Name: ______Date: ______

Buildings, Paintings and Books

Q1. State True (T) or false (F). i. The is about a war fought between the Kauravas and Pandavas, who were cousins. ______ii. was included in the . ______iii. Kannagi, the wife of , mentioned in the Silappadikara, destroyed the city of . ______iv. Devotees walked around the stupa, in an anticlockwise direction, as a mark of devotion. ______

Q2. Fill in the blanks. i. ______was a great astronomer. ii. Stories about gods and goddesses are found in the ______. iii. ______is recognised as the author of the Sanskrit Ramayana. iv. ______and ______are two Tamil epics. v. Both the and the Mahabharata are supposed to have been compiled by______. vi. Stories from the ______were often shown on the railings of stupas and in paintings in places such as Ajanta.

Q3. What does the word stupa mean? Ans. ______

Q4. Who wrote Ramayana? Ans. ______

Q5. Who composed Silapadikaram? Ans. ______

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Buildings, Paintings and Books

Q1. State True (T) or false (F). i. The Mahabharata is about a war fought between the Kauravas and Pandavas, who were cousins. True ii. Bhagavad Gita was included in the Ramayana. False iii. Kannagi, the wife of Kovalan, mentioned in the Silappadikara, destroyed the city of Madurai. True iv. Devotees walked around the stupa, in an anticlockwise direction, as a mark of devotion. False

Q2. Fill in the blanks. i. Aryabhata was a great astronomer. ii. Stories about gods and goddesses are found in the Puranas. iii. Valmiki is recognised as the author of the Sanskrit Ramayana. iv. Silappadikaram and are two Tamil epics. v. Both the Puranas and the Mahabharata are supposed to have been compiled by Vyasa. vi. Stories from the Jatakas were often shown on the railings of stupas and in paintings in places such as Ajanta.

Q3. What does the word stupa mean? Ans. The word stupa means a mound.

Q4. Who wrote Ramayana? Ans. Valmiki wrote Ramayana.

Q5. Who composed Silapadikaram? Ans. It was composed by a poet named Ilango.

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