Idéfix wrote:I am going to be on a whole different timezone for a few days, and I will be busy on Tuesday, so I am posting this early. It will be another short set. Same rule as ever: no googling!

1. This epic poem begins in the year 1300. The narrator, who is thirty five years old, describes himself as “half-way along life’s path.” The poem is the first of a series of three allegorical poems. The poem is the source of the famous phrase, “abandon all hope, ye who enter here.” Name the poem and the poet.

4. This song is an unofficial anthem of oppressed peoples everywhere. It was sung by Catholics in Northern Ireland, by Czechs under Soviet occupation, by black South Africans under Apartheid, and by Bangladeshis fighting Pakistani oppression. Various artists and singers have performed the song over the decades, including Roger Waters and Bruce Springsteen in the last three years. The song is inspired by an older song with similar words copyrighted in 1901 by Charles Albert Tindley, and was adapted into its current form by Zilphia Horton, Guy Carawan, Frank Hamilton, and Pete Seeger. What is this song?

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2. India allows its several religious communities to define their own family laws. However, one part of India has uniform civil law. People of all religious traditions in that region are subject to the same civil law. What part of India is this?

Goa.

3. This ruler from about 2,000 years ago described himself as the destroyer of Sakas, Yavanas, and Pahlavas. Another title he used was “he whose horses drank from three seas.” His mother shares her name with a major Indian river. He was the 23rd in a dynasty that lasted around 450 years. (In contrast, the Maurya, Gupta, Mughal, and Maratha empires all lasted 200 years or less each). One of his innovations is still in use by people who speak Gujarati, Kannada, Konkani, Marathi, and Telugu. Name the ruler and his lasting innovation.

Gautamiputra satakarni. saka calendar

5. The picture below is of a structure built around 800 CE, in Abhaneri village near Jaipur, Rajasthan. It has been featured in movies such as The Fall and The Dark Knight Rises. The structure was built by a King Chanda of the Nikumbha dynasty. What is the primary purpose of this structure?

Idéfix wrote:I am going to be on a whole different timezone for a few days, and I will be busy on Tuesday, so I am posting this early. It will be another short set. Same rule as ever: no googling!

1. This epic poem begins in the year 1300. The narrator, who is thirty five years old, describes himself as “half-way along life’s path.” The poem is the first of a series of three allegorical poems. The poem is the source of the famous phrase, “abandon all hope, ye who enter here.” Name the poem and the poet.

Dante? Divine comedy?

2. India allows its several religious communities to define their own family laws. However, one part of India has uniform civil law. People of all religious traditions in that region are subject to the same civil law. What part of India is this?

Kerala would be my guess.

3. This ruler from about 2,000 years ago described himself as the destroyer of Sakas, Yavanas, and Pahlavas. Another title he used was “he whose horses drank from three seas.” His mother shares her name with a major Indian river. He was the 23rd in a dynasty that lasted around 450 years. (In contrast, the Maurya, Gupta, Mughal, and Maratha empires all lasted 200 years or less each). One of his innovations is still in use by people who speak Gujarati, Kannada, Konkani, Marathi, and Telugu. Name the ruler and his lasting innovation.

Vikaramaditya & Vikrama Saka? Invention is calendar?

4. This song is an unofficial anthem of oppressed peoples everywhere. It was sung by Catholics in Northern Ireland, by Czechs under Soviet occupation, by black South Africans under Apartheid, and by Bangladeshis fighting Pakistani oppression. Various artists and singers have performed the song over the decades, including Roger Waters and Bruce Springsteen in the last three years. The song is inspired by an older song with similar words copyrighted in 1901 by Charles Albert Tindley, and was adapted into its current form by Zilphia Horton, Guy Carawan, Frank Hamilton, and Pete Seeger. What is this song?

We shall over come?

5. The picture below is of a structure built around 800 CE, in Abhaneri village near Jaipur, Rajasthan. It has been featured in movies such as The Fall and The Dark Knight Rises. The structure was built by a King Chanda of the Nikumbha dynasty. What is the primary purpose of this structure?

Place to hide during war?

bw wrote:1. dante's inferno.

bw wrote:4. we shall overcome?

yogi wrote:2. Goa.

yogi wrote:3. Gautamiputra satakarni. saka calendar

yogi wrote:5. to store water!

Mosquito wrote:1. Dante? Divine comedy?

Mosquito wrote:2. Kerala would be my guess.

Mosquito wrote:3. Vikaramaditya & Vikrama Saka? Invention is calendar?

Mosquito wrote:4. We shall over come?

Mosquito wrote:5. Place to hide during war?