Teacher`s Introduction Mihir Kumar Bhowmik Assistant Teacher Chalkroghunath High School Manda, Naogaon Mobile No.o

Lessons Introduction Subject: English Class- Nine-Ten Unit: 04 Lesson: 02 Date: 04/03/16 Time: 50 minutes

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The Somapura Mahavihara

Learning Outcomes By the end of this lesson Ss will be able to-  Read the text  Write new vocabularies  Summarise the text

Teachers loud reading and Ss silent reading

Vocabulary

Excavate Research uncovered something with difficulty careful study to discover new

Archaeology Architectural design architectural task ancient cultural remains

Dynasty Satisfy a series of rulers very pleased

Devout BuddhistS pious Lofty grand

Students loud reading Two/Three Ss will read the text loudly

Silent reading The Ss will read the text

Activity-1 Match the words with the meanings Word Archaeological Excavate Lofty Extensive Systematic Debris Devout Rubbles/wreckage Widespread Ancient cultural remains Pious Uncover something with difficulty Grand Done mathodically

Answer Excavate- uncover something with difficulty Archaeological - ancient cultural remain Lofty- grand Extensive- widespread Systematic- done methodically Debris- rubbles Devout- pious

Activity -2 Answer the following questions  1.Why is the village named Paharpur?  2.Where is it located?  3.What is it famous for?  4.What did Cunningham find when he was digging the Paharpur site?

Answer  There is a hill in that village that is why it is called “Paharpur”.  It is located in the middle of Naogaon district of the North Bengle.  It is famous for it’s ralics of the ancient Buddihst monastery.  He found the ruins of a square tower while digging it.

Activity-3 Write the summary of the text

Answer Paharpur is an important archaeological site situated in Naogaon.It was excavated many times. Many Universities and archaeologist excavated it.According to their comments it was one of the most famous Buddhist institutions for monks of ancient Bengal and in southern Asia. It was lofty temple built by the second pala king Dharmapala.The Pala rulers were devout Buddhists.

Evaluation  Choose the correct answer 1.Pharpur is a (a) Typical Bangladeshi village(b) An extraordinary village (c) A very small village (d) A village on top of a mountain 2.After excavation,the archaeologists discovered a huge (a) Kings palace (b) Emperors courtyard (c) Buddhist monastery (d) Hindu temple

 3. How many phases of excavation of paharpur has been mentioned ? (a)Four (b) five (C) six (d) seven  4.What thing indicates that the site was built by second pala king (a)Earthen seal (b)Ceramic seal (c) Stone seal (d) Iron seal  5.Sir Alexander visited the place in the- (a) 19 th century (b) 18 th century (c) early 19 th century (d)early 18 th century

Home work Write a short composition about the archaeological beauty of Somapura Mahavihara