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Slice the Jaina vowsRead the answer and worked solution →Buddhist or JainaRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the three basketsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Beliefs and buildings bingoRead the answer and worked solution →Sepoys mutinied in which cantonment on the afternoon of 10 May 1857?Read the answer and worked solution →The sepoys reached the gates of the Red Fort in Delhi on which date?Read the answer and worked solution →Rebel proclamations urging Hindus and Muslims to unite were put up in which languages?Read the answer and worked solution →In Kanpur the people made which successor of Peshwa Baji Rao II their leader?Read the answer and worked solution →Kunwar Singh, a local zamindar who led the revolt, belonged to which place in Bihar?Read the answer and worked solution →In Lucknow the people hailed which young son of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah as their leader?Read the answer and worked solution →Shah Mal mobilised villagers of pargana Barout. Gonoo led the Kol tribals of which region?Read the answer and worked solution →Maulvi Ahmadullah Shah, who moved with drumbeaters, was popularly called:Read the answer and worked solution →At which battle did rebel forces defeat the British under Henry Lawrence?Read the answer and worked solution →The greased cartridge rumour traces to a khalasi and a Brahmin sepoy at which magazine?Read the answer and worked solution →A prophecy said British rule would end on the centenary of which battle, on 23 June 1857?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Governor General devised the Subsidiary Alliance system in 1798?Read the answer and worked solution →Who called Awadh a cherry that will drop into our mouth one day?Read the answer and worked solution →The Subsidiary Alliance was imposed on Awadh in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Nawab Wajid Ali Shah of Awadh was dethroned and exiled to which city?Read the answer and worked solution →Under the Summary Settlement of 1856, taluqdar holdings in Awadh fell from 67 per cent of villages to what?Read the answer and worked solution →Because most Bengal Army sepoys came from its villages, Awadh was called the:Read the answer and worked solution →Bahadur Shah's proclamation asked people to fight under the standards of which two figures?Read the answer and worked solution →In December 1857 the British spent Rs 50,000 in which town to incite Hindus against Muslims?Read the answer and worked solution →The Azamgarh Proclamation, a key rebel source, was issued on which date?Read the answer and worked solution →The British finally recaptured Delhi in which month of 1857?Read the answer and worked solution →Which painting by Thomas Jones Barker, 1859, celebrates Campbell's entry into Lucknow?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the rebel leadersRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the 1857 centresRead the answer and worked solution →Run the 1857 datesRead the answer and worked solution →

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Slice the Jaina vows

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Does not match the category
  1. Walking
  2. Reading
  3. Fasting
  4. Singing
Matches the category
  1. Killing
  2. Stealing
  3. Lying
  4. Property
  5. Sex
Instructions
Slice only what Jaina monks vowed to abstain from.
_Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History Part I, Theme 4, Thinkers, Beliefs and Buildings: Cultural Developments._

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Buddhist or Jaina

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Upper category
Buddhist
Lower category
Jaina
Items
  1. Category
    Buddhist
    Item
    Tipitaka
  2. Category
    Buddhist
    Item
    Sangha
  3. Category
    Buddhist
    Item
    Nibbana
  4. Category
    Buddhist
    Item
    Sakya
  5. Category
    Jaina
    Item
    Tirthankar
  6. Category
    Jaina
    Item
    Mahavira
  7. Category
    Jaina
    Item
    Ahimsa
  8. Category
    Jaina
    Item
    Kamalavati
Instructions
Send each term to Buddhism or Jainism.
_Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History Part I, Theme 4, Thinkers, Beliefs and Buildings: Cultural Developments._

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Sort the three baskets

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Items
  1. Group
    Vinaya
    Item
    Monk rules
  2. Group
    Vinaya
    Item
    Sangha code
  3. Group
    Sutta
    Item
    Teachings
  4. Group
    Sutta
    Item
    Therigatha
  5. Group
    Abhidhamma
    Item
    Philosophy
  6. Group
    Abhidhamma
    Item
    Metaphysics
Groups
  1. Item
    Vinaya
  2. Item
    Sutta
  3. Item
    Abhidhamma
Instructions
Drop each description onto its Pitaka.
_Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History Part I, Theme 4, Thinkers, Beliefs and Buildings: Cultural Developments._

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