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Slice the Vedic wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Rigveda or megalithRead the answer and worked solution →Sort gods, people and burialsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Books and burials bingoRead the answer and worked solution →The earliest people known in the subcontinent lived as early as:Read the answer and worked solution →Hunter-gatherers moved from place to place partly because many rivers and lakes are:Read the answer and worked solution →Bhimbetka, a site with caves and rock shelters, lies close to which river valley?Read the answer and worked solution →Traces of ash showing early use of fire were found at:Read the answer and worked solution →The word Palaeolithic comes from Greek words meaning:Read the answer and worked solution →The Palaeolithic period extends from 2 million years ago to about:Read the answer and worked solution →The Palaeolithic covers what share of human history?Read the answer and worked solution →The tiny stone tools of the Mesolithic are called:Read the answer and worked solution →Around 12,000 years ago a shift to warmer climate led to the development of:Read the answer and worked solution →The first animal to be tamed was the wild ancestor of the:Read the answer and worked solution →Domestication of plants and animals began about how many years ago?Read the answer and worked solution →Some of the earliest plants to be domesticated were:Read the answer and worked solution →The earliest domesticated animals include:Read the answer and worked solution →One of the most exciting finds at early farming sites is remains of:Read the answer and worked solution →Pit-houses dug into the ground with steps were built at:Read the answer and worked solution →Neolithic tools differ from Palaeolithic ones because they were:Read the answer and worked solution →Which fibre could now be grown and woven into cloth in the Neolithic?Read the answer and worked solution →Mehrgarh lies in a fertile plain near which pass, a major route into Iran?Read the answer and worked solution →At Mehrgarh a dead person was buried with which animals, perhaps as food for the next world?Read the answer and worked solution →Colours for French cave paintings came from minerals like ochre or iron ore and:Read the answer and worked solution →The famous Neolithic site of Catal Huyuk is in:Read the answer and worked solution →Catal Huyuk obtained cowries from the:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the Neolithic featuresRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the Mehrgarh wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the stone agesRead the answer and worked solution →

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Slice the Vedic words

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Does not match the category
  1. Isobar
  2. Ledger
  3. Piston
  4. Nebula
Matches the category
  1. Sukta
  2. Yajna
  3. Megalith
  4. Cist
  5. Dasa
Instructions
Slice only the words of the Rigveda and megaliths. Spare the others.
_Source: syllabus Our Pasts I, Chapter 4, What Books and Burials Tell Us._

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Rigveda or megalith

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Upper category
Rigveda
Lower category
Megalith
Items
  1. Category
    Rigveda
    Item
    Sukta
  2. Category
    Rigveda
    Item
    Agni
  3. Category
    Rigveda
    Item
    Rishi
  4. Category
    Rigveda
    Item
    Jana
  5. Category
    Megalith
    Item
    Cist
  6. Category
    Megalith
    Item
    Porthole
  7. Category
    Megalith
    Item
    Iron axe
  8. Category
    Megalith
    Item
    Black Red
Instructions
Send each clue to the Rigveda track or the megalith track.
_Source: syllabus Our Pasts I, Chapter 4, What Books and Burials Tell Us._

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Sort gods, people and burials

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Items
  1. Group
    God
    Item
    Agni
  2. Group
    God
    Item
    Indra
  3. Group
    God
    Item
    Soma
  4. Group
    People
    Item
    Arya
  5. Group
    People
    Item
    Dasa
  6. Group
    People
    Item
    Rishi
  7. Group
    Burial
    Item
    Cist
  8. Group
    Burial
    Item
    Porthole
  9. Group
    Burial
    Item
    Megalith
Groups
  1. Item
    God
  2. Item
    People
  3. Item
    Burial
Instructions
Drop each clue onto Rigvedic gods, Rigvedic people or burial features.
_Source: syllabus Our Pasts I, Chapter 4, What Books and Burials Tell Us._

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