Arrange the following in chronological order:
(A) Alexander Cunningham publishes a set of Asokan inscriptions
(B) Founding of the Asiatic Society (Bengal)
(C) First issue of Epigraphia Indica
(D) First issue of Epigraphia Carnatica
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (B), (A), (D), (C)
(B) Founding of the Asiatic Society (Bengal) — 1784, the earliest of the four.
(A) Alexander Cunningham publishes a set of Asokan inscriptions — 1877.
(D) First issue of Epigraphia Carnatica — 1886. It was a journal of south Indian inscriptions.
(C) First issue of Epigraphia Indica — 1888, two years after the Carnatica.
Tip: The four dates sit one under another in the timeline of major advances in epigraphy. This paper alone has nine questions answered by the small timeline boxes after the chapters; a quick pass over them before the exam is well spent.
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