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1. ………………in ‘The History and Culture of Indian People’, Vol. 1 remarks, “The large number of signs precludes the possibility of the script being alphabetic.It was mainly phonetic, most of signs standing for open or close syllables and the remainder functioning as determinates or ideograms”.
2. A glorious civilization flourished in the valley of the river Indus and its neighbouring regions prior to the rise of the Chalcolithic Age.This civilization known as the …………. culture.
3. Sudas was the chief of the ………….
4. Parswanath was the fore- runner of ………., the founder of historical Jainism.
5. But in recent years, archaeologists have made use of scientific tests like carbon test and fixed the period of ……………. civilization from 2300 to 1750 BC.
6. The ……………. are a collection of philosophical texts which form the theoretical basis for theHindu religion.
7. The Brahmi script which was a riddle for a long time was deciphered by……………… in 1837.
8. The Mahabharata war was fought between the two major segments of the lineage on the plains of ……………. and most of the segments were destroyed in the battle.
9. The Indus people had developed the art of writing and even developed a script known as …………….
10. The city of Harappa had existed on the banks of the river …………. in western Punjab.
11. ………………. led a tribal confederacy of ten kings against the Bharatas, the federation consisting of the five well-known tribes Puru, Yadu, Turvasa, Adu and Druhya along with five others namely -Alina, Paktha, Bhalanas, Siva and Vishanin.
12. By the end of the 4th century BC. there appeared a great division among the followers of ………….. one section came to be known as ‘Digambaras’.The other section known as Swethambaras.
13. ………… mentions the names of learned women like Apala, Ghoshala, Lopa mutra, Vishwara etc.who had even composed hymns.
14. The Nandas were the successors of the ……………...
15. The 6th century BC witnessed the rise of great spiritual leaders like Zoraster in Persia,Confucious and Leo-Tse in ………….., Isiah in Palestine and Heracletes in Greece.
16. The statement about the abdication of the throne by Chandragupta and his migration to Sravanabalgola in ………….. as a Jaina Monk, shows the influence of the Mauryas in the South.
17. The term ‘Vis’ in the ………… refers to the tribal unit or clan.
18. Chandragupta Maurya, the founder of the Mauryan dynasty overthrew the last Nanda king and occupied his capital …………. in 321 BC.
19. …………… are essentially a compilation of prayers and hymns, offered by different families of poets and sages to various Gods.
20. The event of the …………. focuses on the last part of the Puru lineage.
21. According to the tradition, ………….. the primeval man was the only one to survive the deluge, who returns to Jambu dweep (Indian sub continent), where he laments on his loneliness.
22. …………………, Director-General of the Archaeological Department of the Government of India.
23. The ……………… war was fought between the two major segments of the lineage on the plains of Kurukshetra and most of the segments were destroyed in the battle.
24. ‘Indica’ is the accounts on India prepared by …………….
25. …………… called the Upanishads as, “the most wonderful composition of human mind”.

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