Stone-Agers used mammoth bones as walls for
their tents.
Mammoths were large and furry elephant like
creatures that lived in the last Ice Age. They were herbivores and ate berries,
leaves, roots and grass. Humans too lived in the Ice Age and hunted mammoths as
they were a large and easily found source of food. As the Stone-Agers had only
flinthead spears it was not possible for them to hunt the mammoths with the
spears. So, the Stone-Agers used to stampede the mammoths into a swamp and let
it starve to death. After the mammoth was dead the body was skinned, and the
flesh was removed. Then the bones were used as the walls of their tents.
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| Illustration by- Pronoy Mukherjee |
Karate is not a Japanese martial art!
Popularly thought to be Japanese in origin,
karate developed on the island of Okinawa a part of the Ryukyu Islands. The
Ryukyu Islands were close to both Japan and China. The location of the island
led to the development of karate. The island was constantly being attacked by
Chinese and Japanese forces and since ordinary people weren’t allowed to carry weapons the Okinawans developed a new martial art, karate to defend themselves.
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| Illustration by- Pronoy Mukherjee |
Ashoka built an animal hospital!
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| Illustration by- Pronoy Mukherjee |
Ashoka was the 3rd Mauryan emperor and under him the Mauryan Empire rose to its height. Ashoka had taken up Buddhism after
the Battle of Kalinga. In Buddhism there is a rule that no creature should be
harmed and should be taken care of and as Ashoka was a Buddhist, he too had to
follow these rules. So, Ashoka built animal hospitals throughout his kingdom
where animals were treated.
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