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1. Consider the following statements regarding Inscriptions:

i. The study of development of scripts is called epigraphy.

ii. The study of inscriptions is called paleography.

iii. An inscription is not free from later interpolations.

Which of the statement given above is/are not correct?


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(a) i and iii only

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(b) i only

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(c) ii and iii only

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(d) i, ii and iii
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Solution

The correct option is D (d) i, ii and iii

Ans 1. d

Explanation:The study of development of scripts is called Palaeography whereas; the study of inscriptions is called Epigraphy. One of the most important and reliable sources of history writing are inscriptions. An inscription is free from later interpolations as it comes in the form it was composed in and engraved for the first time and it is almost impossible to add something to it at a later stage.


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