Arrange the following in chronological order.
(A) Mirabai
(B) Nizamuddin Auliya
(C) Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi
(D) Surdas
(E) Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (E), (B), (D), (A), (C)
(E) Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti — c. 1200-1300, in Rajasthan; he died in 1235 and his dargah is at Ajmer.
(B) Nizamuddin Auliya — c. 1300-1400, in Delhi; he died in 1325.
(D) Surdas — c. 1400-1500, in Uttar Pradesh, the same period as Kabir and Raidas.
(A) Mirabai — c. 1500-1600, in Rajasthan.
(C) Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi — c. 1600-1700; the noted seventeenth-century Naqshbandi Shaikh died in 1624.
NCERT: Themes in Indian History Part II — Chapter 6: Bhakti-Sufi Traditions (2026-27)
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