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Slice the Harappan wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Site or materialRead the answer and worked solution →Sort sites, materials and regionsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Harappa bingoRead the answer and worked solution →The Mahabharata in its present form runs to over how many verses?Read the answer and worked solution →The critical edition of the Mahabharata began in 1919 under:Read the answer and worked solution →The critical edition project took how many years?Read the answer and worked solution →In Sanskrit texts the term for a family is:Read the answer and worked solution →Tracing descent from father to son is called:Read the answer and worked solution →The feuding cousins of the Mahabharata came from a single ruling family, that of the:Read the answer and worked solution →Marrying daughters into families outside the kin is called:Read the answer and worked solution →The gift of a daughter in marriage, seen as a father's religious duty, is:Read the answer and worked solution →The Manusmriti was compiled between about:Read the answer and worked solution →The Dharmasutras and Dharmashastras recognised how many forms of marriage?Read the answer and worked solution →Each gotra was named after a:Read the answer and worked solution →Names derived from the mother, as among the Satavahanas, are called:Read the answer and worked solution →Satavahana marriage practice, unlike Brahmanical rules, shows:Read the answer and worked solution →The Purusha sukta says the Shudra was born from Purusha's:Read the answer and worked solution →In the Adi Parvan, Drona refused to teach Ekalavya, who was a:Read the answer and worked solution →Drona demanded which fee from Ekalavya?Read the answer and worked solution →The Shungas and Kanvas, successors of the Mauryas, were:Read the answer and worked solution →Brahmanas regarded outsiders like the Shakas as:Read the answer and worked solution →The Sanskrit word for goldsmith, classed as a jati, is:Read the answer and worked solution →A fifth-century inscription at Mandasor records a guild of:Read the answer and worked solution →The play Mrichchhakatika was written by:Read the answer and worked solution →Charudatta, hero of the Mrichchhakatika, is described as a Brahmana and a:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the marriage termsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the kinship termsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the critical editionRead the answer and worked solution →

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Slice the Harappan words

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Does not match the category
  1. Isobar
  2. Ledger
  3. Piston
  4. Nebula
Matches the category
  1. Steatite
  2. Faience
  3. Carnelian
  4. Citadel
  5. Chert
Instructions
Slice only the Harappan words. Spare the others.
_Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History I, Theme 1, Bricks, Beads and Bones._

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Site or material

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Upper category
Site
Lower category
Material
Items
  1. Category
    Site
    Item
    Lothal
  2. Category
    Site
    Item
    Banawali
  3. Category
    Site
    Item
    Balakot
  4. Category
    Site
    Item
    Nageshwar
  5. Category
    Material
    Item
    Steatite
  6. Category
    Material
    Item
    Faience
  7. Category
    Material
    Item
    Carnelian
  8. Category
    Material
    Item
    Lapis
Instructions
Send each clue to the site track or the material track.
_Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History I, Theme 1, Bricks, Beads and Bones._

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Sort sites, materials and regions

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Items
  1. Group
    Site
    Item
    Lothal
  2. Group
    Site
    Item
    Dholavira
  3. Group
    Site
    Item
    Kalibangan
  4. Group
    Material
    Item
    Steatite
  5. Group
    Material
    Item
    Faience
  6. Group
    Material
    Item
    Carnelian
  7. Group
    Region
    Item
    Meluhha
  8. Group
    Region
    Item
    Magan
  9. Group
    Region
    Item
    Dilmun
Groups
  1. Item
    Site
  2. Item
    Material
  3. Item
    Region
Instructions
Drop each clue onto Harappan site, craft material or foreign region.
_Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History I, Theme 1, Bricks, Beads and Bones._

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