English XII Ch 16 Archaeological Treasures of Pakistan SQ & Notes FSc FA ICS ICom KPK FBISE
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Q. What are the most important archaeological sites of Pakistan? What light do they throw on the antiquity in this part of the world?Answer: Pakistan is a country rich with the priceless remains of the past and exquisiteness of the present. Some of the most important archaeological sites of Pakistan include Taxila, Mohenjo-Daro, Harappa, Gandhara, Bhanbore, Lahore and Brahmanabad.
These sites are not only of great importance for their rich culture and civilization but also due to their associations with the great preachers, monarchs or warriors of the past times such as Alexandra, Asoka, Mughals, Buddha, and Mongols. These archaeological sites throw crystal-clear light on the culture-rich lifestyle of the people of the past who used to live in this part of the world some thousand years back with all glory and verve.
Q. What is the importance of Taxila as an archaeological site?
Answer: Taxila one of the landmark in the historical and archaeological affluence of Pakistan is situated in the North-West of Rawalpindi some thirty miles away from the city. It is not only a place rich in its culture and civilization but depicts its importance due to the close association and influence of the great personalities of the past including Alexander and Asoka, one of the greatest and most illustrious figures of the sub-continent.
Taxila is also famous because of the exceptional contribution to the world’s artistic fortune i.e. the art of Gandhara which is the fusion of Buddhist art amalgamated with Mediterranean influences. It is something worthy to experience as nothing like this exists anywhere in the entire world.
Q. What is one of the most important aspects of the discovery of Mohenjo-Daro?
Answer: Mohenjo-Daro is one of the most significant archaeological sites of Pakistan located about sixty miles from Sukkur in Sind. One of the most important aspects of the discovery of Mohenjo-Daro is its confirmation of the existence of an established civilization in the Indus Valley region before the arrival of Aryan invaders and also the fact that more than on ethnic type was then present.
Q. Where is Bhanbore? What is its archaeological interest?
Answer: Bhanbore is a site of great concern and appreciation for the people of Pakistan who have a love for our history and civilization. It is a site on one of the silted channels of the Indus. It is about forty miles from Karachi and is easily accessible to the inhabitants of Karachi and the nearby major cities. It is archaeologically rich and worthy of interest.
It is assumed that it is the site of Debul, where Mohammad bin Qasim landed in 712 A.D. He was the one who spread Islam in the sub-continent against the cruel Hindu rulers of that time at a very young age of 17.
Q. Discuss the importance of the archaeological treasures that belong to the Moghul period.
Answer: Moghal period and its remnants have a distinctive sense of charisma that can attract anyone who has the taste for the priceless fortune of the past. The archaeological treasures that belong to the Moghal period are of utmost significance not only for the citizens of Pakistan but for the people of the whole sub-continent too.
It holds magnitude due to its comparative proximity of that dynasty to our own present time. Another reason that makes the archaeological treasures of the Moghal period worthwhile is that their monuments, tombs, and mosques are astonishingly in a much better state as compared to any other treasures of the past time. These sites are easily accessible to everyone and are preserved in an improved condition to be admired and esteemed by all.
Visit an archaeological site is like travelling through that period of history. Which period of history represented by one of the archaeological sites mentioned in this essay would you like to visit if you were given a chance to travel through time-and why? Write an essay highlighting your imagined experiences.
Answer: Being a history lover, first of all, I would like to invent the machine that transports me into the past period of our majestic Mughals. There are several reasons to justify my desire. The first and the foremost attraction for that period is to experience the rich customs, culture, and tradition associated with Mughal dynasty.
Secondly, the pomp and show of the Mughal emperors must be a worthwhile experience. I would like to cherish the moment of the emperors’ appearance in their royal courts. I want to see and experience the royal courts with my own eyes, where all the couturiers dressed lavishly in their appropriate costumes waiting to hear the fair verdict of the emperor against any case.
That’s not all; I would love to roam around in the well-maintained gardens surrounding the palaces of the Mughals with sparkling water fountains adding into the beauty of the lawns. The cool fresh breeze scented with the fragrance of flowers would make me feel relaxed and blissful.
Being a girl, one of my original attractions would be to observe the royal activities of the queens and princesses of the Mughal era. The way they used to beautify themselves with bedazzling jewellery adorned with precious gems and jewels.
I would like to take pleasure in the delicate dance performances by the well-trained performers in the magnificent courts.
When taking a tour out of the palaces, I would love to see the intricate Mughal architecture in the form of buildings, mosques, and tombs as Mughal art and architecture is famous for their design and form.
Peace, justice, and honour that were the essential part of Mughal era would be witnessed by me as these things are not available nowadays.
The time of Mughals was an awesome period in the history of the sub-continent with all their grandeur and splendour and if given a chance I would love to step into the magnificent era of Mughals.
Q. What is one of the most important aspects of the discovery of Mohenjo-Daro?
Answer: Mohenjo-Daro is one of the most significant archaeological sites of Pakistan located about sixty miles from Sukkur in Sind. One of the most important aspects of the discovery of Mohenjo-Daro is its confirmation of the existence of an established civilization in the Indus Valley region before the arrival of Aryan invaders and also the fact that more than on ethnic type was then present.
Q. Where is Bhanbore? What is its archaeological interest?
Answer: Bhanbore is a site of great concern and appreciation for the people of Pakistan who have a love for our history and civilization. It is a site on one of the silted channels of the Indus. It is about forty miles from Karachi and is easily accessible to the inhabitants of Karachi and the nearby major cities. It is archaeologically rich and worthy of interest.
It is assumed that it is the site of Debul, where Mohammad bin Qasim landed in 712 A.D. He was the one who spread Islam in the sub-continent against the cruel Hindu rulers of that time at a very young age of 17.
Q. Discuss the importance of the archaeological treasures that belong to the Moghul period.
Answer: Moghal period and its remnants have a distinctive sense of charisma that can attract anyone who has the taste for the priceless fortune of the past. The archaeological treasures that belong to the Moghal period are of utmost significance not only for the citizens of Pakistan but for the people of the whole sub-continent too.
It holds magnitude due to its comparative proximity of that dynasty to our own present time. Another reason that makes the archaeological treasures of the Moghal period worthwhile is that their monuments, tombs, and mosques are astonishingly in a much better state as compared to any other treasures of the past time. These sites are easily accessible to everyone and are preserved in an improved condition to be admired and esteemed by all.
Writing Assignment
Visit an archaeological site is like travelling through that period of history. Which period of history represented by one of the archaeological sites mentioned in this essay would you like to visit if you were given a chance to travel through time-and why? Write an essay highlighting your imagined experiences.
Answer: Being a history lover, first of all, I would like to invent the machine that transports me into the past period of our majestic Mughals. There are several reasons to justify my desire. The first and the foremost attraction for that period is to experience the rich customs, culture, and tradition associated with Mughal dynasty.
Secondly, the pomp and show of the Mughal emperors must be a worthwhile experience. I would like to cherish the moment of the emperors’ appearance in their royal courts. I want to see and experience the royal courts with my own eyes, where all the couturiers dressed lavishly in their appropriate costumes waiting to hear the fair verdict of the emperor against any case.
That’s not all; I would love to roam around in the well-maintained gardens surrounding the palaces of the Mughals with sparkling water fountains adding into the beauty of the lawns. The cool fresh breeze scented with the fragrance of flowers would make me feel relaxed and blissful.
Being a girl, one of my original attractions would be to observe the royal activities of the queens and princesses of the Mughal era. The way they used to beautify themselves with bedazzling jewellery adorned with precious gems and jewels.
I would like to take pleasure in the delicate dance performances by the well-trained performers in the magnificent courts.
When taking a tour out of the palaces, I would love to see the intricate Mughal architecture in the form of buildings, mosques, and tombs as Mughal art and architecture is famous for their design and form.
Peace, justice, and honour that were the essential part of Mughal era would be witnessed by me as these things are not available nowadays.
The time of Mughals was an awesome period in the history of the sub-continent with all their grandeur and splendour and if given a chance I would love to step into the magnificent era of Mughals.
Anticlimax
Name the various figures of speech in the following:1) The more haste, the less speed. Antithesis
2) I must be taught my duty, and by you! Exclamation
3) Plead, Sleep, my cause and make her soft like thee. Climax
4) Charity suffered long and is kind. Transferred epithet
5) He makes no friend who never made a foe. Oxymoron
6) He that planted the ear, shall He not hear? He that formed the eye, shall He not see? Interrogation
7) Let not ambition mock their useful toil. Euphemism
8) To gossip is a fault, to libel, a crime; to slander, a sin. Hyperbole
9) Oh! What a noble mind is here overthrown. Exclamation
10) Excess of ceremony shows want of breeding. Oxymoron
11) Why all this toil for triumphs of an hour? Interrogation
12) Fools who came to scoff, remained to pray. Transferred epithet
13) The Puritan had been rescued by a no common deliverer from the grasp of no common foe. Hyperbole
14) The cup that cheers but not inebriates. Oxymoron
15) You are a pretty fellow. Litotes
16) Hasten slowly. Apostrophe
17) Hail! Smiling morn. Hyperbole
18) Can two walk together, except they are agreed? Irony
19) Curses are like chickens, they come home to roost. Hyperbole
20) A thousand years are as yesterday when it is past. Euphemism
21) The prisoner was brought to the dock in irons. Hyperbole
22) We had nothing to do, and we did it very well. Litotes
23) Boys will be boys. Synecdoche
24) The cloister oped her pitying gage. Oxymoron
25) Lowliness is young Ambition’s ladder. Anticlimax
26) Language is the art of concealing thought. Interrogation
27) Must I stand and crouch Under your testy humour? Climax
28) Exult, 0 shores, and ring, 0 bells! Hyperbole
29) He followed the letter but not the spirit of the law. Antithesis
30) One truth is clear: whatever is, is right. Climax
31) I came, I saw, I conquered. Hyperbole
32) Labour, wide as the earth, has its summit in heaven. Synecdoche
33) Just for a handful of silver, he left us. Hyperbole
34) They were swifter than eagles: they were stronger than lions. Litotes
35) Swiftly flies the feathered death. Oxymoron
36) It is a wise father that knows his child. Climax
37) Brave Macbeth, with his brandished steel, carved out his passage. Apostrophe
38) Sweet Thames! Run softly, till I end my song. Hyperbole
39) There is only one cure for the evils which newly acquired freedom produces and that cure is freedom. Irony
40) Sweet Auburn, loveliest village of the plain. Apostrophe
Where health and plenty cheered the labouring swain.
41) So spake the seraph abdiel faithful found.
Among the faithless faithful only he. Oxymoron
42) Youth is full of pleasure,
Age is full of care. Irony
43) Like the dew on the mountain,
Like the foam on the river,
Like the bubble on the fountain,
Thou art is gone and forever. Interrogation
44) Can Honour’s voice provoke the silent dust,
Or Flattery soothe the dull cold ear of Death? Synecdoche
45) Golden lads and girls all must,
As chimney-sweepers, come to dust Metonymy
46) Sweet are the uses of adversity,
Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous Wears still a precious jewel in its head. Oxymoron
47) The naked every day he clad When he put on his clothes. Anticlimax
48) 0 mischief, thou art swift
To enter in the thoughts of desperate men Hyperbole
49) Knowledge is proud that it knows so much Wisdom is humble that it knows no more Synecdoche
50) At once they rush’d
Together, like two eagles on one prey Come rushing down from the clouds, One from the east, one from the west. Hyperbole
51) Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow,
He who would search for pearls must dive below. Climax
52) The best way to learn a language is to speak it. Litotes
53) Scepter and crown Must tumble down
And in the dust be equal made
With the poor crooked scythe and spade Irony
54) O! Solitude! Where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Apostrophe
55) I thought ten thousand swords must have leapt from their scabbards to avenge a look that threatened her with insult. Hyperbole
56) The soldier fights for glory, and a shilling a day. Transferred epithet
57) His honour rooted in dishonour stood,
And faith unfaithful kept him falsely true. Hyperbole
58) They speak like saints and act like devils. Climax
59) He was a learned man among lords and a lord among learned men. Oxymoron
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