CBSE Class 6 Social Science, Chapter 6: The Beginnings of Indian Civilisation
NCERT Exploring Society: India and Beyond, pages 85–104. 13 topics, about 7 days of study at 20 to 30 minutes a day.
Topics in this chapter, with textbook pages
- Introductionpage 85
- What Is a Civilisation?pages 86–87
- From Village to Citypages 88–90
- The Sarasvatī Riverpage 90
- Town-Planningpages 90–93
- Water Managementpages 94–96
- What Did the Harappans Eat?pages 96–97
- A Brisk Tradepages 97–100
- The Lives of the Ancientspage 100
- Objects of daily usepages 100–101
- Cultural and symbolic objectspages 101–102
- The End or a New Beginning?pages 102–103
- Questions, activities and projectspage 104
Teach this chapter at home
- A day-by-day plan with the exact textbook pages for each day.
- A step-by-step script for each day, so you know what to say and ask, written from the NCERT chapter.
- A quiz at the end and a written task you can check with a photo of the notebook.
Textbook pages follow the 2026-27 NCERT print and can differ by a page or two in older prints. Adhian Gurus is not affiliated with NCERT or CBSE.