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Faience, used for small precious pots, was made of:Read the answer and worked solution →Chanhudaro, a tiny settlement, was almost exclusively devoted to:Read the answer and worked solution →Nageshwar and Balakot were specialised centres for making objects of:Read the answer and worked solution →Shortughai in Afghanistan lay near the best source of:Read the answer and worked solution →Harappans may have sent expeditions for copper to which region of Rajasthan?Read the answer and worked solution →Copper from Oman and Harappan artefacts both contain traces of:Read the answer and worked solution →Mesopotamian texts call the Harappan region:Read the answer and worked solution →The longest Harappan inscription contains about how many signs?Read the answer and worked solution →The Harappan script was written:Read the answer and worked solution →Most Mature Harappan sites in Cholistan were abandoned by about:Read the answer and worked solution →Who announced the discovery of the Indus civilisation to the world in 1924?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the Harappan sitesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the Mohenjodaro wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the Harappan timelineRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the Harappan wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Site or materialRead the answer and worked solution →Sort sites, materials and regionsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Harappa bingoRead the answer and worked solution →The Mahabharata in its present form runs to over how many verses?Read the answer and worked solution →The critical edition of the Mahabharata began in 1919 under:Read the answer and worked solution →The critical edition project took how many years?Read the answer and worked solution →In Sanskrit texts the term for a family is:Read the answer and worked solution →Tracing descent from father to son is called:Read the answer and worked solution →The feuding cousins of the Mahabharata came from a single ruling family, that of the:Read the answer and worked solution →Marrying daughters into families outside the kin is called:Read the answer and worked solution →The gift of a daughter in marriage, seen as a father's religious duty, is:Read the answer and worked solution →The Manusmriti was compiled between about:Read the answer and worked solution →The Dharmasutras and Dharmashastras recognised how many forms of marriage?Read the answer and worked solution →Each gotra was named after a:Read the answer and worked solution →

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Faience, used for small precious pots, was made of:

  1. Crushed steatite ore
  2. Ground sand or silica
  3. Baked clay and straw
  4. Powdered shell paste
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Correct answer: B. Ground sand or silica

1. It was mixed with colour and gum, then fired. 2. Faience is ground sand or silica. 3. Faience pots were rare in small settlements. _Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History I, Theme 1, Bricks, Beads and Bones._

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Chanhudaro, a tiny settlement, was almost exclusively devoted to:

  1. Ritual bathing
  2. Cattle rearing
  3. Craft production
  4. Grain storage
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Correct answer: C. Craft production

1. It covers under seven hectares against Mohenjodaro's 125. 2. It was a craft centre. 3. Beads, shell, metal, seals and weights were made there. _Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History I, Theme 1, Bricks, Beads and Bones._

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Nageshwar and Balakot were specialised centres for making objects of:

  1. Copper
  2. Bronze
  3. Gold
  4. Shell
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Correct answer: D. Shell

1. Both lie near the coast. 2. They made shell bangles, ladles and inlay. 3. Products went to other settlements. _Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History I, Theme 1, Bricks, Beads and Bones._

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