12. What is the standard Meridian of India?
1. Name one tributary of Ganga.
What is the meaning of Indus in Sanskrit?
Write the full form of A.D.
4. What is Cartouche?
5 Where were manuscripts usually written?
6. Who gave the name India to our Country?
7. Discuss the term 'citadel:
8. Explain the terra sealing.
9. Name the terracotta toys that have been found dur
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12)The longitude of 82½° E (82° 30'E) is considered as the standard meridian. The local time stated or mentioned at this meridian is considered as the standard time for the whole country. This is called as the Indian Standard Time (IST).
1) Yamuna is a Tributary of india.
Indus means sindhu in sanskrit which means water or river.
Anno Domini is the full form of AD
Answer:
12. The standard meridian of India is the longitude of 82½° E (82° 30'E).
1. Tributary of Ganga River is Gomati River.
Sanskrit meaning for Indus is Water told in Sanskrit as Sindhu.
Full form of A.D. is anno Domini.
4. Cartouche a carved tablet or drawing representing a scroll with rolled-up ends, used ornamentally or bearing an inscription used by the Egyptians for their Hieroglyphs in the shape of an oval.
5.Manuscripts were usually written in Palm Leaves.
6. This name is derived from thew Sanskrit name of Sindhu that had been referred to the famous Indus River.
7. A citadel is a fortress that is used by the inhabitants to defend themselves during an attack from the outsiders.
8. Terra sealing is a natural product used for the glazing for terracotta or other ceramic materials. This product can be used in natural or artificial stone that helps in the removal of graffiti or posters.
9. There are many terracotta toys used by the people of the Indus Valley Civilisation mostly animal figurines that resembles monkeys, birds and elephants.