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Run the archaeologistsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the raw materialsRead the answer and worked solution →Site or scholarRead the answer and worked solution →Where did it come fromRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Harappa bingoRead the answer and worked solution →An East India Company mint officer deciphered Brahmi and Kharosthi in the 1830s. Who was he?Read the answer and worked solution →In Asokan inscriptions the king is called Piyadassi. What does the title mean?Read the answer and worked solution →Early Buddhist and Jaina texts list how many great states or mahajanapadas?Read the answer and worked solution →Mahajanapadas where power was shared by several men called rajas were known as:Read the answer and worked solution →Which mahajanapada in present-day Bihar became the most powerful between the sixth and fourth centuries BCE?Read the answer and worked solution →Rajagaha, the first capital of Magadha, is present-day:Read the answer and worked solution →Chandragupta Maurya founded his empire in about which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Asoka conquered Kalinga, which lies in which present-day region?Read the answer and worked solution →Megasthenes, whose account survives in fragments, was a Greek ambassador to whose court?Read the answer and worked solution →Parts of the Arthashastra were probably composed by whom?Read the answer and worked solution →Who was the first ruler to inscribe messages to subjects and officials on stone?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Mauryan provincial centre, meaning golden mountain, tapped the gold mines of Karnataka?Read the answer and worked solution →How many sub-committees did Megasthenes say coordinated Mauryan military activity?Read the answer and worked solution →For roughly how many years did the Mauryan Empire last?Read the answer and worked solution →Which rulers adopted the title devaputra, son of god, and set up colossal statues at Mat near Mathura?Read the answer and worked solution →The Prayaga Prashasti praising Samudragupta was composed by which court poet?Read the answer and worked solution →The Gandatindu Jataka describes subjects fleeing a wicked king. In which language were the Jatakas written?Read the answer and worked solution →In Sangam texts, large landowners were called vellalar and slaves adimai. What were ploughmen called?Read the answer and worked solution →Prabhavati Gupta, who granted a village by inscription, was the daughter of which ruler?Read the answer and worked solution →The Harshacharita, a biography of Harshavardhana, was written by whom?Read the answer and worked solution →The first coins bearing names and images of rulers were issued by whom?Read the answer and worked solution →In which year did James Prinsep finally decipher Asokan Brahmi?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the Mauryan centresRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the mahajanapadasRead the answer and worked solution →

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Run the archaeologists

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Questions
  1. Correct
    Cunningham
    Choices
    1. Cunningham
    2. Marshall
    3. Wheeler
  2. Correct
    Marshall
    Choices
    1. Cunningham
    2. Marshall
    3. Wheeler
  3. Correct
    Wheeler
    Choices
    1. Cunningham
    2. Marshall
    3. Wheeler
  4. Correct
    Sahni
    Choices
    1. Sahni
    2. Banerji
    3. Dales
  5. Correct
    Banerji
    Choices
    1. Sahni
    2. Banerji
    3. Dales
  6. Correct
    Dales
    Choices
    1. Sahni
    2. Banerji
    3. Dales
Instructions
Pick the lane naming the archaeologist for each clue.
_Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History Part I, Theme 1, Bricks, Beads and Bones: The Harappan Civilisation._

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Slice the raw materials

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Does not match the category
  1. Plastic
  2. Steel
  3. Glass
  4. Paper
Matches the category
  1. Lapis
  2. Carnelian
  3. Copper
  4. Shell
  5. Steatite
Instructions
Slice only the materials Harappans procured for crafts.
_Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History Part I, Theme 1, Bricks, Beads and Bones: The Harappan Civilisation._

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Site or scholar

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Upper category
Site
Lower category
Scholar
Items
  1. Category
    Site
    Item
    Lothal
  2. Category
    Site
    Item
    Dholavira
  3. Category
    Site
    Item
    Banawali
  4. Category
    Site
    Item
    Shortughai
  5. Category
    Scholar
    Item
    Marshall
  6. Category
    Scholar
    Item
    Wheeler
  7. Category
    Scholar
    Item
    Sahni
  8. Category
    Scholar
    Item
    Dales
Instructions
Send each name to Harappan site or to archaeologist.
_Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History Part I, Theme 1, Bricks, Beads and Bones: The Harappan Civilisation._

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