Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Art and Culture

Consider the following entries based on inscriptional evidence:

No. Entry
1 Kanha — Pitalkhora — an artisan named in an inscription
2 Balaka — Kondane — identified as Kanha’s disciple
3 Traders — donations sometimes recorded with their places of origin
4 Kings — the only patrons recorded from the second century BCE onward

How many of the entries given above are correct?

  1. Only one
  2. Only two
  3. Only three
  4. All four
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