Quiz: Chapter 13 – Genome Mapping of Mithila Panji

1 What is the primary function of the Panji system as described in Chapter 13?

To record royal successions only

A living genealogical database for marriage regulation, gotra verification, and social identity among Maithil Brahmins

A purely religious text for Vedic rituals

A colonial land revenue register

2 According to Chapter 13, who is traditionally credited with the formal institutionalization of the Panji system?

Maharaja Madhav Singh

King Harsimha Deva (Harisimhadeva) of the Karnat dynasty

Gangesa Upadhyaya

The British colonial administration

3 The volume analysed in Chapter 13 is “Khanda 2 — Upatip”. What does “Upatip” (Upaṭīp) signify?

Main root register of gotras

Supplementary / sub‑notes or detailed annotations to the main Panji

List of royal marriages only

Ritual prayer book for Panjikars

4 What does the genealogical marker “dau” (dau) indicate in Panji entries?

Direct paternal grandson

Maternal side connection: daughter's son or the bride‑giving family

Village of origin for the father

Scholarly title (Mahāmahopādhyāya)

5 Which of the following titles represents the highest traditional scholarly honour recorded in the Panji?

Jyotirvid / Jyo.

Vaiyākaraṇa (grammarian)

Mahāmahopādhyāya (M.M.U. / ma.ma.)

Paṇḍita

6 How are women primarily recorded in the standard Panji genealogical registers (except the Rasarh‑Araria exception)?

Women’s full names are always recorded in detail

As independent lineage heads with their own gotra

Structurally as relational nodes (dau/ddau) – rarely by personal name

Women are completely absent from the Panji

7 Chapter 13 mentions modern professional credentials integrated into the Panji. Which modern title appears in entries such as those in the Khanda 3 sections?

Only traditional Sanskrit titles

I.A.S., I.P.S., M.A., Ph.D., Engineer, Professor

Knight and baronet titles only

Military ranks exclusively

8 What does the “ddau” (ddau) abbreviation signify in the Panji notation?

Double daughter — step‑daughter record

Maternal grandfather’s side / the dau’s dau (second maternal generation)

Father’s brother’s lineage

Village of the paternal grandmother

9 According to the document, why is the Panji metaphorically called “Genome Mapping”?

It contains DNA sequences of ancient Maithil Brahmins

Because it tracks biological and social inheritance, consanguinity avoidance, and lineage data across 1,500 years like a genetic database

It was originally written on genome‑shaped palm leaves

The term is purely decorative without scientific meaning

10 Which village appears as the most frequent maternal‑source node in the analysed portion of the Panji (Chapter 13)?

Māṇḍar (Mandar) with 174 references

Khandabala

Darihara

Sarisab

11 The Panji records cross‑references like “(B 86//2)”. What do these notations represent?

Astrological calculations

Internal cross‑references to other volumes/entries, functioning as a pre‑digital relational database

Royal tax collection codes

Dates of manuscript copying

12 Chapter 13 mentions a specific scribal colophon dating an entry to “09..2008 Wednesday”. What does this colophon prove?

The Panji system became extinct after 2000

That the Panji tradition was still being actively updated and used in the 21st century (real‑time genealogical recording)

The British introduced new dating systems

It is a forgery from the colonial era

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