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D. Fill in the blanks with the help from the box :
Varahmihira, Jataka, ancient period, eighteen, Bhubaneshwar, Panini

1. Rich literature was composed during the ____________ .
2. There are a total of ____________ Puranas.
3. The Tripitikas and the ____________ Tales were composed during the ancient period.

4. The Ashtadhyayi was written by ____________ .
5. The Lingaraja Temple is located at ____________ .

6. Aryabhatta and ____________ were fine mathematicians of the ancient period.
E. Write ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for false :
1. There are only five Puranas.

2. Each of the Puranas is divided into five parts.
3. The Jataka Tales is a Buddhist text.

4. The Mudra Rakshas was written by Shudraka.
5. Varahmihira was a medicine man from ancient India.
6. Surgery was not practised in ancient India.

F. Answer in one word or phrase :
1. How many are the Puranas?

2. What are the names of two Indian epics?
3. What is the name of the important Jain text?
4. What subject does the Ashtadhyayi deal with?

5. Which temple is located at Bhubaneshwar?
6. Who said first that the earth goes round the sun?

G. Answer the questions in brief :
1. How are the Puranas important from viewpoint of history?
2. How can you prove that engineering was at its height during the ancient times?

3. How are Aryabhatta and Varahmihira important in mathematics and astronomy?
4. Who were the great medicine men of ancient India? What was their contribution?

5. How can you say that metallurgy was developed in ancient India?
6. What information we get from Puranas?

H. Answer the questions in detail :
1. What is the Indian system of medicine known?
2. What does the Iron Pillar at Mehrauli show?

3. What do the Ajanta and Ellora caves prove?
4. How do different sources of literature help to reconstruct ancient history?
5. Write about the cave temples of ancient India.

6. Discuss Charaka Samhita and Sushruta samhita.
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