Arrange the following major historical events in chronological order, beginning with the earliest to the most recent.
(A) Reign of Cholas, Cheras and Pandyas in south India and Satavahanas in the Deccan
(B) Rise of Chalukyas in Karnataka and Pallavas in Tamil Nadu
(C) Accession of Chandragupta Maurya
(D) Invasion of Alexander of Macedon
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (D), (C), (A), (B)
The four events run from the 4th century BCE to the 6th century CE:
(D) Invasion of Alexander of Macedon — 326 BCE. Alexander crossed into the north-west and reached the river Beas before his army turned back.
(C) Accession of Chandragupta Maurya — about 321 BCE, a few years after Alexander’s withdrawal; he founded the Mauryan empire.
(A) Cholas, Cheras and Pandyas in the south, Satavahanas in the Deccan — from about 200 BCE, as the Mauryan empire broke up; the Satavahanas were strongest in the 1st and 2nd centuries CE.
(B) Rise of the Chalukyas and the Pallavas — from the 6th century CE; the Chalukyas ruled from Aihole and Badami in Karnataka, the Pallavas from Kanchipuram in Tamil Nadu.