Arrange the following political and economic developments in the Indian subcontinent in a chronological order:
(A) Accession of Kanishka
(B) Rise of the Chalukyas in Karnataka and of the Pallavas in Tamil Nadu
(C) Chinese pilgrim Xuan Zang comes in search of Buddhist texts
(D) Arabs conquer Sind
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A), (B), (C), (D)
(A) Accession of Kanishka — c. 78 CE; this date is not certain, but it is still the earliest of the four.
(B) Rise of the Chalukyas in Karnataka and of the Pallavas in Tamil Nadu — c. 500-600 CE.
(C) Chinese pilgrim Xuan Zang comes in search of Buddhist texts — c. 606-647 CE, when Harshavardhana was king of Kanauj.
(D) Arabs conquer Sind — c. 712.
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