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(a) The flourishing international trade during the Kushana period gave tremendous impetus to the development of art. Discuss. (15 marks)

(b) Examine how the transformation of the Varna system from the Rigvedic to the Later-Vedic period affected the position of women. (15 marks)

(c) There are no literary sources for the Harappan culture and no archaeological evidence for the Vedic period. Explain the phenomenon. (20 marks)