Arrange the following ‘bhakti’ saints in a chronological order:
A. Kabir
B. Basvanna
C. Lal Ded
D. Mirabai
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → B, C, A, D
(B) Basvanna — c. 1100-1200. Basavanna, a minister in a Karnataka court, led the Virashaiva movement in Karnataka.
(C) Lal Ded — c. 1300-1400. Lal Ded was a religious teacher of Kashmir, of the same century as Nizamuddin Auliya in Delhi.
(A) Kabir — c. 1400-1500, in Uttar Pradesh, in the same period as Raidas and Surdas.
(D) Mirabai — c. 1500-1600. The Rajput princess of Rajasthan, devoted to Krishna, is the latest of the four.
NCERT: Themes in Indian History Part II — Chapter 6: Bhakti-Sufi Traditions (2025-26)
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