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the cave shown here different from the illustration on p.

This

a place where several caves were hollowed out of the hills over centuries.

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the story of a merchant named Kovalan, who lived in Puhar and fell in love with a courtesan named Madhavi, neglecting his wife Kannagi.

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how the poet describes Kannagi’s grief: “O witness of my grief, you cannot console me.

Can there be a god in a land where the sword of the king

used for the murder of innocent strangers? Is there no god, no god?” Another Tamil epic, the Manimekalai was composed by Sattanar around 1400 years ago.

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a verse from Kalidasa’s best-known poem, the Meghaduta, in which a monsoon cloud is imagined to be a messenger between lovers who are separated from one another.

The Mahabharata

about a war fought between the Kauravas and Pandavas, who were cousins.

The Ramayana

about Rama, a prince of Kosala, who was sent into exile.

Valmiki

recognised as the author of the Sanskrit Ramayana.

Here

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This story

shown on a piece of sculpture found from a stupa at Bharhut in central India.

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a well-known system of health science that was developed in ancient India.

Charak

a remarkable book on medicine.

Match the following StupaPlace where the image of the deity

installed ShikharaMound MandapaCircular path around the stupa GarbhagrihaPlace in temples where people could assemble Pradakshina pathaTower 2.

In what ways

the monkey king similar to or different from the kings you read about in Chapters 5 and 10? 5.

This is because historians have not been able to agree on which

the correct date.

NCERT Thought Questions

• more and tell a story from one of the epics. Let’s doLet’s do

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