With reference to the literary and related works done

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· Statement 1 is correct: William Jones led to the founding of the Asiatic Society of Bengal in 1784 with Jones himself as the president. He translated Shakuntala, Gita Govinda and the lawbook of Manu into english. · Statement 2 is incorrect: It was Charles Wilkins and not James Princep who translated Bhagavad Gita and Hitopodesha in English. James Princep interpreted for the first time the earliest Brahmi script and was able to read the edicts of the great emperor Ashoka. · Statement 3 is correct: In 1861, Alexander Cunningham founded the Archaeological Survey of India was appointed to the post of the Director General of Archaeological Survey of India. He is known as the father of Indian archaeology. · Statement 4 is correct: The East India Company appointed James Rennel to survey the Bengal Presidency in 1767, while Colin Mackenzie was appointed as the Surveyor General of Madras Presidency in 1810, but these posts was abolished in 1815 and Colin Mackenzie was appointed as the first Surveyor General of India in 1815. He held this post from 1815 to 1821. It was he who produced the first authentic geographical map of south India.