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Slice the Mughal termsRead the answer and worked solution →Akbar or AurangzebRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the early Mughal cluesRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Mughal Empire bingoRead the answer and worked solution →The Nayanars of the Tamil bhakti movement were saints devoted to:Read the answer and worked solution →How many Nayanars were there?Read the answer and worked solution →The songs of the Nayanars were compiled in the Tevaram and the:Read the answer and worked solution →Andal, one of the Alvars, was the daughter of:Read the answer and worked solution →Shankara, born in Kerala in the eighth century, advocated the doctrine of:Read the answer and worked solution →Ramanuja, born in Tamil Nadu in the eleventh century, propounded:Read the answer and worked solution →The Virashaiva movement in mid-twelfth-century Karnataka was initiated by:Read the answer and worked solution →Devotion to Vitthala at Pandharpur gave rise to which sect?Read the answer and worked solution →Chokhamela, the Maharashtra saint-poet, belonged to which caste considered untouchable?Read the answer and worked solution →Sufis trained the heart through zikr, which means:Read the answer and worked solution →A spiritual genealogy of Sufi teachers is called a:Read the answer and worked solution →Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti of the Chishti silsila was based at:Read the answer and worked solution →Sufi masters held their assemblies in hospices called:Read the answer and worked solution →Tulsidas's Ramcharitmanas was written in:Read the answer and worked solution →Surdas, the devotee of Krishna, has compositions in the Sursagara, Surasaravali and:Read the answer and worked solution →Shankaradeva of Assam set up houses of recitation and prayer called:Read the answer and worked solution →Mirabai, the Rajput princess married into Mewar, became a disciple of:Read the answer and worked solution →Kabir was brought up in a family of Muslim julahas, meaning:Read the answer and worked solution →Baba Guru Nanak was born in 1469 at:Read the answer and worked solution →Guru Angad compiled Nanak's compositions in a new script called:Read the answer and worked solution →The compositions of the Gurus were compiled by Guru Arjan in:Read the answer and worked solution →The Khalsa was instituted by Guru Gobind Singh in:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the Chishti SufisRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the Maharashtra saintsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the Sikh history datesRead the answer and worked solution →

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Slice the Mughal terms

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Does not match the category
  1. Isobar
  2. Sonnet
  3. Fresco
  4. Nebula
Matches the category
  1. Mansab
  2. Zat
  3. Sawar
  4. Jagir
  5. Zabt
Instructions
Slice only the terms of Mughal administration. Spare the others.
_Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 4, The Mughal Empire._

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Akbar or Aurangzeb

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Upper category
Akbar
Lower category
Aurangzeb
Items
  1. Category
    Akbar
    Item
    Ibadat
  2. Category
    Akbar
    Item
    Sulh-i kul
  3. Category
    Akbar
    Item
    Todar Mal
  4. Category
    Akbar
    Item
    Chittor
  5. Category
    Aurangzeb
    Item
    Bijapur
  6. Category
    Aurangzeb
    Item
    Golconda
  7. Category
    Aurangzeb
    Item
    Shivaji
  8. Category
    Aurangzeb
    Item
    1707
Instructions
Send each clue to Akbar's track or Aurangzeb's track.
_Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 4, The Mughal Empire._

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Sort the early Mughal clues

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Items
  1. Group
    Babur
    Item
    Panipat
  2. Group
    Babur
    Item
    Khanua
  3. Group
    Babur
    Item
    Kabul
  4. Group
    Humayun
    Item
    Chausa
  5. Group
    Humayun
    Item
    Kanauj
  6. Group
    Humayun
    Item
    Safavid
  7. Group
    Akbar
    Item
    Chittor
  8. Group
    Akbar
    Item
    Zabt
  9. Group
    Akbar
    Item
    Ibadat
Groups
  1. Item
    Babur
  2. Item
    Humayun
  3. Item
    Akbar
Instructions
Drop each clue onto Babur, Humayun or Akbar.
_Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 4, The Mughal Empire._

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