Question

Categorise the following monuments as temple, vav, stupa or cave: 1) Dev ni Mori; 2) Adalaj; 3) Khambhaliya; 4) Somnath; A) Temple; B) Stupa; C) Vav; D) Cave

• A. 1-A; 2-B; 3-C; 4-D
• B. 1-A; 2-B; 3-C; 4-D
• C. 1-B; 2-C; 3-D; 4-A
• D. 1-B; 2-A; 3-C; 4-D

Answer 1

The correct option is C 1-B; 2-C; 3-D; 4-A

Gujarat is famous for vavs or step well, stupas, caves and temples. Khambhaliya is a cave while Adalaj is a vav. Somnath is a temple located in Gir Somnath district. Dev ni Mori is a stupa near Shamlaji. Many of the Stupas were built during the Kashtrap period.