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Slice the architecture wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Mathura or GandharaRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the cave sitesRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Post-Mauryan art bingoRead the answer and worked solution →In a Hindu temple, the sanctum housing the main icon is the:Read the answer and worked solution →The pyramidal tower of a South Indian temple is called the:Read the answer and worked solution →The deities of the eight directions on temple walls are the:Read the answer and worked solution →The simple square-based shikhara whose walls curve inward to a point is called:Read the answer and worked solution →The first temple with a flat roof, from the Gupta period, stands near the stupa at:Read the answer and worked solution →The Deogarh temple, with a main shrine and four corner shrines, is in which style?Read the answer and worked solution →The Lakshmana temple of Khajuraho was built in 954 by the Chandela king:Read the answer and worked solution →The crowning elements of nagara temples are the amalak and the:Read the answer and worked solution →The Sun temple at Modhera was built in 1026 by Raja Bhimdev I of which dynasty?Read the answer and worked solution →How many miniature shrines are carved between the steps of the surya kund at Modhera?Read the answer and worked solution →The sculptural style of the ninth to eleventh centuries in Bengal and Bihar is known as the:Read the answer and worked solution →The mandapa of an Odisha temple is called the:Read the answer and worked solution →The Sun temple at Konark was built in stone around:Read the answer and worked solution →Konark's Sun temple has how many pairs of enormous chariot wheels?Read the answer and worked solution →Unlike nagara temples, a dravida temple is enclosed within a:Read the answer and worked solution →The Srirangam temple in Tiruchirapalli has how many concentric enclosure walls with gopurams?Read the answer and worked solution →Narasimhavarman I, who acceded the Pallava throne around 640 CE, was also known as:Read the answer and worked solution →The Brihadeswara temple at Thanjavur was completed around 1009 by:Read the answer and worked solution →The vimana of the Brihadeswara temple rises to about:Read the answer and worked solution →The Kailashnath temple at Ellora, carved from living rock, was the greatest architectural achievement of the:Read the answer and worked solution →Hoysala temples at Belur, Halebid and Somnathpuram are known for their:Read the answer and worked solution →Vijayanagara, literally city of victory, was founded in:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the nagara elementsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the dravida wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the temple yearsRead the answer and worked solution →

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Slice the architecture words

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Does not match the category
  1. Isobar
  2. Ledger
  3. Piston
  4. Sonnet
Matches the category
  1. Torana
  2. Chaitya
  3. Vihara
  4. Tribhanga
  5. Stupa
Instructions
Slice only the Buddhist architecture words. Spare the others.
_Source: syllabus An Introduction to Indian Art, Chapter 4, Post-Mauryan Trends in Indian Art and Architecture._

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Mathura or Gandhara

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Upper category
Mathura
Lower category
Gandhara
Items
  1. Category
    Mathura
    Item
    Yaksha
  2. Category
    Mathura
    Item
    Sanghol
  3. Category
    Mathura
    Item
    Kanishka
  4. Category
    Mathura
    Item
    Ayudhas
  5. Category
    Gandhara
    Item
    Hellenic
  6. Category
    Gandhara
    Item
    Bactria
  7. Category
    Gandhara
    Item
    Parthia
  8. Category
    Gandhara
    Item
    Pakistan
Instructions
Send each clue to the Mathura school track or the Gandhara school track.
_Source: syllabus An Introduction to Indian Art, Chapter 4, Post-Mauryan Trends in Indian Art and Architecture._

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Sort the cave sites

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Items
  1. Group
    Ajanta
    Item
    Cave 1
  2. Group
    Ajanta
    Item
    Padmapani
  3. Group
    Ajanta
    Item
    29 caves
  4. Group
    Ellora
    Item
    Kailash
  5. Group
    Ellora
    Item
    34 caves
  6. Group
    Ellora
    Item
    Cave 12
  7. Group
    Bagh
    Item
    Rang Mahal
  8. Group
    Bagh
    Item
    Dhar
  9. Group
    Bagh
    Item
    Gwalior
Groups
  1. Item
    Ajanta
  2. Item
    Ellora
  3. Item
    Bagh
Instructions
Drop each clue onto Ajanta, Ellora or Bagh.
_Source: syllabus An Introduction to Indian Art, Chapter 4, Post-Mauryan Trends in Indian Art and Architecture._

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