is given a fact, many other things also distorted and foreign invaders whitewashed.

[Sandeep Kohli]

Feels like living in past

[Pooja Banga]

You will find that each chapter is introduced by a young girl or a boy,each chapter is divided into sections. Read, discussand understand each section before proceeding tothe next,Some chapters contain DEFINATIONS.Many chapters contain a portion from a source Inclues from which historians write history. Readthese carefully, and discuss the questions they contain.Many of our sources are visual. Each illsutration has a story to tell,You will also find maps,many chapters contain boxes with interesting, additional Information,all chapters end with a section titled,elsewhere This tells you about something that was happeningin another part of the world.At the end of each chapter, you will find a list of  keywords which remind you of importantideas/ themes introduced in the lesson & dates.In each chapter there are intext questions and activities  that are highlighted. Spend some timediscussing these as you go along.

[Kampala]

sahadev

[Charandeep Rai]

Nice book . In this book we learn about old kings, buddas etc

[Sujit Arjun]

Wonderful book.

[Atulit Singh]

Starting with NCERT all over again because I feel like I never really read any of them well, which is much needed if I look forward to understanding advanced modules of the same.