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The Chera kingdom of Mahodayapuram, an early user of Malayalam in official records, was set up in which century?Read the answer and worked solution →The fourteenth-century Lilatilakam on grammar and poetics was composed in:Read the answer and worked solution →Jagannatha, literally lord of the world, worshipped at Puri is a name for:Read the answer and worked solution →Which Ganga ruler decided in the twelfth century to build the Purushottama Jagannatha temple at Puri?Read the answer and worked solution →In 1230, which king dedicated his kingdom to Jagannatha and called himself the deity's deputy?Read the answer and worked solution →The British in the nineteenth century called most of present-day Rajasthan:Read the answer and worked solution →The term kathak is derived from katha, meaning:Read the answer and worked solution →The kathaks were originally a caste of:Read the answer and worked solution →Folk plays enacting the Radha-Krishna legends, which shaped Kathak, were called:Read the answer and worked solution →Kathak developed in two gharanas, one at Jaipur and the other at:Read the answer and worked solution →Under which last Nawab of Awadh did Kathak grow into a major art form?Read the answer and worked solution →After independence, Kathak was recognised as one of how many classical dance forms?Read the answer and worked solution →The earliest miniatures in western India illustrated which texts?Read the answer and worked solution →The bold and intense miniature style of the Himalayan foothills from the late seventeenth century is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Nadir Shah's conquest of Delhi in 1739 drove Mughal artists to the hills, leading to which school of painting?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Chinese traveller observed in the seventh century that Sanskrit-related languages were used across Bengal?Read the answer and worked solution →Akbar conquered Bengal, forming the nucleus of the Bengal suba, in:Read the answer and worked solution →The Mangalakavyas of early Bengali literature literally mean:Read the answer and worked solution →The songs of Maynamati and Gopichandra belong to which Bengali literature?Read the answer and worked solution →Community leaders in newly settled south-eastern Bengal, revered as teachers and adjudicators, were called:Read the answer and worked solution →Terracotta temple decoration reached its height in Vishnupur, in which district of West Bengal?Read the answer and worked solution →Which thirteenth-century Sanskrit text permitted Bengal Brahmanas to eat fish?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the classical dancesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the Bengal wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the regional culture datesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the culture wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Dance or paintingRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the regionsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Regional cultures bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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The Chera kingdom of Mahodayapuram, an early user of Malayalam in official records, was set up in which century?

  1. Ninth
  2. Twelfth
  3. Fourth
  4. Sixth
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Correct answer: A. Ninth

1. It lay in present-day Kerala. 2. It was established in the ninth century. 3. Its inscriptions used the Malayalam script. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 9, The Making of Regional Cultures._

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The fourteenth-century Lilatilakam on grammar and poetics was composed in:

  1. Sanskrit
  2. Manipravalam
  3. Malayalam
  4. Tamil verse
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Correct answer: B. Manipravalam

1. The name means diamonds and corals. 2. It refers to Sanskrit mixed with the regional language. 3. The text is in Manipravalam. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 9, The Making of Regional Cultures._

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Jagannatha, literally lord of the world, worshipped at Puri is a name for:

  1. Vishnu
  2. Shiva
  3. Surya
  4. Indra
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Correct answer: A. Vishnu

1. Local tribal people still make the wooden image. 2. Jagannatha is a name for Vishnu. 3. The deity was likely a local god later identified with Vishnu. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 9, The Making of Regional Cultures._

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