In which of the following years did Sri John Marshall establish an archaeological museum at Sanchi?

Option 3 : 1919

The correct answer is 1919.

• In 1919, Sri John Marshall establish an archaeological museum at Sanchi.
• Sir John Marshall established an archaeological museum in 1919, which was later transformed into the present site museum at Sanchi.
• Marshall has educated at Dulwich College as well as King's College, Cambridge.
  • In 1898 he won the Porson Prize.
  • In 1902 he was appointed Director-General of Archaeology by Lord Curzon within the British Indian administration, and modernised the approach to archaeology on that continent, introducing a programme of cataloguing and conservation of ancient monuments and artefacts.
  • It was thanks to Marshall that Indians were allowed for the first time to participate in excavations in their own country.
  • In 1913, he began the excavations at Taxila, which lasted for twenty years.
  • He laid the foundation stone for the Taxila museum in 1918.