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- 2014 · GS1 · 10 marksTo what extent has the urban planning and culture of the Indus Valley Civilization provided inputs to present-day urbanisation? Discuss.
- 2014 · GS1 · 10 marksGandhara sculpture owed as much to the Romans as to the Greeks. Explain.
- 2014 · GS1 · 10 marksSufis and medieval mystic saints failed to modify either the religious ideas and practices or the outward structure of Hindu / Muslim societies to any appreciable extent. Comment.
- 2014 · GS1 · 10 marksTaxila University was one of the oldest universities in the world with which were associated several renowned learned personalities of different disciplines. Its strategic location caused its fame to flourish, but unlike Nalanda, it is not considered a university in the modern sense. Discuss.
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