Daily Telegraph General Knowledge (Gk) 484 Monday January 29Th 2018

[Dickiedot]

29a Ancient dynasty that united most of the Indian subcontinent (6) ma?r?a

[dannyk13]

I have Maurya

[dannyk13]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurya_Empire

[dannyk13]

Morning Dickie, what have you put for 3 down?I ask because I have one wrong and I think that may be it.

[Dickiedot]

thanks for that Danny, I have Petite Sirah for 3 down

[dannyk13]

That's what I have but an alternative is Syrah,

[dannyk13]

Let me know if you submit successfully.

[Dickiedot]

yes I know but the reference I found regarding an American grape variety has it as Sirah from the Syrah grape variety, I'll enter it with a y and see what happens

[dannyk13]

Dickie, enter the one you are happiest with.

[Dickiedot]

I went with the 'y' and got one wrong grrrrr the spellings are both correct!

[dannyk13]

Dickie, I entered it with an i and I had one wrong but Can't find it.

[dannyk13]

Unfortunately my contact there is on holiday for a week.

[Dickiedot]

kalpis, strijdom, gossypol, molasse were the ones i double checked

[dannyk13]

Dickie check kalpis again, I have calpis

[Dickiedot]

BRB has Kalpis A water jar (gr) does not have calpis

[dannyk13]

Never mind, this is another case of alternative spellings.

[dannyk13]

. 2 The forms with which this style is associated are generally the amphora, the calpis, an elegant variety of the water-jar

[dannyk13]

Have you submitted the Cryptic? Mine was ok.

[Dickiedot]

Oh well, we'll have to wait until Monday to check

[dannyk13]

No need Dickie, they base the crosswords on the BRB, so I now know what I had wrong- calpa.

[goodgoalie]

What is the BRB?