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Slice the Sufi wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Bhakti or SufiRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the saints by regionRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Devotional paths bingoRead the answer and worked solution →The Qutb Minar is how many storeys high?Read the answer and worked solution →Who built the first floor of the Qutb Minar?Read the answer and worked solution →The band of inscriptions under the Qutb Minar's first balcony is in:Read the answer and worked solution →The style of roofing with a horizontal beam across two vertical columns is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Building the Agra Fort required 2,000 stone-cutters, 2,000 lime-makers and how many labourers?Read the answer and worked solution →Raniji ki baori, the Queen's Stepwell of 1699, is located in:Read the answer and worked solution →The Kandariya Mahadeva temple at Khajuraho was built in 999 by Dhangadeva of which dynasty?Read the answer and worked solution →In a temple, the main hall where dances were performed is the:Read the answer and worked solution →The Rajarajeshvara temple with the tallest shikhara of its time stands at:Read the answer and worked solution →The stone for the top of the Rajarajeshvara shikhara weighed about:Read the answer and worked solution →The village near Thanjavur remembered for the temple's inclined path is called:Read the answer and worked solution →The architectural form in which arches carry the weight above doors and windows is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Persian court chronicles described the Sultan as the:Read the answer and worked solution →The large reservoir Iltutmish built outside Dehli-i-Kuhna was called:Read the answer and worked solution →Which Chola king filled his Shiva temple with statues seized from defeated rulers?Read the answer and worked solution →Mughal gardens divided into four quarters by water channels were called:Read the answer and worked solution →Humayun's tomb, built between 1562 and 1571, follows which tradition of a central hall with eight rooms?Read the answer and worked solution →Shah Jahan's audience halls, set in a large courtyard, were called forty-pillared halls or:Read the answer and worked solution →Behind Shah Jahan's throne in the Red Fort, pietra dura inlays depicted which Greek figure?Read the answer and worked solution →The Taj Mahal at Agra was completed in:Read the answer and worked solution →The elephant stables at Vijayanagara show the influence of which neighbouring Sultanates?Read the answer and worked solution →The Mughals adopted from Bengal a roof designed to resemble a thatched hut, called the:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the Mughal building termsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the temple partsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the building datesRead the answer and worked solution →

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Slice the Sufi words

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Does not match the category
  1. Isobar
  2. Sonnet
  3. Fresco
  4. Nebula
Matches the category
  1. Silsila
  2. Khanqah
  3. Dargah
  4. Zikr
  5. Sama
Instructions
Slice only the words of Sufi practice. Spare the others.
_Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 8, Devotional Paths to the Divine._

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Bhakti or Sufi

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Upper category
Bhakti
Lower category
Sufi
Items
  1. Category
    Bhakti
    Item
    Alvar
  2. Category
    Bhakti
    Item
    Nayanar
  3. Category
    Bhakti
    Item
    Varkari
  4. Category
    Bhakti
    Item
    Kabir
  5. Category
    Sufi
    Item
    Chishti
  6. Category
    Sufi
    Item
    Khanqah
  7. Category
    Sufi
    Item
    Silsila
  8. Category
    Sufi
    Item
    Pir
Instructions
Send each clue to the bhakti track or the Sufi track.
_Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 8, Devotional Paths to the Divine._

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Sort the saints by region

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Items
  1. Group
    Tamil
    Item
    Alvar
  2. Group
    Tamil
    Item
    Nayanar
  3. Group
    Tamil
    Item
    Ramanuja
  4. Group
    Maharashtra
    Item
    Namdev
  5. Group
    Maharashtra
    Item
    Tukaram
  6. Group
    Maharashtra
    Item
    Pandharpur
  7. Group
    North
    Item
    Kabir
  8. Group
    North
    Item
    Tulsidas
  9. Group
    North
    Item
    Surdas
Groups
  1. Item
    Tamil
  2. Item
    Maharashtra
  3. Item
    North
Instructions
Drop each saint or term onto the Tamil south, Maharashtra or north India.
_Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 8, Devotional Paths to the Divine._

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