Arrange the major religious developments in a chronological order:
(A) Earliest temples
(B) Early Upanishads
(C) First stupas
(D) Vedic traditions
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (D), (B), (C), (A)
(D) Vedic traditions — c. 1500-500 BCE: Early Vedic traditions (c. 1500-1000 BCE), then Later Vedic traditions (c. 1000-500 BCE).
(B) Early Upanishads — c. sixth century BCE, the time of Jainism and Buddhism as well.
(C) First stupas — c. third century BCE.
(A) Earliest temples — c. third century CE, the last entry of the timeline of major religious developments.
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