Question

Which of the following is true about the author of The Culture and Civilisation of Ancient India?

• A. He was a mathematician and a historian.
• B. He was an Orientalist.
• C. He favoured the caste system in India in his writings.
• D. He analysed the caste divisions in society.

Answer 1

Answer: (A), (D)

The correct options are
A He was a mathematician and a historian.
D He analysed the caste divisions in society.

Damodar Dharmanand Kosambi, a renowned mathematician and a Marxist historian, wrote The Culture and Civilization of Ancient India. He wrote about the caste system as the foundation of Indian society in its rural part. He analysed the divisions of society based on caste.