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Slice the trade wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Hampi or SuratRead the answer and worked solution →Sort guilds, traders and craftsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Towns and traders bingoRead the answer and worked solution →Which chief of the Gakkhar tribe was made a mansabdar by Akbar?Read the answer and worked solution →Raja Man Singh, Akbar's general, defeated which tribe in 1591?Read the answer and worked solution →The caravan of the Banjaras was called a:Read the answer and worked solution →Which Sultan used the Banjaras to transport grain to city markets?Read the answer and worked solution →With a large Mughal army on campaign, how many bullocks might the Banjaras have carrying grain?Read the answer and worked solution →Smaller castes that emerged within varnas were called:Read the answer and worked solution →A twelfth-century inscription from Uyyakondan Udaiyar fixed the status of the rathakaras, meaning:Read the answer and worked solution →The forested region inhabited by the Gonds was called:Read the answer and worked solution →The Akbar Nama says the Gond kingdom of Garha Katanga had how many villages?Read the answer and worked solution →Gond kingdoms were divided into garhs, each further divided into units of 84 villages called:Read the answer and worked solution →Aman Das, the Gond raja of Garha Katanga, took which title?Read the answer and worked solution →Rani Durgawati, who ruled Garha Katanga for her son, was the daughter of the Chandel raja of:Read the answer and worked solution →Mughal forces under Asaf Khan attacked Garha Katanga in:Read the answer and worked solution →Garha Katanga earned wealth by trapping and exporting:Read the answer and worked solution →The Ahoms migrated to the Brahmaputra valley in the thirteenth century from present-day:Read the answer and worked solution →The Ahoms annexed the kingdom of the Chhutiyas in:Read the answer and worked solution →The Ahoms used firearms as early as the:Read the answer and worked solution →The Mughals under which governor attacked the Ahom kingdom in 1662?Read the answer and worked solution →Those forced to work for the Ahom state were called:Read the answer and worked solution →Ahom society was divided into clans called:Read the answer and worked solution →Hinduism became the predominant Ahom religion in the reign of:Read the answer and worked solution →Historical works of the Ahoms, written first in Ahom and then in Assamese, are called:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the medieval tribesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the Ahom wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the tribal state datesRead the answer and worked solution →

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Slice the trade words

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Does not match the category
  1. Isobar
  2. Sonnet
  3. Fresco
  4. Nebula
Matches the category
  1. Mandapika
  2. Hatta
  3. Hundi
  4. Bidri
  5. Zari
Instructions
Slice only the words of medieval towns and trade. Spare the others.
_Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 6, Towns, Traders and Craftspersons._

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Hampi or Surat

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Upper category
Hampi
Lower category
Surat
Items
  1. Category
    Hampi
    Item
    Virupaksha
  2. Category
    Hampi
    Item
    Paes
  3. Category
    Hampi
    Item
    1336
  4. Category
    Hampi
    Item
    Mahanavami
  5. Category
    Surat
    Item
    Zari
  6. Category
    Surat
    Item
    Hundi
  7. Category
    Surat
    Item
    Ovington
  8. Category
    Surat
    Item
    Ormuz
Instructions
Send each clue to the Hampi track or the Surat track.
_Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 6, Towns, Traders and Craftspersons._

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Sort guilds, traders and crafts

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Items
  1. Group
    Guild
    Item
    Manigramam
  2. Group
    Guild
    Item
    Nanadesi
  3. Group
    Guild
    Item
    Headmen
  4. Group
    Trader
    Item
    Chettiar
  5. Group
    Trader
    Item
    Bohra
  6. Group
    Trader
    Item
    Banjara
  7. Group
    Craft
    Item
    Bidri
  8. Group
    Craft
    Item
    Sthapati
  9. Group
    Craft
    Item
    Saliya
Groups
  1. Item
    Guild
  2. Item
    Trader
  3. Item
    Craft
Instructions
Drop each clue onto guilds, trading communities or crafts.
_Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 6, Towns, Traders and Craftspersons._

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