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BUILDINGS, PAINTINGS AND BOOKS | Our Pasts |Exercises solution | Class 6| NCERT Social Science UPSC

 1. Match the following

Stupa                                                 Place where the image of the deity is installed

Shikhara                                             Mound

Mandapa                                             Circular path around the stupa

Garbhagriha                                     Place in temples where people could assemble

Pradakshina patha                             Tower

Answer:

Stupa                                                 Mound

Shikhara                                              Tower

Mandapa                                             Place in temples where people could assemble

Garbhagriha                                    Place where the image of the deity is installed 

Pradakshina patha                            Circular path around the stupa 


< u>2. Fill in the blanks:

(a) Aryabhata was a great astronomer.

(b) Stories about gods and goddesses are found in the Puranas

(c) Valmiki is recognized as the author of the Sanskrit Ramayana.

(d) Silappadikarm and Manimekalai are two Tamil epics.


Important Dates:

  • stupa building - 2300 years ago
  • Amaravati - 2000 years ago
  • Kalidasa - 1600 years ago
  • Iron pillar, Paintings at Ajanta, Aryabhata -1500 years ago
  • Durga temple - 1400 years ago

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