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Slice the Indus art wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Stone or metalRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the Indus craftsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Indus arts bingoRead the answer and worked solution →Buddhism and Jainism, which emerged in the sixth century BCE, were part of which tradition?Read the answer and worked solution →Mauryan pillars differ from Achaemenian pillars because Mauryan pillars are:Read the answer and worked solution →Mauryan pillar capitals stand on a square or circular platform called the:Read the answer and worked solution →Basarah-Bakhira, Lauriya-Nandangarh and Rampurva, sites of Mauryan pillars, are in:Read the answer and worked solution →The Lion Capital, India's national emblem, was found at:Read the answer and worked solution →The Sarnath Lion Capital symbolises which event in the Buddha's life?Read the answer and worked solution →The abacus of the Sarnath capital shows a horse, a bull, a lion and:Read the answer and worked solution →The Sarnath capital originally had how many component parts?Read the answer and worked solution →The crowning element of the Sarnath pillar, now broken and kept in the site museum, was a:Read the answer and worked solution →Each chakra on the Sarnath abacus has how many spokes?Read the answer and worked solution →The circular abacus of the Sarnath capital rests on an:Read the answer and worked solution →A distinguishing feature of Mauryan Yaksha and Yakshi images is their:Read the answer and worked solution →The famous Yakshi holding a flywhisk comes from Didarganj near:Read the answer and worked solution →The Didarganj Yakshi is carved in:Read the answer and worked solution →A monumental rock-cut elephant with an Ashokan edict is found at Dhauli in:Read the answer and worked solution →The Lomus Rishi cave in the Barabar hills near Gaya was donated by Ashoka to the:Read the answer and worked solution →The facade of the Lomus Rishi cave is decorated with a semicircular:Read the answer and worked solution →An example of a third century BCE stupa structure is at Bairat in:Read the answer and worked solution →The great stupa at Sanchi was first built under Ashoka using:Read the answer and worked solution →Artisan Kanha is recorded at Pitalkhora and his disciple Balaka at:Read the answer and worked solution →In early Buddhist art the Buddha was shown symbolically through footprints, stupas, lotus throne and:Read the answer and worked solution →Chhadanta, Ruru, Sibi, Vessantara and Shama are frequently depicted:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the Sarnath animalsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the Mauryan sitesRead the answer and worked solution →Run the Mauryan artRead the answer and worked solution →

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Slice the Indus art words

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Does not match the category
  1. Isobar
  2. Ledger
  3. Piston
  4. Sonnet
Matches the category
  1. Steatite
  2. Lost wax
  3. Trefoil
  4. Intaglio
  5. Cinnabar
Instructions
Slice only the Indus Valley art words. Spare the others.
_Source: syllabus An Introduction to Indian Art, Chapter 2, Arts of the Indus Valley._

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Stone or metal

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Upper category
Stone
Lower category
Metal
Items
  1. Category
    Stone
    Item
    Priest
  2. Category
    Stone
    Item
    Red torso
  3. Category
    Stone
    Item
    Seals
  4. Category
    Metal
    Item
    Dancer
  5. Category
    Metal
    Item
    Lothal dog
  6. Category
    Metal
    Item
    Bull
  7. Category
    Metal
    Item
    Tablets
Instructions
Send each Indus object to the stone track or the metal track.
_Source: syllabus An Introduction to Indian Art, Chapter 2, Arts of the Indus Valley._

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Sort the Indus crafts

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Items
  1. Group
    Seals
    Item
    Steatite
  2. Group
    Seals
    Item
    Pictographs
  3. Group
    Seals
    Item
    Pashupati
  4. Group
    Pottery
    Item
    Wheel-made
  5. Group
    Pottery
    Item
    Knobbed ware
  6. Group
    Pottery
    Item
    Perforated
  7. Group
    Ornaments
    Item
    Carnelian
  8. Group
    Ornaments
    Item
    Girdles
  9. Group
    Ornaments
    Item
    Fillets
Groups
  1. Item
    Seals
  2. Item
    Pottery
  3. Item
    Ornaments
Instructions
Drop each clue onto seals, pottery or ornaments.
_Source: syllabus An Introduction to Indian Art, Chapter 2, Arts of the Indus Valley._

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