1. According to Chapter 19, the Pañjī-Prabandha system comprises seven distinct types. Which register is specifically known as the “Black Book” that records genealogical defects, inter-caste unions, and lineage blemishes?

2. The formal institutionalisation of the Pañjī-Prabandha system took place in 1326 CE under which ruler, after a crisis caused by an unknowing prohibited marriage?

3. What is the central function of the Uteḍha document within the Panji system?

4. In the Panji’s exogamy rules, how many specific kinship positions (called Ṣaṣṭhī or Chhatth) are cross-checked to prohibit marriage when an overlap occurs on the paternal side?

5. According to Dharmashastra rules encoded in the Panji, marriage is prohibited if the bride and groom share a common ancestor within how many generations on the maternal side and paternal side (standard formula)?

6. How many gotras (patrilineal clans) and how many mūlas (root lineages) are documented in the Maithil Brahmin Panji system?

7. Which prominent philosopher’s lineage is recorded in the Dūṣaṇa Pañjī with the note that he was born “pitṛ-parokṣe pañca-varṣa vyatīte” (five years after his father’s death), and that his wife Vallabha (or Medhā) belonged to the Charmakāriṇī (cobbler/tanner) community?

8. According to the chapter, which 20th-century scholar deliberately suppressed the Dooshan Panji evidence concerning Gaṅgeśa Upādhyāya, feeding false information to Dinesh Chandra Bhattacharya, leading to the “honour killing” of the philosopher’s legacy?

9. In addition to Charmakāriṇī (tanner) unions, the Dooshan Pañjī systematically documents marriages with several other communities. Which of the following groups appears in its 97 tables as recorded “defects”?

10. What is the sociological logic behind the Dūṣaṇa Pañjī’s delayed disclosure of genealogical “defects”?

11. Which medieval text by Jyotirīśvara Ṭhākura is mentioned as a historical source referencing the Karnāṭa dynasty and the early genealogical context of Mithila?

12. The Panji system remained egalitarian until the 18th century, when Maharaja Mādhava Siṃha introduced hierarchical branch registers. This later restructuring created which new hereditary sub-caste among Maithil Brahmins in British India?

13. The author and editor Gajendra Thakur digitized the Panji manuscripts starting in 2000 CE, transliterating from which traditional script into Devanagari?

14. According to the comparative genealogy section, which global tradition comes closest to the Panji system in terms of patrilineal depth and community coverage but lacks the Pañjī’s real-time marriage certification and counter-archive?

15. The Dooshan Panji includes a detailed entry showing that by the sixth generation, a lineage descending from an inter-caste union could be declared “Purnatah Shuddha” (completely pure). Which example from the tables illustrates this six-generation purification model?