The Making of regional cultures
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What do we tend to associate each region with?
With distinctive types of food,clothes , poetry , dance, music and painting
What are regional cultures often a product of?
They are often the product of complex processes of intermixing of local traditions with ideas from other parts of the subcontinent.
Give an example of a connection between language and region. [Any relevant answer]
Malayalam , Bengal , etc
The Chera kingdom of __________ was established in the _______ century, in the south-western part of peninsula, part of present day ______.
Mahodayapuram, 9th , Kerala
In which area was Malayalam likely spoken?
South-western part of peninsula , part of present day Kerala, Mahodoyapuram 9th century
How did the rulers introduce Malayalam?
The rulers introduced Malayalam language and script in their inscriptions.
True or False? Malayalam is one of the oldest examples of the use of regional languages in official records in the subcontinent.
False, One of the earliest examples
What did the the temple theatre of Kerala borrow?
Stories from Sanskrit epics
The first _________ in Malayalam are traced to the 12th century.
Literary works
Which languages do Manipravalam refer to?
Sanskrit and the regional language
In which century are the first literary works of Malayalam traced to? Which language are they directly indebted to?
12th century, Sanskrit
The ___________, dealing with grammar and _______, was composed in ____________, meaning diamonds and _________ .
Lilatilakam , 14th century, poetics, corals