Consider the following information: Scholar Associated Institutional Role or Key Discovery 1. Alexander Cunningham Directed initial excavations at Harappa in 1921 2. Daya Ram Sahni First Director-General of ASI 3. John Marshall DG of ASI who formally announced the discovery of IVC 4. Mortimer Wheeler Introduced stratigraphic and grid excavation methods at Harappa In which of the above rows is the given information correctly matched? |ForumIAS

[A] 1 and 2 only

[B] 3 and 4 only

[C] 1, 2 and 3 only

[D] 1, 2, 3 and 4

Answer: B

Notes:

Detailed Explanation:

Row 1 is incorrectly matched: Alexander Cunningham is known as the “Father of Indian Archaeology.” He served as the first Director-General of the ASI created in 1861.
Row 2 is incorrectly matched: Rai Bahadur Daya Ram Sahni led the primary archaeological excavations at Harappa (Punjab, Pakistan) in 1921 under the ASI.
Row 3 is correctly matched: Sir John Marshall was the Director-General of ASI when he formally declared the discovery of the Indus Valley Civilization to the world in 1924.
Row 4 is correctly matched: Sir Robert Eric Mortimer Wheeler revolutionized Indian field archaeology by introducing scientific grid-system excavation based on stratigraphy after 1944.