III. Match the following: -
1. Mawsynram
2. Zarathustra
3. Raja Rammohun Roy
4. Indus valley civilization
5. Varahamihira
a) Untouchability
b) Astrologer
c) Harappa
d) Zend Avesta
e) Meghalaya
Answers
Answer ;
1) Mawsynram → Meghalaya
2) Zarathustra → Zend Avesta
3) Raja Rammohun Roy → Untouchability
4) Indus valley civilization → Harappa
5) Varahamihira → Astrologer
• Extra information ;
→ Mawsynram is located at the Cherrapunji, in the khasi hills in the state of Meghalaya.
→The Avesta is the primary collection of religious texts of Zoroastrianism, composed In Avestian language.
→ Raja Ram Mohan Roy is an indian reformer and famous for his efforts to abolish the practices of "Sati and child marriage "
→Indus valley civilization also known as the Indus Civilisation, was a Bronze Age civilisation in the northwestern regions of South Asia
→ Varahamihira is an ancient Indian astrologer whose main work is on “ a treatise on mathematical astronomy.”
• He discovered the version of "Pascal's Triangle" and worked on " magic squares "