Put the following historical developments in chronological order from earliest to last?
(A) Earliest temples
(B) First stupas
(C) Upanishads
(D) Later Vedic Traditions
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (D), (C), (B), (A)
The four developments belong to the religious history of early India, from the Vedic age to the Gupta period:
(D) Later Vedic Traditions — c. 1000–500 BCE, the age of the later Vedic texts and elaborate sacrifices.
(C) Upanishads — the early Upanishads date to c. sixth century BCE, the closing part of the Vedic literature, with their questions about the self (atman) and brahman.
(B) First stupas — c. third century BCE, in the Mauryan age, when Ashoka had stupas built over the relics of the Buddha.
(A) Earliest temples — c. fifth century CE, in the Gupta period; the early ones were a single square room, the garbhagriha, holding the image of the deity.