Identify the correct statements about the ‘Inscriptions’:
(A) Routine agricultural practices and events of daily life are the subject-matter of inscriptions.
(B) Record the achievements, activities or ideas of those who commissioned them.
(C) Writings are engraved on hard surfaces such as stone, metal or pottery.
(D) The earliest inscriptions were in Prakrit.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (B), (C) and (D) only
(A) Routine agricultural practices and events of daily life are the subject-matter of inscriptions. Incorrect. Routine agricultural practices and the joys and sorrows of daily existence find no mention in inscriptions, which focus, more often than not, on grand, unique events.
(B) Record the achievements, activities or ideas of those who commissioned them. Correct. Inscriptions usually record the achievements, activities or ideas of those who commissioned them, such as the exploits of kings or donations to religious institutions.
(C) Writings are engraved on hard surfaces such as stone, metal or pottery. Correct. This is what an inscription is: writing engraved on a hard surface, which makes it a virtually permanent record.
(D) The earliest inscriptions were in Prakrit. Correct. Prakrit was a name for the languages used by ordinary people.
NCERT (2026-27): “7.3 Historical evidence from inscriptions … For instance, routine agricultural practices and the joys and sorrows of daily existence find no mention in inscriptions, which focus, more often than not, on grand, unique events.…”
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