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Which one among the following observations pertaining to the works of Nineteenth-Twentieth Century archaeologists is not correct?
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- 1Amalananda Gho sh was the first to identify similarities between pre-Harappan and mature-Harappan cultures.
- 2R. E. M. Wheeler first recognized the necessity to foll ow the stratigraphy of the mound rather than dig along horizontal lines.
- 3John Marshall generally adopted the method of excavation along regular horizontal units and ignored the s tratigraphy of the site.
- 4Alexander Cunningham, the first Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of India, was of the view that the history of India began with the origins of the Indus Valley Civilization.✓
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Alexander Cunningham, the first Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of India, was of the view that the history of India began with the origins of the Indus Valley Civilization.
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