Arrange the following historical events in chronological order:
A. Paddy transplantation; punch-marked coins
B. Vakatakas in the Deccan
C. Satavahanas in the Deccan
D. Earliest inscriptional evidence of land grants by Shaka rulers
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → A, C, D, B
(A) Paddy transplantation; punch-marked coins — c. 600-500 BCE, the age of urbanisation in the Ganga valley and of the mahajanapadas.
(C) Satavahanas in the Deccan — c. 200-100 BCE, the same period as Indo-Greek rule in the northwest and the Cholas, Cheras and Pandyas in south India.
(D) Earliest inscriptional evidence of land grants by Shaka rulers — c. 100-200 CE. The earliest land-grant inscriptions come from both the Satavahana and the Shaka rulers in this period.
(B) Vakatakas in the Deccan — c. 375-415 CE, in the time of the Gupta ruler Chandragupta II.
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