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The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea was composed by:Read the answer and worked solution →The Periplus lists pepper and malabathrum as exports of the Malabar coast. Malabathrum was possibly:Read the answer and worked solution →Successful merchants were called masattuvan in Tamil and, in Prakrit:Read the answer and worked solution →The earliest coins minted in the subcontinent, from about the sixth century BCE, were:Read the answer and worked solution →The first coins bearing names and images of rulers were issued by the:Read the answer and worked solution →The first gold coins in the subcontinent, about the first century CE, were issued by the:Read the answer and worked solution →Several thousand copper coins were issued by which tribal republic of Punjab and Haryana?Read the answer and worked solution →Finds of gold coins taper off from about the:Read the answer and worked solution →Evidence of a bead-making industry using precious stones was found at:Read the answer and worked solution →James Prinsep deciphered Asokan Brahmi in:Read the answer and worked solution →Kharosthi was read by comparing letters with Greek on the coins of which rulers?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the coin issuersRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the trade wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the coins and scriptsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the town wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Trade or inscriptionRead the answer and worked solution →Sort coins, cities and textsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Towns and trade bingoRead the answer and worked solution →Harappan seals were made of a stone called:Read the answer and worked solution →The Mature Harappan civilisation is dated between about:Read the answer and worked solution →Terracotta plough models were found at Cholistan and:Read the answer and worked solution →Evidence of a ploughed field with two sets of furrows at right angles was found at:Read the answer and worked solution →Traces of Harappan canals were found at:Read the answer and worked solution →Water reservoirs, possibly for agriculture, were found at:Read the answer and worked solution →The smaller, higher section of Mohenjodaro is called the:Read the answer and worked solution →Laying Mohenjodaro's foundations alone is estimated to have needed how many person-days?Read the answer and worked solution →Which settlements were fortified as a whole, with walled sections inside?Read the answer and worked solution →The estimated number of wells in Mohenjodaro is about:Read the answer and worked solution →The Great Bath was made watertight with bricks set on edge and a mortar of:Read the answer and worked solution →

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The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea was composed by:

  1. An Arab geographer of Iraq
  2. An anonymous Greek sailor
  3. A Roman senator in Egypt
  4. A Chinese Buddhist pilgrim
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Correct answer: B. An anonymous Greek sailor

1. It dates to about the first century CE. 2. An anonymous Greek sailor wrote it. 3. Erythraean was the Greek name for the Red Sea. _Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History I, Theme 2, Kings, Farmers and Towns, sections on land grants, towns, trade and coins._

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The Periplus lists pepper and malabathrum as exports of the Malabar coast. Malabathrum was possibly:

  1. Ginger
  2. Turmeric
  3. Cinnamon
  4. Cardamom
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Correct answer: C. Cinnamon

1. Ships came for pepper and malabathrum. 2. Malabathrum may be cinnamon. 3. Pearls, ivory and silk were also exported. _Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History I, Theme 2, Kings, Farmers and Towns, sections on land grants, towns, trade and coins._

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Successful merchants were called masattuvan in Tamil and, in Prakrit:

  1. Gahapatis and vellalar
  2. Uzhavar and adimai
  3. Samantas and rajukas
  4. Setthis and satthavahas
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Correct answer: D. Setthis and satthavahas

1. Merchants travelled with caravans of bullock carts. 2. Prakrit terms were setthis and satthavahas. 3. Seafarers took risky but profitable ventures. _Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History I, Theme 2, Kings, Farmers and Towns, sections on land grants, towns, trade and coins._

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