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In Sanskrit texts the term for a family is:Read the answer and worked solution →Tracing descent from father to son is called:Read the answer and worked solution →The feuding cousins of the Mahabharata came from a single ruling family, that of the:Read the answer and worked solution →Marrying daughters into families outside the kin is called:Read the answer and worked solution →The gift of a daughter in marriage, seen as a father's religious duty, is:Read the answer and worked solution →The Manusmriti was compiled between about:Read the answer and worked solution →The Dharmasutras and Dharmashastras recognised how many forms of marriage?Read the answer and worked solution →Each gotra was named after a:Read the answer and worked solution →Names derived from the mother, as among the Satavahanas, are called:Read the answer and worked solution →Satavahana marriage practice, unlike Brahmanical rules, shows:Read the answer and worked solution →The Purusha sukta says the Shudra was born from Purusha's:Read the answer and worked solution →In the Adi Parvan, Drona refused to teach Ekalavya, who was a:Read the answer and worked solution →Drona demanded which fee from Ekalavya?Read the answer and worked solution →The Shungas and Kanvas, successors of the Mauryas, were:Read the answer and worked solution →Brahmanas regarded outsiders like the Shakas as:Read the answer and worked solution →The Sanskrit word for goldsmith, classed as a jati, is:Read the answer and worked solution →A fifth-century inscription at Mandasor records a guild of:Read the answer and worked solution →The play Mrichchhakatika was written by:Read the answer and worked solution →Charudatta, hero of the Mrichchhakatika, is described as a Brahmana and a:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the marriage termsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the kinship termsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the critical editionRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the social termsRead the answer and worked solution →Kinship or varnaRead the answer and worked solution →Sort texts, people and termsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Kinship and caste bingoRead the answer and worked solution →The ruins of Hampi were brought to light in 1800 by:Read the answer and worked solution →Hampi takes its name from the local mother goddess:Read the answer and worked solution →The Vijayanagara Empire was founded in 1336 by:Read the answer and worked solution →

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In Sanskrit texts the term for a family is:

  1. Gotra
  2. Kula
  3. Jnati
  4. Vamsha
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Correct answer: B. Kula

1. Jnati is the wider network of kinfolk. 2. Kula means family. 3. Vamsha means lineage. _Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History I, Theme 3, Kinship, Caste and Class._

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Tracing descent from father to son is called:

  1. Endogamy
  2. Exogamy
  3. Patriliny
  4. Matriliny
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Correct answer: C. Patriliny

1. The Mahabharata reinforced its value. 2. It is patriliny. 3. Sons inherited the father's resources. _Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History I, Theme 3, Kinship, Caste and Class._

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The feuding cousins of the Mahabharata came from a single ruling family, that of the:

  1. Shakas
  2. Yadus
  3. Purus
  4. Kurus
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Correct answer: D. Kurus

1. They were warring cousins. 2. Both belonged to the Kuru lineage. 3. The Pandavas won the battle. _Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History I, Theme 3, Kinship, Caste and Class._

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