Theme 3: Kinship, Caste and Class

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Across
  1. 1. The practice of a woman having several husbands.
  2. 7. This could be inherited by the children of a woman, without the husband having any claim on it.
  3. 9. The Sanskrit term used to designate families.
  4. 11. In the year of 1951-52, the archaeologist B.B.Lal excavated at a village named:
  5. 12. After getting married with Bhima, Hidimba gave birth to a rakshasa boy named:
  6. 14. Marriage outside the kin which was desirable in the society.
  7. 15. It refers to something that is meant for purposes of instruction.
Down
  1. 2. The king of Hastinapur who was blind.
  2. 3. Barbarians, outsiders who don't speak Sanskrit.
  3. 4. A great archer who was forest dwelling nishada.
  4. 5. Mrichchhakatika was written by:
  5. 6. The ruler who ordered to repair the Sudarshana Lake.
  6. 8. Draupadai was the daughter of the King/ruler of Panchala named:
  7. 10. The term is used when the descent is traced through the mother.
  8. 13. A pilgrim named Xuan Zang (c. seventh century), observed that executioners and scavengers were forced to live outside the city. He was from: