Jeopardy! [Bangladesh History] - Page 4

**Zunaid** · #76 August 16, 2009, 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Electrequiem
This place precedes Samatata.

And bhaiya, what is "Maurjo Period?" I am not familiar with it.

The era of the Mauryan empire.

**Zunaid** · #77 August 16, 2009, 09:18 PM

Hmm..

What is gangaridai?

*AsifTheManRahman* · #78 August 16, 2009, 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by ZeeshanM
It's shame all of us know more about US history than our own motherland.

Speak for yourself.

Electrequiem · #79 August 16, 2009, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Zunaid
The era of the Mauryan empire.

Oh, yes. Its during the Mauryan period.

Electrequiem · #80 August 16, 2009, 09:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Zunaid
Hmm..

What is gangaridai?

Bing!

Doc Zeffgot it

bujhee kom · #81 August 16, 2009, 09:29 PM

Daamn..Dr. Z got it! A good one E bhai!!!
I really like this thread Gopal da! It is the best!!!

**Zunaid** · #82 August 16, 2009, 09:30 PM

An easy one. A picture Jeopardy. For $50, the man who designed the following also designed a famous landmark in Bangladesh.

bujhee kom · #83 August 16, 2009, 09:32 PM

Who is Louis I Kahn?
And the above pic is either Salk Institute in La Jola, Calif or Ahmedabad Inst of Management, India!
From My 20th century architecture history!!! Louis Kahn is God (no offence to God, not literally)!

Electrequiem · #84 August 16, 2009, 09:33 PM

Who is Louis Kahn?

Electrequiem · #85 August 16, 2009, 09:34 PM

Gah! BK Bhai beat me lol.

Honestly, I just said Kahn cause it looked a lot like Shangshod Bhabon.

**Zunaid** · #86 August 16, 2009, 09:45 PM

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Originally Posted by bujhee kom
Who is Louis I Kahn?
And the above pic is either Salk Institute in La Jola, Calif or Ahmedabad Inst of Management, India!
From My 20th century architecture history!!! Louis Kahn is God (no offence to God, not literally)!

ding!

That's the Salk Institute - right here in San Diego. Been inside several times.

Your turn, BK

bujhee kom · #87 August 16, 2009, 10:08 PM

For $1200

The other empire known to exist alongside the mighty Gangaridai in what would later be known as Bengal when Alexander withdrew from India in fear that he will be attcked by these 2 powerful empires jointly. What was this other empire called?
It will be easy as we have been discussing this time period for a while!

Zeeshan · #88 August 16, 2009, 10:11 PM

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Originally Posted by bujhee kom
For $1200

The other empire known to exist alongside the mighty Gangaridai in what would later be known as Bengal when Alexander withdrew from India in fear that he will be attcked by these 2 powerful empires jointly. What was this other empire called?
It will be easy as we have been discussing this time period for a while!

What is Prasii (Nanda) empire?

Zeeshan · #89 August 16, 2009, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by AsifTheManRahman
Speak for yourself.

You mean you actually studied in scholastica??!

bujhee kom · #90 August 16, 2009, 10:18 PM

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Originally Posted by ZeeshanM
What is Prasii (Nanda) empire?

That's it dada, you nailed it! A lot of times I sincerely wonder if I could time travel and quietly walk aorund and just observe our past/ancestors in the deltas of Bengal 300+ years back from the current time! And I mean then go back to all the way to 7,000 B.C. during the time of Emperor Ashoka! I am right about Emperor's Ashoka's time period, right?

The table is yours Gopal da!

Zeeshan · #91 August 16, 2009, 10:26 PM

Here is a freebee:

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For $200: this fabric, often a cloth of choice of theater set, has been featured in a 1783 Marie Antoinette portrait.

bujhee kom · #92 August 16, 2009, 10:32 PM

What is Moslin?
Marie Antoinette, in 1783, in her famous "muslin" portrait

**Zunaid** · #93 August 16, 2009, 10:33 PM

Zeeshan · #94 August 16, 2009, 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by bujhee kom
What is Moslin?

Yes too easy. My elders always used to tell me how Dhaka's famous muslin sari could be wrapped and put in a matchbox.

Your turn bochada.

Edit: Sorry Dr. Z not quick enough, effect of age taking toll on you...

**Zunaid** · #95 August 16, 2009, 10:39 PM

Speaking of muslin - I was looking for a verifiable site that refers to what we were taught in history;

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The British colonialists, during their occupation of Bengal, ended the muslin production by having the Muslin weavers' thumbs cut off. (Indian weavers were in competition with British textile factories.)

bujhee kom · #96 August 16, 2009, 10:53 PM

Who was this famed Ruler of Bengal known to have fought against the Mughals, especially Emperor Akbar's time?

Zeeshan · #97 August 16, 2009, 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by bujhee kom
Who was this famed Ruler of Bengal known to have fought against the Mughals, especially Emperor Akbar's time?

Siraj-u-Doula the man who promised to give up alcohol and gambling on his grandpa's deathbed. :-)

Scratch that. Who is Tipu Sultan?

bujhee kom · #98 August 16, 2009, 11:09 PM

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Originally Posted by ZeeshanM
Siraj-u-Doula the man who promised to give up alcohol and gambling on his grandpa's deathbed. :-)

Zaaap! No Gopal da, you missed the Emperor Akbar's time part!! You know of him, please try one more time! Our national museum in Shahbagh has his cannon and it even say's "__'s Cannon"...and it is kind of small, like a portable cannon of some sort? mini cannon? And also I never understood why a king himself would fire a cannon or carry a heavy-a$$ cannon with him, his soldiers or young officers would do it, right? It made me wonder always!

Okay, this is the clue, his capital in Bengal was mentioned by you in an earlier question by you which I answered!

Nocturnal · #99 August 17, 2009, 02:02 AM

good thread!
learing some new stuff for sure.
will participate later on!!

BANFAN · #**100** August 17, 2009, 05:50 AM

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Originally Posted by bujhee kom
That's it dada, you nailed it! A lot of times I sincerely wonder if I could time travel and quietly walk aorund and just observe our past/ancestors in the deltas of Bengal 300+ years back from the current time! And I mean then go back to all the way to 7,000 B.C. during the time of Emperor Ashoka! I am right about Emperor's Ashoka's time period, right?

The table is yours Gopal da!

Ashoka - 304 BC – 232 BC

was an Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty who ruled almost all of the Indian subcontinent from 273 BC to 232 BC. One of India's greatest emperors, Ashoka reigned over most of present-day India after a number of military conquests. His empire stretched from present-day Pakistan, Afghanistan in the west, to the present-day Bangladesh and the Indian state of Assam in the east, and as far south as northern Kerala and Tamil Nadu. He conquered the kingdom named Kalinga, which no one in his dynasty had conquered starting from Chandragupta Maurya. His reign was headquartered in Magadha (present-day Bihar, India).

He embraced Buddhism from the prevalent Vedic tradition after witnessing the mass deaths of the war of Kalinga, which he himself had waged out of a desire for conquest. He was later dedicated to the propagation of Buddhism across Asia and established monuments marking several significant sites in the life of Gautama Buddha.