MAtch List-I with List-II

List-I	List-II
Books	Authors
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(A) Material Culture and Social Formation in Early India	(I) D.N. Jha
(B) Inscriptions of Ashoka	(II) D.C. Sircar
(C) Ashoka and the Decline of the Mauryas	(III) R.S. Sharma
(D) Early India: A Concise History	(IV) Romila Thapar

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Option 1 -> Matches R.S. Sharma with "Material Culture and Social Formation", D.C. Sircar with "Inscriptions of Ashoka", Romila Thapar with "Ashoka and the Decline of the Mauryas", and D.N. Jha with "Early India: A Concise History".

Option 2 -> Incorrectly pairs D.N. Jha with "Material Culture", R.S. Sharma with "Inscriptions of Ashoka", D.C. Sircar with "Ashoka and the Decline", and Romila Thapar with "Early India".

Option 3 -> Incorrectly pairs D.C. Sircar with "Material Culture", D.N. Jha with "Inscriptions of Ashoka", Romila Thapar with "Ashoka and the Decline", and R.S. Sharma with "Early India".

Option 4 -> Incorrectly pairs R.S. Sharma with "Material Culture", Romila Thapar with "Inscriptions of Ashoka", D.N. Jha with "Ashoka and the Decline", and D.C. Sircar with "Early India".

Hence, Option 1: (A) – (III), (B) – (II), (C) – (IV), (D) – (I) -> R.S. Sharma authored "Material Culture and Social Formation in Early India", D.C. Sircar is renowned for his epigraphic work "Inscriptions of Ashoka", Romila Thapar wrote the classic "Ashoka and the Decline of the Mauryas", and D.N. Jha authored "Early India: A Concise History" -> correct