The Construction of Ancient Indian History

Which of the following statements is/are incorrect?

Consider the following statements with respect to James Prinsep:
1. He established the Asiatic Society of Bengal.
2. He was a civil servant of the East India Companty.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements with respect to the ancient literature of India:
1. Prakrit language spread from India to Central Asia where some of the oldest manuscripts have been found.
2. Rig Veda is usually treated as an early Vedic literature.
3. Mahabharata was originally called ‘Jaya Samhita’.
Which of the statements given above is/are cor rect?

Which of the following pairs is/are correctly matched?
A B
(Brahmanic Literature) (Main theme)
1. Srautasutras Big Public Sacrifices
2. Grihyasutras Geometry
3. Sulvasutras Domestic rituals
Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:

Consider the following statements:
1. Jataka stories are based on the previous lives of Buddha.
2. Earliest Buddhist texts were written in the Pali language.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements:
1. Sangam literature is a good source of information for the life in Deltaic Tamil Nadu during the early years of Christian era.
2. Arthasastra is a secular literature which was written by Kautilya.
3. Dharma sutras were compiled in the early medieval period, hence they reflect a very rigid social structure of the time.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements:
1. Indian literary sources are silent on the issue of Alexander\’s invasion of India.
2. Chandragupta Maurya is identified as Sandrocotus in the Greek sources.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements:
1. Among the western sources, only Greek literary sources are available for the study of ancient India as the Latin (Romans) mostly concerned themselves with trade only.
2. Western literary sources of the study of ancient India give an insight into the geography and trade of Indian subcontinent.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which of the following pairs is/are correctly matched?
A B
(Literature) (Source region)
1. Rajtarangini Kashmir
2. Ramacharita Eastern India
3. Vikramankadevacharita Deccan
Choose t