Wheel Cart - Level 1 , session 2 ,9th std with notes
Wheel Cart Source:Youtube Wheel cart: Wheel cart is a vehicle designed for transport, using two wheels . Examples- Hand cart, horses or ponies, mules, oxen, water buffalo or donkeys, or even smaller animals, such as goats or large dogs. Source:ClipartMax A handcart is pulled or pushed by one or more people . Hand carts However, history tells us that animals, instead of men, were used for pulling the carts, as they were more powerful. Normally, a cart was pulled by a pair of draught animals. Carts have been mentioned in literature as far back as the 2nd millennium BC. The Indian epic Mahabharata, which depicts Lord Krishna as the saarathi (the charioteer of the rath) and the chariot carrying Pandava prince Arjuna in the battlefield of Kurukshetra, are some of the examples. In the Mahabharata war, all the leaders used a rath for fighting in the war. Types of Cart Carts have been in continuous use since the inventio...