History · Negotiating the Sources
UGC NET December 2021 History (Shift-II)
Arrange the following in a chronological manner. Choose the correct answer from the options given below.
- 1. Colin Mackenzie collects over 8,000 inscriptions in Sanskrit and Dravidian languages
- 2. Decipherment of Ashokan Brahmi by James Prinsep
- 3. Alexander Cunningham publishes a set of Ashokan inscriptions
- 4. First issue of Epigraphia Carnatica, journal of South Indian inscriptions
- 5. First issue of Epigraphia Indica
A2, 1, 4, 3, 5
B2, 1, 3, 4, 5
C1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ✓ Correct
D1, 2, 3, 5, 4
Correct answer: (C) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 — The correct order is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
Explanation
★The correct order is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
★Colin Mackenzie collected over 8,000 inscriptions in Sanskrit and Dravidian languages by 1810.
★James Prinsep deciphered the Ashokan Brahmi script in 1837.
★Alexander Cunningham published a set of Ashokan inscriptions in 1877.
★The first issue of Epigraphia Carnatica appeared in 1886.
★The first issue of Epigraphia Indica appeared in 1888.
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