Ancient Indian Epigraphy and Social History
UPSC Archival Analysis
Exam Year
2018
Evidence Source
LinkID: ART_HIS_2018_141 Ref: A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India by Upinder Singh
Examine these two statements carefully and select the correct answer using the codes given below:
**Statement I:** For early societies, historians retrieve information about elite families mostly from inscriptions.
**Statement II:** Satavahana inscriptions generally end with the term Putra, a Prakrit word meaning 'son'.
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Correct Option: C
Historians use inscriptions to study early elite families. The term 'Putra' used in Satavahana records is a Sanskrit word for son, not Prakrit.