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Question 1

Bhikkhuni

Answer 1

a Buddhist nun

Question 2

Biface

Answer 2

handaxe

Question 3

Black and Red Ware (BRW)

Answer 3

Pottery whose surface is partly black and partly red, found in various different chronological and cultural contexts

Question 4

Blade

Answer 4

a flake tool, the length of which is more than twice its width

Question 5

Bodhisattva

Answer 5

a future Buddha

Question 6

Boustrophedon style

Answer 6

a style of writing in which consecutive lines start in opposite directions

Question 7

Brahma

Answer 7

sacerdotal power

Question 8

Brahmacharya

Answer 8

the stage of celibate studenthood in the ashrama scheme

Question 9

Brahmadeya

Answer 9

land gifted to Brahmanas, generally by kings

Question 10

Brahman

Answer 10

the imperishable, ultimate reality in the universe, according to the Upanishads

Question 11

Brahmanas

Answer 11

Members of the premier varna in the Brahmanical varna order; prose explanations of the Vedic Samhitas

Question 12

Brahmi

Answer 12

an ancient Indian script

Question 13

Burin

Answer 13

a small stone tool, made on a blade, with a ‘screw-driver’ edge

Question 14

Burnished ware

Answer 14

a pottery whose surface is polished with a hard instrument (made of stone, wood, metal, etc.) before firing, in order to produce a shine that remains after the firing process

Question 15

Cairn stone circle

Answer 15

a type of megalithic burial, marked by a stone circle and a heap of large, piled-up stones

Question 16

Cairn

Answer 16

a type of megalithic burial, marked by a heap of large, piledup stones

Question 17

Carbon-14 (C-14)/radiocarbon dating

Answer 17

a scientific dating method used in archaeology, based on the principle of radioactive decay; used to date organic material

Question 18

Carburization

Answer 18

heating iron in association with carbon to make steel

Question 19

Celts

Answer 19

ground and polished handaxes; typical neolithic tools

Question 20

Cenozoic

Answer 20

‘the age of the mammals’; comprised the Tertiary and Quaternary eras; began about 100 mya

Question 21

Chaitya

Answer 21

a Buddhist shrine

Question 22

Chalcolithic

Answer 22

a culture marked by the use of copper/bronze and stone

Question 23

Chamber tomb

Answer 23

a megalithic grave consisting of a chamber, usually consisting of two or four vertical slabs of stone covered by a horizontal capstone

Question 24

Charana

Answer 24

school of Vedic study

Question 25

Charvaka

Answer 25

an atheistic materialist philosophical school, also known as Lokayata

Question 26

Chiefdom stage

Answer 26

a transitional stage between a pre-state kinship society and a civil state society

Question 27

Chopper

Answer 27

a large, unifacial tool

Question 28

Chopping tool

Answer 28

a tool made on a core or pebble, flaked alternately on both sides to produce a wavy cutting edge

Question 29

Cist

Answer 29

an underground megalithic chamber tomb made of vertical and horizontal stone slabs

Question 30

Clan

Answer 30

comprises several unilineal descent groups who trace their descent from a common ancestor, either actual or mythical

Question 31

Cleaver

Answer 31

a flattish tool made on a broad rectangular or triangular flake, one end of which has a broad and straight cutting edge

Question 32

Cognitive archaeology

Answer 32

a branch of archaeology that deals with ways of thinking, beliefs, and religion

Question 33

Pundra

Answer 33

Non-Aryan tribe