Arrange the following major textual traditions in a chronological order:
(A) Natyashastra
(B) Ramayana and Mahabharata
(C) Charaka and Sushruta Samhitas
(D) Manusmriti
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (B), (D), (C), (A)
(B) Ramayana and Mahabharata — c. 500 BCE-400 CE, the epics in Sanskrit, the earliest to begin of the four.
(D) Manusmriti — c. 200 BCE-200 CE, in Sanskrit.
(C) Charaka and Sushruta Samhitas — c. 100 CE, works on medicine in Sanskrit.
(A) Natyashastra — c. 300 CE, the Natyashastra of Bharata, a work on dramaturgy.
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