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Slice the medieval termsRead the answer and worked solution →North or CholaRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the kingdom cluesRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →New kingdoms bingoRead the answer and worked solution →Engineers first stumbled upon the site of Harappa while laying:Read the answer and worked solution →Harappan cities developed about how many years ago?Read the answer and worked solution →The smaller, higher western part of a Harappan city is called the:Read the answer and worked solution →The Great Bath, lined with bricks and sealed with natural tar, was built in the citadel of:Read the answer and worked solution →Fire altars where sacrifices may have been performed were found at Lothal and:Read the answer and worked solution →Harappan seal signs are the earliest known form of what in the subcontinent?Read the answer and worked solution →Harappan stone weights were made of:Read the answer and worked solution →Many Harappan beads were made of a beautiful red stone called:Read the answer and worked solution →Which artificially produced glazed material did Harappans use for beads and bangles?Read the answer and worked solution →Cotton was probably grown at Mehrgarh from about how many years ago?Read the answer and worked solution →Harappans probably got copper from Rajasthan and from which West Asian land?Read the answer and worked solution →Tin, mixed with copper to make bronze, may have come from Iran and:Read the answer and worked solution →Gold for the Harappans could have come from present-day:Read the answer and worked solution →Unlike most Harappan cities, Dholavira was divided into:Read the answer and worked solution →Dholavira is located on Khadir Beyt in the:Read the answer and worked solution →Lothal stood beside a tributary of which river in Gujarat?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Harappan city had a huge tank that may have been a dockyard?Read the answer and worked solution →The impression of a seal pressed on wet clay is called a:Read the answer and worked solution →The decline of the Harappan cities began about how many years ago?Read the answer and worked solution →After the Harappan decline, new cities emerged about how many years later?Read the answer and worked solution →Most Harappan houses had which feature, often connected to street drains?Read the answer and worked solution →Harappan crops included wheat, barley, pulses, peas, rice, sesame, linseed and:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the Harappan sitesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the Harappan findsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the Harappan sourcesRead the answer and worked solution →

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Slice the medieval terms

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Does not match the category
  1. Isobar
  2. Sonnet
  3. Fresco
  4. Nebula
Matches the category
  1. Samanta
  2. Prashasti
  3. Vetti
  4. Kadamai
  5. Nadu
Instructions
Slice only the terms of early medieval kingdoms. Spare the others.
_Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 2, New Kings and Kingdoms._

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North or Chola

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Upper category
North
Lower category
Chola
Items
  1. Category
    North
    Item
    Pratihara
  2. Category
    North
    Item
    Kanauj
  3. Category
    North
    Item
    Mahmud
  4. Category
    North
    Item
    Chauhan
  5. Category
    Chola
    Item
    Rajaraja
  6. Category
    Chola
    Item
    Nadu
  7. Category
    Chola
    Item
    Vellala
  8. Category
    Chola
    Item
    Thanjavur
Instructions
Send each clue to the north Indian track or the Chola track.
_Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 2, New Kings and Kingdoms._

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Sort the kingdom clues

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Items
  1. Group
    Record
    Item
    Hiranya
  2. Group
    Record
    Item
    Prashasti
  3. Group
    Record
    Item
    Copper plate
  4. Group
    Tax
    Item
    Vetti
  5. Group
    Tax
    Item
    Kadamai
  6. Group
    Tax
    Item
    400 taxes
  7. Group
    Land
    Item
    Brahmadeya
  8. Group
    Land
    Item
    Devadana
  9. Group
    Land
    Item
    Shalabhoga
Groups
  1. Item
    Record
  2. Item
    Tax
  3. Item
    Land
Instructions
Drop each clue onto rituals and records, taxes, or land grants.
_Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 2, New Kings and Kingdoms._

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