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Slice the mural wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Deccan or KeralaRead the answer and worked solution →Sort by dynastyRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Later murals bingoRead the answer and worked solution →Large-scale Indo-Islamic building activity in India began in the early thirteenth century under the:Read the answer and worked solution →Brackets, pillars and lintels supporting a flat roof is a technique called:Read the answer and worked solution →True arches were built with interlocking blocks called voussoirs and fitted with:Read the answer and worked solution →Forbidden to depict living forms, Muslim builders developed the arts of arabesque, geometrical patterns and:Read the answer and worked solution →Bijapur and Golconda represent which style of Indo-Islamic architecture?Read the answer and worked solution →Thick Indo-Islamic walls of rubble masonry were cased over with limestone plaster called:Read the answer and worked solution →Daulatabad fort was earlier known as:Read the answer and worked solution →Which fort's steep height made it invincible and overawed Babur?Read the answer and worked solution →The largest fort in Asia, occupied longest as a seat of power, is:Read the answer and worked solution →The Qutub Minar is a tapering tower how many feet high?Read the answer and worked solution →The Qutub Minar is divided into how many storeys?Read the answer and worked solution →The Chand Minar, a 210-feet tower of the fifteenth century, stands at:Read the answer and worked solution →Humayun's tomb and the Taj Mahal follow which garden style?Read the answer and worked solution →Hermitages of Sufi saints were called:Read the answer and worked solution →Rani Rupmati's double pavilion at Mandu overlooks the valley of the:Read the answer and worked solution →Work on the Taj Mahal began in 1632 and took nearly how many years?Read the answer and worked solution →How many specialised workers built the Taj Mahal?Read the answer and worked solution →The four minarets at the corners of the Taj terrace are how many feet high?Read the answer and worked solution →Marble for the Taj Mahal was quarried from the mines of:Read the answer and worked solution →Each side of the Taj tomb, and its height to the pinnacle, measures:Read the answer and worked solution →Friday congregational prayers at a Jama Masjid required a minimum of how many Muslim male adults?Read the answer and worked solution →In a mosque, worshippers face the mihrab because it indicates the direction of:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the fortsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the Taj Mahal wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the monument numbersRead the answer and worked solution →

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Slice the mural words

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Does not match the category
  1. Isobar
  2. Ledger
  3. Piston
  4. Sonnet
Matches the category
  1. Badami
  2. Lepakshi
  3. Hampi
  4. Kathakali
  5. Warli
Instructions
Slice only the words about Indian murals. Spare the others.
_Source: syllabus An Introduction to Indian Art, Chapter 5, Later Mural Traditions._

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Deccan or Kerala

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Upper category
Deccan
Lower category
Kerala
Items
  1. Category
    Deccan
    Item
    Badami
  2. Category
    Deccan
    Item
    Hampi
  3. Category
    Deccan
    Item
    Lepakshi
  4. Category
    Deccan
    Item
    Virupaksha
  5. Category
    Kerala
    Item
    Triprayar
  6. Category
    Kerala
    Item
    Kochi
  7. Category
    Kerala
    Item
    Kathakali
  8. Category
    Kerala
    Item
    Trissur
Instructions
Send each site to the Deccan track or the Kerala track.
_Source: syllabus An Introduction to Indian Art, Chapter 5, Later Mural Traditions._

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Sort by dynasty

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Items
  1. Group
    Chalukya
    Item
    Badami
  2. Group
    Chalukya
    Item
    Mangalesha
  3. Group
    Chalukya
    Item
    Vishnu Cave
  4. Group
    Chola
    Item
    Thanjavur
  5. Group
    Chola
    Item
    Rajaraja
  6. Group
    Chola
    Item
    Kuruvar
  7. Group
    Vijayanagar
    Item
    Hampi
  8. Group
    Vijayanagar
    Item
    Lepakshi
  9. Group
    Vijayanagar
    Item
    Vidyaranya
Groups
  1. Item
    Chalukya
  2. Item
    Chola
  3. Item
    Vijayanagar
Instructions
Drop each clue onto Chalukya, Chola or Vijayanagara.
_Source: syllabus An Introduction to Indian Art, Chapter 5, Later Mural Traditions._

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