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Explain how the critical edition of Mahabharata was prepared.

The critical edition of Mahabharata was prepared under Indian Sanskritist V.S. Sukhthankar. This project began in 1919, in which all the common verses in different versions of Mahabharata, collected from different parts of the country, were compared and then published, running over 13,000 pages. This project lasted for 47 years.


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(16.1) On the given political outline map of India (on page 11), locate and label the following appropriately :

(a) Calcutta – a Centre of Revolt, 1857.


OR


Surat – a place under British control in 1857.


(b) Panipat – Territory under Mughal Empire.


OR


Vijayanagara


(16.2) On the same political outline map of India, three places have been marked as A, B and C, which are related to Ashokan inscriptions. Identify them and write their correct names on the lines drawn near them.



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Note : The following questions are for the Visually Impaired Candidates only in lieu of Q. No. 16 :

(16.1) Name any one territory under the Mughal Empire.


(16.2) Mention any one Centre of Revolt of 1857.


(16.3) Name any three places related to Ashokan inscriptions.


OR


Name any three Buddhist sites.


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‘‘In the Mughal household a distinction was made between wives.’’ Substantiate the statement with any two aspects.

 4

Analyse the distinctive features of domestic architecture of Harappa.