Arrange the following dynasties in order of their occurrence in India.
(A) The Mughal Dynasty
(B) The Tughlak Dynasty
(C) The Khilji Dynasty
(D) The Lodhi Dynasty
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (C), (B), (D), (A)
Each dynasty is placed by the years it ruled. The first three in this order are dynasties of the Delhi Sultanate, which the Mughals replaced.
(C) The Khilji Dynasty — 1290-1320, founded by Jalaluddin Khilji; Alauddin Khilji was its best-known ruler.
(B) The Tughlak Dynasty — 1320-1414, founded by Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq; Muhammad bin Tughlaq and Firoz Shah Tughlaq followed him.
(D) The Lodhi Dynasty — 1451-1526, founded by Bahlol Lodi after the Sayyid dynasty (1414-1451); Ibrahim Lodi was the last Sultan of Delhi.
(A) The Mughal Dynasty — from 1526, when Babur defeated Ibrahim Lodi in the First Battle of Panipat.