Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Ancient India: Kinship, Caste and Class

Question:

Arrange the following texts in Chronological order of their creation:

1 Manusmriti
2 Natyashastra
3 Ashtadhyayi
4 Charaka and Sushruta Samhita

Choose the correct answer from the given options:

Options:

3,1,4,2

3,1,2,4

1,3,2,4

2,3,4,1

Correct Answer:

3,1,4,2

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 1: 3,1,4,2

Chronology of given texts:

3- Ashtadhyayi
1- Manusmriti
4- Charaka and Sushruta Samhita
2- Natyashastra

Important texts and timeframe associated with them:

c. 500 BCE Ashtadhyayi of Panini, a work on Sanskrit grammar 

c. 200 BCE-200 CE Manusmriti (in Sanskrit); composition and compilation of Tamil Sangam literature

c. 100 CE Charaka and Sushruta Samhitas, works on medicine (in Sanskrit)

c. 300 CE Natyashastra of Bharata, a work on dramaturgy (in Sanskrit)