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Slice the early kingdom wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Magadha or VajjiRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the early society cluesRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Early kingdoms bingoRead the answer and worked solution →The lions on Indian currency come from a stone pillar Ashoka set up at:Read the answer and worked solution →The Mauryan empire was founded more than 2300 years ago by:Read the answer and worked solution →Chanakya or Kautilya's ideas were written down in the:Read the answer and worked solution →The Mauryan city that was a gateway to the northwest and Central Asia was:Read the answer and worked solution →Which Mauryan city lay on the route from north to south India?Read the answer and worked solution →Which area was under the direct control of the Mauryan emperor?Read the answer and worked solution →Per the Arthashastra, the north-west was important for blankets and south India for:Read the answer and worked solution →Megasthenes was sent to Chandragupta's court by the Greek ruler:Read the answer and worked solution →According to Megasthenes, the wall of Pataliputra had how many towers?Read the answer and worked solution →Most of Ashoka's inscriptions were written in which language?Read the answer and worked solution →Most Ashokan inscriptions used which script?Read the answer and worked solution →Kalinga is the ancient name of:Read the answer and worked solution →Ashoka is called the only king in world history who gave up conquest after:Read the answer and worked solution →Officials Ashoka appointed to teach people about dhamma were the:Read the answer and worked solution →Ashoka sent messengers about dhamma to Syria, Egypt, Greece and:Read the answer and worked solution →The finely polished Rampurwa bull from a Mauryan pillar is now placed in:Read the answer and worked solution →The Mauryan empire collapsed about how many years ago?Read the answer and worked solution →After the Mauryas, which general set up a kingdom in north and central India?Read the answer and worked solution →The Shungas were followed by which dynasty?Read the answer and worked solution →The Gupta empire was established about how many years ago?Read the answer and worked solution →The Satavahana kingdom, established about 2100 years ago, lasted about:Read the answer and worked solution →Which Central Asian people followed the Indo-Greeks in the north-west?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the Mauryan placesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop Ashoka's worksRead the answer and worked solution →Run the Mauryan lineRead the answer and worked solution →

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Slice the early kingdom words

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Does not match the category
  1. Isobar
  2. Sonnet
  3. Fresco
  4. Nebula
Matches the category
  1. Janapada
  2. Bhaga
  3. Gana
  4. Sangha
  5. Varna
Instructions
Slice only the words of the janapadas. Spare the others.
_Source: syllabus Our Pasts I, Chapter 5, Kingdoms, Kings and an Early Republic._

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Magadha or Vajji

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Upper category
Magadha
Lower category
Vajji
Items
  1. Category
    Magadha
    Item
    Bimbisara
  2. Category
    Magadha
    Item
    Rajagriha
  3. Category
    Magadha
    Item
    Elephants
  4. Category
    Magadha
    Item
    Nanda
  5. Category
    Vajji
    Item
    Vaishali
  6. Category
    Vajji
    Item
    Sangha
  7. Category
    Vajji
    Item
    Assembly
  8. Category
    Vajji
    Item
    Buddha
Instructions
Send each clue to the Magadha track or the Vajji track.
_Source: syllabus Our Pasts I, Chapter 5, Kingdoms, Kings and an Early Republic._

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Sort the early society clues

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Items
  1. Group
    Varna
    Item
    Brahmin
  2. Group
    Varna
    Item
    Kshatriya
  3. Group
    Varna
    Item
    Shudra
  4. Group
    Tax
    Item
    Bhaga
  5. Group
    Tax
    Item
    Labour
  6. Group
    Tax
    Item
    Forest goods
  7. Group
    Farming
    Item
    Iron plough
  8. Group
    Farming
    Item
    Transplant
  9. Group
    Farming
    Item
    Dasas
Groups
  1. Item
    Varna
  2. Item
    Tax
  3. Item
    Farming
Instructions
Drop each clue onto varnas, taxes or farming.
_Source: syllabus Our Pasts I, Chapter 5, Kingdoms, Kings and an Early Republic._

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