Match List-I with List-II
| List-I | List-II | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Major religious developments in India | Period | ||
| (A) | First Stupas | (I) | Sixth Century BCE |
| (B) | Jainism, Buddhism | (II) | Second Century BCE onwards |
| (C) | Later Vedic traditions | (III) | Third Century BCE |
| (D) | Vaishnavism, Shaivism | (IV) | 1000-500 BCE |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A)-(III), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(II)
(A) First Stupas — this matches (III) Third Century BCE. The first stupas were built over the relics of the Buddha in the Mauryan period; Ashoka is said to have distributed the relics to many places and had stupas built over them.
(B) Jainism, Buddhism — this matches (I) Sixth Century BCE. Vardhamana Mahavira and Gautama Buddha taught in the sixth century BCE, when many new schools of thought arose in the Ganga valley.
(C) Later Vedic traditions — this matches (IV) 1000-500 BCE. The later Vedic period, about 1000 to 500 BCE, saw the composition of the later Samhitas, the Brahmanas and the early Upanishads.
(D) Vaishnavism, Shaivism — this matches (II) Second Century BCE onwards. The worship of Vishnu and Shiva as supreme deities grew from about the second century BCE, alongside the growth of Mahayana Buddhism and the goddess traditions.