Arrange the following historical events in chronological order:
A. Urbanisation in the Ganga valley
B. Rulers of Magadha consolidate power
C. Invasion of Alexander of Macedon
D. Cholas in South-India
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → A, B, C, D
(A) Urbanisation in the Ganga valley — c. 600-500 BCE. This was the age of paddy transplantation, the sixteen mahajanapadas and the first punch-marked coins.
(B) Rulers of Magadha consolidate power — c. 500-400 BCE. Of the mahajanapadas, Magadha grew into the most powerful, helped by fertile land, iron mines and good river routes.
(C) Invasion of Alexander of Macedon — c. 327-325 BCE, shortly before Chandragupta Maurya came to the throne in c. 321 BCE.
(D) Cholas in South India — c. 200-100 BCE, when the Cholas, Cheras and Pandyas were chiefdoms in south India and the Indo-Greeks ruled in the north-west.
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