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Slice the architecture wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Imperial or DeccaniRead the answer and worked solution →Sort mosque, tomb and fortRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Indo-Islamic architecture bingoRead the answer and worked solution →In a Hindu temple, the sanctum housing the main icon is the:Read the answer and worked solution →The pyramidal tower of a South Indian temple is called the:Read the answer and worked solution →The deities of the eight directions on temple walls are the:Read the answer and worked solution →The simple square-based shikhara whose walls curve inward to a point is called:Read the answer and worked solution →The first temple with a flat roof, from the Gupta period, stands near the stupa at:Read the answer and worked solution →The Deogarh temple, with a main shrine and four corner shrines, is in which style?Read the answer and worked solution →The Lakshmana temple of Khajuraho was built in 954 by the Chandela king:Read the answer and worked solution →The crowning elements of nagara temples are the amalak and the:Read the answer and worked solution →The Sun temple at Modhera was built in 1026 by Raja Bhimdev I of which dynasty?Read the answer and worked solution →How many miniature shrines are carved between the steps of the surya kund at Modhera?Read the answer and worked solution →The sculptural style of the ninth to eleventh centuries in Bengal and Bihar is known as the:Read the answer and worked solution →The mandapa of an Odisha temple is called the:Read the answer and worked solution →The Sun temple at Konark was built in stone around:Read the answer and worked solution →Konark's Sun temple has how many pairs of enormous chariot wheels?Read the answer and worked solution →Unlike nagara temples, a dravida temple is enclosed within a:Read the answer and worked solution →The Srirangam temple in Tiruchirapalli has how many concentric enclosure walls with gopurams?Read the answer and worked solution →Narasimhavarman I, who acceded the Pallava throne around 640 CE, was also known as:Read the answer and worked solution →The Brihadeswara temple at Thanjavur was completed around 1009 by:Read the answer and worked solution →The vimana of the Brihadeswara temple rises to about:Read the answer and worked solution →The Kailashnath temple at Ellora, carved from living rock, was the greatest architectural achievement of the:Read the answer and worked solution →Hoysala temples at Belur, Halebid and Somnathpuram are known for their:Read the answer and worked solution →Vijayanagara, literally city of victory, was founded in:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the nagara elementsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the dravida wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the temple yearsRead 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. Ledger
  3. Piston
  4. Sonnet
Matches the category
  1. Voussoir
  2. Squinch
  3. Arabesque
  4. Charbagh
  5. Mihrab
Instructions
Slice only the Indo-Islamic architecture words. Spare the others.
_Source: syllabus An Introduction to Indian Art, Chapter 8, Some Aspects of Indo-Islamic Architecture._

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Imperial or Deccani

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Upper category
Imperial
Lower category
Deccani
Items
  1. Category
    Imperial
    Item
    Qutub
  2. Category
    Imperial
    Item
    Delhi
  3. Category
    Imperial
    Item
    Sultanate
  4. Category
    Imperial
    Item
    Tughlaq
  5. Category
    Deccani
    Item
    Bijapur
  6. Category
    Deccani
    Item
    Golconda
  7. Category
    Deccani
    Item
    Daulatabad
  8. Category
    Deccani
    Item
    Chand
Instructions
Send each clue to the Imperial Delhi track or the Deccani track.
_Source: syllabus An Introduction to Indian Art, Chapter 8, Some Aspects of Indo-Islamic Architecture._

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Sort mosque, tomb and fort

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Items
  1. Group
    Mosque
    Item
    Mihrab
  2. Group
    Mosque
    Item
    Mimbar
  3. Group
    Mosque
    Item
    Qibla
  4. Group
    Tomb
    Item
    Humayun
  5. Group
    Tomb
    Item
    Taj Mahal
  6. Group
    Tomb
    Item
    Hoshang Shah
  7. Group
    Fort
    Item
    Chittor
  8. Group
    Fort
    Item
    Gwalior
  9. Group
    Fort
    Item
    Golconda
Groups
  1. Item
    Mosque
  2. Item
    Tomb
  3. Item
    Fort
Instructions
Drop each clue onto mosque, tomb or fort.
_Source: syllabus An Introduction to Indian Art, Chapter 8, Some Aspects of Indo-Islamic Architecture._

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