History · Historical Method and Historiography
UGC NET December 2022 History (Shift-II)
The critical edition of the Mahabharata project was led as General Editor by:
AR.N. Dandekar
BS. Radhakrishnan
CV.S. Sukthankar ✓ Correct
DR.C. Majumdar
Correct answer: (C) V.S. Sukthankar — It was V.S. Sukthankar, so the answer is V.S. Sukthankar.
Explanation
★It was V.S. Sukthankar, so the answer is V.S. Sukthankar.
★The critical edition of the Mahabharata was led as General Editor by V.S. Sukthankar.
★He started this project in 1925, and it was finally completed in 1966.
★It was prepared at the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Pune.
★The English translation of the critical edition was undertaken by J.A.B. van Buitenen.
★A Persian translation of the Mahabharata, the Razmnama, was earlier commissioned by Akbar.
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