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Question
Identify the picture from the given options.
Options
Terracotta figure of a sathavahana ruler
Ashoka fighting Kalinga war.
Terracotta figure depicting a scene from Mahabaratha (West Bengal)
A sculpture depicting Krishna advising Arjuna.
Solution
Terracotta figure depicting a scene from Mahabaratha (West Bengal)
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The following is an excerpt from the Mahabharata in which Yudhisthira, the eldest Jandava, speaks to Sanjaya, a messenger:
Sanjaya, convey my respectful greetings to all the Brahmanas and the chief priest of the house of Dhritarashtra. I bow respectfully to teacher Drona … I hold the feet of our preceptor Kripa … (and) the chief of the Kurus, the great Bhishma. I bow respectfully to the old king (Dhritarashtra). I greet and ask after the health of his son Duryodhana and his younger brother ... Also greet all the young Kuru warriors who are our brothers, sons and grandsons … Greet above all him, who is to us like father and mother, the wise Vidura (born of a slave woman) ... I bow to the elderly ladies who are known as our mothers. To those who are our wives you say this, “I hope they are well-protected”… Our daughters-inlaw born of good families and mothers of children greet on my behalf. Embrace for me those who are our daughters … The beautiful, fragrant, well-dressed courtesans of ours you should also greet. Greet the slave women and their children, greet the aged, the maimed (and) the helpless …
Try and identify the criteria used to make this list – in terms of age, gender, kinship ties. Are there any other criteria? For each category, explain why they are placed in a particular position in the list.
Write a short essay (about 500 words) on the following:
Discuss whether the Mahabharata could have been the work of a single author.
Map work
Compare the map in this chapter with Map 1 in Chapter 2. List the mahajanapadas and cities located near the Kuru-Panchala lands.
Map 1 of Chapter 2(Kings, Farmers and Towns)
Map 1 of Chapter 3(Kinship, Caste and Class)
What was the object of the team of V.S. Sukthankar?
How many verses are there in Mahabharata?
Who won the battle of Mahabharata?
Which of these was the wife of Pandavas?
Duryodhana and his brothers were known as ____________.
The epic Mahabharata consists ______ verses.
The critical edition of the Mahabharata was completed in the year ______.
Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
Arrange the location of the following cities of the Kuru-Panchala region and neighbouring areas in correct sequence from East to West:
- Ayodhya
- Hastinapura
- Indraprastha
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Analyse the role of Indian Sanskritist V.S. Suthankar and his team in the preparation of critical edition of Mahabharata.
