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Slice the rock art wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Green or redRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the Bhimbetka periodsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Rock paintings bingoRead the answer and worked solution →The arts of the Indus Valley Civilisation emerged during the second half of the:Read the answer and worked solution →Along the Indus, Harappa lies in the north and which city in the south?Read the answer and worked solution →Lothal and Dholavira, important Indus sites in India, are in:Read the answer and worked solution →The bust of the bearded priest from the Indus Valley is carved in:Read the answer and worked solution →The shawl of the bearded priest is decorated with:Read the answer and worked solution →Harappan bronze statues were made using which technique?Read the answer and worked solution →Daimabad, a late Harappan site with fine metal-cast sculptures, is in:Read the answer and worked solution →The most important Indus terracotta figures represent the:Read the answer and worked solution →Most Indus seals were made of:Read the answer and worked solution →The purpose of producing Indus seals was mainly:Read the answer and worked solution →The Indus seals carry a script that is:Read the answer and worked solution →On the Pashupati seal, which animals appear to the right of the seated figure?Read the answer and worked solution →Seals like the Pashupati seal date from between:Read the answer and worked solution →Indus Valley pottery consists chiefly of:Read the answer and worked solution →Perforated Indus pottery, with a large hole at the bottom and small holes all over, was probably used for:Read the answer and worked solution →A Harappan cemetery where bodies were buried with ornaments has been found at Farmana in:Read the answer and worked solution →Bead factories of the Indus Valley have been discovered at Lothal and:Read the answer and worked solution →Spindles and spindle whorls in Indus houses show that people commonly practised:Read the answer and worked solution →Indus people used which mineral as a cosmetic and face-paint?Read the answer and worked solution →The Dancing Girl of Mohenjodaro is a copper figure about how tall?Read the answer and worked solution →Around her neck, the Dancing Girl wears a necklace of:Read the answer and worked solution →The red sandstone male torso has socket holes in the neck and shoulders for attaching:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the Indus sites in IndiaRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the seal animalsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the materialsRead the answer and worked solution →

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Slice the rock art words

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Does not match the category
  1. Isobar
  2. Ledger
  3. Piston
  4. Sonnet
Matches the category
  1. Bhimbetka
  2. Geru
  3. Wakankar
  4. Kumaon
  5. Vindhya
Instructions
Slice only the words about prehistoric rock art. Spare the others.
_Source: syllabus An Introduction to Indian Art, Chapter 1, Prehistoric Rock Paintings._

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Green or red

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Upper category
Green
Lower category
Red
Items
  1. Category
    Green
    Item
    Dancers
  2. Category
    Green
    Item
    Chalcedony
  3. Category
    Red
    Item
    Hunters
  4. Category
    Red
    Item
    Haematite
  5. Category
    Red
    Item
    Geru
  6. Category
    Red
    Item
    Favourite
Instructions
Send each clue to the green paint track or the red paint track.
_Source: syllabus An Introduction to Indian Art, Chapter 1, Prehistoric Rock Paintings._

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Sort the Bhimbetka periods

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Items
  1. Group
    Period I
    Item
    Palaeolithic
  2. Group
    Period I
    Item
    Huge animals
  3. Group
    Period I
    Item
    Green and red
  4. Group
    Period II
    Item
    Mesolithic
  5. Group
    Period II
    Item
    Most paintings
  6. Group
    Period II
    Item
    Hunting scenes
  7. Group
    Period III
    Item
    Chalcolithic
  8. Group
    Period III
    Item
    Third period
  9. Group
    Period III
    Item
    After Meso
Groups
  1. Item
    Period I
  2. Item
    Period II
  3. Item
    Period III
Instructions
Drop each clue onto the Bhimbetka period it belongs to.
_Source: syllabus An Introduction to Indian Art, Chapter 1, Prehistoric Rock Paintings._

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