Match List I with List II:
| List I | List II | ||
| (A) | 1902 | (I) | Hampi declared a World Heritage site of UNESCO. |
| (B) | 1856 onwards | (II) | Conservation begins under John Marshall. |
| (C) | 1836 | (III) | Photographers began to record the monuments at Hampi. |
| (D) | 1986 | (IV) | Epigraphists began collecting inscriptions found at Hampi. |
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) 1902 — this matches (II) Conservation begins under John Marshall. The chapter’s timeline of the discovery and conservation of Vijayanagara places the start of conservation under John Marshall in 1902.
(B) 1856 onwards — this matches (III) Photographers began to record the monuments at Hampi. From 1856, photographers began to record the monuments, which enabled scholars to study them; Alexander Greenlaw took the first detailed photographs that year.
(C) 1836 — this matches (IV) Epigraphists began collecting inscriptions found at Hampi. As early as 1836, epigraphists began collecting several dozen inscriptions found at Hampi’s temples.
(D) 1986 — this matches (I) Hampi declared a World Heritage site of UNESCO. In 1986 Hampi was declared a World Heritage site by UNESCO.
NCERT (2026-27): “1. The Discovery of Hampi … The ruins at Hampi were brought to light in 1800 by an engineer and antiquarian named Colonel Colin Mackenzie. An employee of the English East India Company, he prepared the first survey map of the site. Much of the initial information he received was based on the memories of priests of the Virupaksha temple and the shrine of Pampadevi. Subsequently, from 1856, photographers began to record the monuments which enabled scholars to study them. As early as 1836 epigraphists began collecting several dozen inscriptions found at this and other temples at Hampi.…”
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