List of top Ancient Indian History Culture And Arch Questions on History Writing and Historiography of Ancient India asked in CUET (PG)

Match List-I with List-II:

List-I	List-II
(A) Founding of the Indian Museum, Calcutta	(I) 1880
(B) H.H. Cole appointed Curator of Ancient Monuments	(II) 1923
(C) John Marshall publishes the Conservation Manual	(III) 1814
(D) Establishment of the Government Museum, Madras	(IV) 1851

The middle Sangam or Nadu-Conkam had its seat in:

Match List-I with List-II:

List-I	List-II
(A) Natyashastra	(I) Bhavabhuti
(B) Malati Madhava	(II) Vishakhadatta
(C) Mudrarakshasa	(III) Bharata
(D) Shishupalavadha	(IV) Magha

Match List-I with List-II:

List-I	List-II
(A) The Indo-Greeks	(I) A. K. Narain
(B) Early History of the Deccan	(II) B. N. Mukherjee
(C) The Rise and Fall of the Kushana Empire	(III) G. Yazdani
(D) The Agrarian System in Ancient India	(IV) U. N. Ghoshal

The Allahabad Parshasti is in mixed prose and verse. This style is known as:

Match List-I with List-II:

List-I	List-II
(A) The Pandya Kingdom	(I) Y. Subbarayalu
(B) Peasant State and Society in Medieval South India	(II) T.V. Mahalingam
(C) South Indian Polity	(III) Burton Stein
(D) Political Geography of the Chola Country	(IV) K.A. Nilakanta Sastri

Identify the correct statements:
(A) In 1921, D.R. Sahani excavated Harappa.
(B) In 1921, Marshall excavated Mohenjodaro.
(C) In 1931, Marshall excavated Mohenjodaro.
(D) In 1940, Vats excavated Harappa.

The 18th and 19th centuries were dominated by the writings of European scholars, usually referred to as the Orientalists or Indologists, although they often described themselves as: