Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Ancient India: Kinship, Caste and Class

Question:

Which major Sanskrit works were composed between c. 500 BCE and 400 CE?
1) Ramayana and Mahabharata
2) Manusmriti
3) Natyashastra of Bharata
4) All of the above

Options:

2

3

4

1

Correct Answer:

4

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 3- 4 (All of the above)

All of the mentioned literary works were composed/compiled between c. 500 BCE-400 CE in Sanskrit.

Both Ramayana and Mahabharata,  epic works were composed between c. 500 BCE-400 CE in Sanskrit.
Manusmriti was composed and compiled between c. 200 BCE-200 CE.
Natyashastra of Bharata, a work on dramaturgy, was composed in Sanskrit around c. 300 CE.