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by vishugogo » Fri Dec 14, 2012 5:20 am

Many of the earliest known images of Hindu deities in India date from the time of the Kushan Empire, fashioned either from the spotted sandstone of Mathura or Gandharan grey schist.

A. Empire, fashioned either from the spotted sandstone of Mathura or
B. Empire, fashioned from either the spotted sandstone of Mathura or from
C. Empire, either fashioned from the spotted sandstone of Mathura or
D. Empire and either fashioned from the spotted sandstone of Mathura or from
E. Empire and were fashioned either from the spotted sandstone of Mathura or from

OA E

I am able to rule to A B....but no idea how to proceed further

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by The Iceman » Fri Dec 14, 2012 5:49 am

E gets the parallelism perfect. either from x or from y.

Also, other options have images of Hindu dieties ... fashioned ...,which gives wrong meaning. We should have images were fashioned from...

E it is.

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by vishugogo » Fri Dec 14, 2012 8:50 am

can you kindly elaborate why D is incorrect.....

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by The Iceman » Fri Dec 14, 2012 10:51 am

vishugogo wrote:can you kindly elaborate why D is incorrect.....

In D we are comparing "fashioned from the spotted sandstone of Mathura" with "from Gandharan grey schist". Not parallel.

And i said earlier, "images of Hindu deities... fashioned from" is awkward.

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