Match List I with List II:
| List I | List II | ||
| (A) | Shahjehan Begum | (I) | Funerary mound |
| (B) | James Fergusson | (II) | Ruler of Bhopal |
| (C) | Ananda | (III) | Art Historian |
| (D) | Chaityas | (IV) | Buddha's favourite disciple |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A)-(II), (B)-(III), (C)-(IV), (D)-(I)
(A) Shahjehan Begum — this matches (II) Ruler of Bhopal. Shahjehan Begum was the Nawab of Bhopal (ruled 1868-1901); the French sought her permission to take away the eastern gateway of the stupa at Sanchi.
(B) James Fergusson — this matches (III) Art Historian. James Fergusson, one of the earliest modern art historians, considered Sanchi to be a centre of tree and serpent worship.
(C) Ananda — this matches (IV) Buddha’s favourite disciple. Ananda, one of the Buddha’s dearest disciples, persuaded him to allow women into the sangha.
(D) Chaityas — this matches (I) Funerary mound. Chaitya may have been derived from the word chita, meaning a funeral pyre, and by extension a funerary mound.
NCERT (2026-27): “1. A Glimpse of Sanchi … Nineteenth-century Europeans were very interested in the stupa at Sanchi. In fact, the French sought Shahjehan Begum’s permission to take away the eastern gateway, which was the best preserved, to be displayed in a museum in France. For a while some Englishmen also wanted to do the same, but fortunately both the French and the English were satisfied with carefully prepared plaster-cast copies and the original remained at the site, part of the Bhopal state.… 6. Followers of the Buddha … Initially, only men were allowed into the sangha, but later women also came to be admitted. According to Buddhist texts, this was made possible through the mediation of Ananda, one of the Buddha’s dearest disciples, who persuaded him to allow women into the sangha.… 7. Stupas … Chaitya may also have been derived from the word chita, meaning a funeral pyre, and by extension a funerary mound. 9.3 Popular traditions … Interestingly, one of the earliest modern art historians, James Fergusson, considered Sanchi to be a centre of tree and serpent worship. He was not familiar with Buddhist literature – most of which had not yet been translated – and arrived at this conclusion by studying only the images on their own.” |