UPSC Prelims 2014 Question:

With reference to Buddhist history, tradition and culture in India, consider the following pairs:

Explanation:

• Manganiyars are hereditary communities of Muslim musicians residing mostly in western Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer and Barmer districts.
  
  
• The music of the marginalised community, who were supported by wealthy landlords and merchants before Independence, forms a vital part of the Thar desert’s cultural landscape. Apart from the pandemic, this vital heritage is also facing a threat from changes in patronage and increased urbanisation in these districts.
  
  

Therefore, option (2) is the correct answer.

Subject: History | Miscellaneous(hist)