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प्रश्न
Give reasons for the following.
The boy king changed his name from Tutankhaten to Tutankhamun.
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उत्तर
‘Tutankhamun’ means the ‘living image of Amun’. Amun was the major god in the ancient Egyptian society whose temples and images were destroyed by a preceding ruler named Akhenaten. He destroyed the ancient religious order of the Egyptians. Tut’s changing of his name represents his efforts in the restoration of the old ways that were once destroyed.
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Take on sth: |
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take sb on: |
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Take sb/sth on: |
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(ii) ______________________________
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you can begin like this
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