Ancient Indian History
Ancient Indian History is a History concept from the MPSC syllabus, tested in 2 past MPSC questions (2013, 2021). Below are those real questions with their correct answers and explanations, plus the concepts worth being comfortable with first.
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जोड्या लावा : Match the pairs :
(a)इयान हॉंडर (Ian Hodder) - (i) कार्यकारणभाव (Relationship between Cause and Effects)
(b)लुईस बिनफर्ड (Lewis Binford) - (ii) संदर्भप्रणीत पुरातत्त्व (Contextual Archaeology)
(c)डेव्हिड क्लार्क (David Clarke) - (iii) आंतरविद्याशाखीय पुरावे (Interdisciplinary evidences)
(d)नवपुरातत्त्व (New Archaeology) - (iv) विज्ञानाच्या तत्त्वज्ञानाची पद्धत (Method of Scientific Philosophy)
Ian Hodder is associated with Contextual Archaeology (ii), Lewis Binford with New Archaeology/Scientific Philosophy (iv), David Clarke with Interdisciplinary evidences (iii), and Cause and Effect relations tie into processual approaches (i).
नद्या व त्यांच्या वैदिक नावांच्या जोड्या लावा. / Match the rivers with their vedic names.
(a)सरसुती / Sarsuti
(b)परूष्णी / Parushni
(c)असिकनि / Asikni
(d)वितस्ता / Vitasta
(i)चिनाब / Chenab
(ii)झेलम / Jhelam
(iii)सरस्वती / Saraswati
(iv)रावी / Ravi
In Vedic literature, Sarsuti/Drishadvati/Sindhu represent ancient river names. Specifically, Vitasta is Jhelum, Asikni is Chenab, Parushni is Ravi, and Saraswati is Sarsuti.