Arrange the following religious teachers of the Bhakti and Sufi traditions in chronological order:
A. Lal Ded (Kashmir)
B. Data Ganj Bakhsh (Punjab)
C. Sri Chaitanya (Bengal)
D. Basavanna (Karnataka)
E. Kabir (Uttar Pradesh)
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → B, D, A, E, C
(B) Data Ganj Bakhsh (Punjab) — c. 1000-1100. Al Hujwiri, revered as Data Ganj Bakhsh, crossed the Indus in 1039, settled in Lahore and died in 1073.
(D) Basavanna (Karnataka) — c. 1100-1200.
(A) Lal Ded (Kashmir) — c. 1300-1400.
(E) Kabir (Uttar Pradesh) — c. 1400-1500.
(C) Sri Chaitanya (Bengal) — c. 1500-1600.
Tip: Every period here is read off one table, ‘Some Major Religious Teachers in the Subcontinent’. Revise the chapter timelines row by row; they make sequence questions quick.
NCERT: Themes in Indian History Part II — Chapter 6: Bhakti-Sufi Traditions (2026-27)
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