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Slice the architecture wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Trabeate or arcuateRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the monumentsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Rulers and buildings bingoRead the answer and worked solution →The eighteenth-century political formations are studied from Aurangzeb's death in 1707 to the third battle of Panipat in:Read the answer and worked solution →Nadir Shah of Iran sacked and plundered Delhi in:Read the answer and worked solution →Ahmad Shah Abdali invaded north India how many times between 1748 and 1761?Read the answer and worked solution →The two rival factions of later Mughal nobles were the Iranis and the:Read the answer and worked solution →Which later Mughal emperor, ruling 1713 to 1719, was assassinated by his nobles?Read the answer and worked solution →Which three states were carved out of old Mughal provinces in the eighteenth century?Read the answer and worked solution →Hyderabad state was founded by:Read the answer and worked solution →Asaf Jah and Murshid Quli Khan each held a zat rank of:Read the answer and worked solution →Hyderabad's ambitions on the Coromandel textile coast were checked by the:Read the answer and worked solution →Burhan-ul-Mulk Sa'adat Khan was appointed subadar of Awadh in:Read the answer and worked solution →Revenue farmers who bought the right to collect tax for a fixed sum were called:Read the answer and worked solution →Murshid Quli Khan transferred all Mughal jagirdars of Bengal to:Read the answer and worked solution →Which banking house became extremely prosperous under Alivardi Khan of Bengal?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Rajput state alone defied Mughal suzerainty?Read the answer and worked solution →Sawai Raja Jai Singh of Amber founded his new capital at:Read the answer and worked solution →Sawai Jai Singh built how many astronomical observatories, known as Jantar Mantar?Read the answer and worked solution →After Guru Gobind Singh's death in 1708, the Khalsa revolted under:Read the answer and worked solution →Sikh bands of the eighteenth century were called jathas and later:Read the answer and worked solution →Under the rakhi system the Sikhs protected cultivators for a tax of:Read the answer and worked solution →Maharaja Ranjit Singh reunited the Sikh groups and made his capital at Lahore in:Read the answer and worked solution →Shivaji was born at Shivneri in:Read the answer and worked solution →Chauth, the Maratha levy on zamindars, was what share of land revenue?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the eighteenth-century statesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the Maratha wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the eighteenth-century datesRead the answer and worked solution →

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Slice the architecture words

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Does not match the category
  1. Isobar
  2. Sonnet
  3. Rondo
  4. Nebula
Matches the category
  1. Trabeate
  2. Arcuate
  3. Keystone
  4. Baoli
  5. Shikhara
Instructions
Slice only the words of medieval architecture. Spare the others.
_Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 5, Rulers and Buildings._

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Trabeate or arcuate

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Upper category
Trabeate
Lower category
Arcuate
Items
  1. Category
    Trabeate
    Item
    Beam
  2. Category
    Trabeate
    Item
    Corbel
  3. Category
    Trabeate
    Item
    Columns
  4. Category
    Trabeate
    Item
    8th cent
  5. Category
    Arcuate
    Item
    Arch
  6. Category
    Arcuate
    Item
    Keystone
  7. Category
    Arcuate
    Item
    Cement
  8. Category
    Arcuate
    Item
    12th cent
Instructions
Send each clue to the trabeate track or the arcuate track.
_Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 5, Rulers and Buildings._

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Sort the monuments

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Items
  1. Group
    Temple
    Item
    Kandariya
  2. Group
    Temple
    Item
    Thanjavur
  3. Group
    Temple
    Item
    Khajuraho
  4. Group
    Sultanate
    Item
    Qutb Minar
  5. Group
    Sultanate
    Item
    Hauz
  6. Group
    Sultanate
    Item
    Alai Darwaza
  7. Group
    Mughal
    Item
    Humayun tomb
  8. Group
    Mughal
    Item
    Taj Mahal
  9. Group
    Mughal
    Item
    Red Fort
Groups
  1. Item
    Temple
  2. Item
    Sultanate
  3. Item
    Mughal
Instructions
Drop each monument onto temple, Sultanate or Mughal.
_Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 5, Rulers and Buildings._

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