The following are the early kingdoms that came into power after the decline of Harappan cultures and before the invasions of Arabs into India. Trace their existence in ascending order:-
(A) Rule of the Shakas.
(B) Beginning of Gupta rule.
(C) Rulers of Magadha consolidate their power.
(D) Accession of Chandragupta Maurya.
(E) Kushanas rose to power.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (C), (D), (A), (E), (B)
(C) Rulers of Magadha consolidate their power. — c. 500-400 BCE, after the age of the mahajanapadas.
(D) Accession of Chandragupta Maurya. — c. 321 BCE, a few years after Alexander’s invasion.
(A) Rule of the Shakas. — Shaka rulers, peoples from Central Asia, ruled in the northwest from c. 100 BCE to 200 CE.
(E) Kushanas rose to power. — The Kushanas ruled from c. first century BCE to first century CE over a vast kingdom from Central Asia to northwest India; their best-known king, Kanishka, came to the throne in c. 78 CE.
(B) Beginning of Gupta rule. — c. 320 CE.
The Shakas and the Kushanas both rose around the first century BCE, but Option (2) is the only order that begins with Magadha and the Mauryas and ends with the Guptas.
Note: The question is not properly framed, as the dates of the Shakas (c. 100 BCE-200 CE) and the Kushanas (c. first century BCE-first century CE) overlap. Therefore, Option (2) is the most appropriate answer.
NCERT (2026-27): “4.2 Divine kings … One means of claiming high status was to identify with a variety of deities. This strategy is best exemplified by the Kushanas (c. first century BCE first century CE), who ruled over a vast kingdom extending from Central Asia to northwest India.…”
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