History · From State to Empire
UGC NET June 2012 History
Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes below.
Assertion (A): The Greek historian Herodotus tells us that India was the twentieth and most prosperous satrapy of the Persian empire.
Reason (R): By the time of Alexander's invasion in 327 to 326 BCE, all the Persian impact on India had become non-existent.
ABoth A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
BBoth A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
CA is true, but R is false ✓ Correct
DA is false, but R is true
Correct answer: (C) A is true, but R is false — The assertion is true while the reason is false, so the answer is A is true but R is false.
Explanation
★The assertion is true while the reason is false, so the answer is A is true but R is false.
★Herodotus did record that India formed the twentieth and richest satrapy of the Persian empire under Darius.
★This shows that the north-west of India lay under Achaemenid Persian rule in the sixth and fifth centuries BCE.
★But the Persian impact did not vanish by the time of Alexander's invasion.
★Persian influence survived in administration, coinage, the Kharoshthi script and art styles.
★So the reason is false, since Persian effects lingered well into later centuries.
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