Does ancient history start after a point? (4)

'does ancient' is the definition.
(historical version of 'does')

'history start after a point?' is the wordplay.
'start' indicates taking the first letters.
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'a point?' becomes 'dot' ('dot' can be a synonym of 'point'**).
The first letter of 'history' is 'h'.
'h' put after 'dot' is 'DOTH'.