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Slice the town wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Trade or inscriptionRead the answer and worked solution →Sort coins, cities and textsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Towns and trade bingoRead the answer and worked solution →Harappan seals were made of a stone called:Read the answer and worked solution →The Mature Harappan civilisation is dated between about:Read the answer and worked solution →Terracotta plough models were found at Cholistan and:Read the answer and worked solution →Evidence of a ploughed field with two sets of furrows at right angles was found at:Read the answer and worked solution →Traces of Harappan canals were found at:Read the answer and worked solution →Water reservoirs, possibly for agriculture, were found at:Read the answer and worked solution →The smaller, higher section of Mohenjodaro is called the:Read the answer and worked solution →Laying Mohenjodaro's foundations alone is estimated to have needed how many person-days?Read the answer and worked solution →Which settlements were fortified as a whole, with walled sections inside?Read the answer and worked solution →The estimated number of wells in Mohenjodaro is about:Read the answer and worked solution →The Great Bath was made watertight with bricks set on edge and a mortar of:Read the answer and worked solution →Faience, used for small precious pots, was made of:Read the answer and worked solution →Chanhudaro, a tiny settlement, was almost exclusively devoted to:Read the answer and worked solution →Nageshwar and Balakot were specialised centres for making objects of:Read the answer and worked solution →Shortughai in Afghanistan lay near the best source of:Read the answer and worked solution →Harappans may have sent expeditions for copper to which region of Rajasthan?Read the answer and worked solution →Copper from Oman and Harappan artefacts both contain traces of:Read the answer and worked solution →Mesopotamian texts call the Harappan region:Read the answer and worked solution →The longest Harappan inscription contains about how many signs?Read the answer and worked solution →The Harappan script was written:Read the answer and worked solution →Most Mature Harappan sites in Cholistan were abandoned by about:Read the answer and worked solution →Who announced the discovery of the Indus civilisation to the world in 1924?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the Harappan sitesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the Mohenjodaro wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the Harappan timelineRead the answer and worked solution →

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Slice the town words

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Does not match the category
  1. Isobar
  2. Ledger
  3. Piston
  4. Nebula
Matches the category
  1. Shreni
  2. Setthi
  3. Agrahara
  4. Periplus
  5. Puhar
Instructions
Slice only the words of early towns and trade. Spare the others.
_Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History I, Theme 2, Kings, Farmers and Towns, sections on land grants, towns, trade and coins._

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Trade or inscription

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Upper category
Trade
Lower category
Epigraphy
Items
  1. Category
    Trade
    Item
    Pepper
  2. Category
    Trade
    Item
    Periplus
  3. Category
    Trade
    Item
    Setthi
  4. Category
    Trade
    Item
    Puhar
  5. Category
    Epigraphy
    Item
    Brahmi
  6. Category
    Epigraphy
    Item
    Kharosthi
  7. Category
    Epigraphy
    Item
    Prinsep
  8. Category
    Epigraphy
    Item
    Pativedaka
Instructions
Send each clue to the trade track or the inscription track.
_Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History I, Theme 2, Kings, Farmers and Towns, sections on land grants, towns, trade and coins._

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Sort coins, cities and texts

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Items
  1. Group
    Coin
    Item
    Punch-marked
  2. Group
    Coin
    Item
    Kushana gold
  3. Group
    Coin
    Item
    Yaudheya
  4. Group
    City
    Item
    Pataliputra
  5. Group
    City
    Item
    Ujjayini
  6. Group
    City
    Item
    Mathura
  7. Group
    Text
    Item
    Periplus
  8. Group
    Text
    Item
    Harshacharita
  9. Group
    Text
    Item
    Prashasti
Groups
  1. Item
    Coin
  2. Item
    City
  3. Item
    Text
Instructions
Drop each clue onto coin, city or text.
_Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History I, Theme 2, Kings, Farmers and Towns, sections on land grants, towns, trade and coins._

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