Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Ancient India: Bricks, Beads and Bones

Question:

Who made the following statement: "Marshall left India three thousand years older than he had found her."

Options:

Daya Ram Sahni

Rakhal Das Banerji

R.E. M. Wheeler

S.N. Roy

Correct Answer:

S.N. Roy

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (4) → S.N. Roy

S.N. Roy noted in 'The Story of Indian Archaeology', “Marshall left India three thousand years older than he had found her. This was because similar, till-then-unidentified seals were found at excavations at Mesopotamian sites. It was then that the world knew not only of a new civilisation, but also of one contemporaneous with Mesopotamia.