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Answer the following question.
What is the difference between prehistory and history?
Short/Brief Note
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Solution
The main difference between prehistory and history is that we have written records in history and have no written records in prehistory.
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Fill in the blank.
The Greek ambassador in Chandragupta Maurya’s court was ________
Match the following.
| Column A | Column B |
| 1. Paintings | (a) Politics |
| 2. Monuments | (b) epigraphy |
| 3. Coins | (c) ancient law |
| 4. Inscriptions | (d) biography of a ruler |
| 5. Harshacharita | (e) cultural achievements |
| 6. Manusmriti | (f) numismatics |
| 7. Arthashastra | (g) Chinese traveller |
| 8. Fa Hien | (h) architectural achievements |
State whether the following is true or false.
Banabhatta wrote Harshacharita.
Match the following:
| A | B | ||
| 1. | Monuments | (a) | politics |
| 2. | Study of inscriptions | (b) | Dried palm leaf |
| 3. | Manuscript | (c) | Book on law |
| 4. | Arthashastra | (d) | Archaeological source |
| 5. | Manusmriti | (e) | Epigraphy |
Choose the correct answer:
The Greek ambassador in Chandragupta Maurya’s court was _______.
Choose the correct answer:
_______ wrote Meghaduta.
