CBSE Class 9 Social Science, Chapter 5: State and Society up to 1000 CE
NCERT Understanding Society: India and Beyond Part 1, pages 95–136. 23 topics, about 14 days of study at 20 to 30 minutes a day.
Topics in this chapter, with textbook pages
- Introductionpages 95–97
- Understanding Early Indian State and Societypages 97–98
- State and Administrationpage 99
- The Vedic Periodpages 99–100
- Political Institutions in the Vedic Periodpages 100–103
- Early Kingdoms and Republicspages 103–106
- Duties and Ideals of the Kingpages 106–108
- Council of Ministerspages 108–111
- How Were Empires Administered?pages 111–115
- Ethics: The Foundation of Law and Lifepages 116–118
- Social Structures and Everyday Lifepage 118
- Varṇa Jātipages 118–120
- Family and Societypages 120–122
- Role of Womenpages 122–123
- Religious Life and the Emergence of Bhaktipages 123–124
- The Quest for Knowledgepages 124–127
- Literary Heritage of Early Indiapage 127
- Economypage 128
- Agriculture and Land Revenuepage 128
- Irrigationpages 128–129
- Trade: Trade Routes and Portspages 129–131
- Guildspages 131–135
- Notespage 136
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.