Arrange the following Major Rock Edicts of Asoka from North to South…

The correct answer is Option (4) → D, E, C, B, A

(D) Shahbazgarhi — the northernmost of the five, in the far north-west beside Mansehra, above Taxila.

(E) Kalsi — further south, in the north, just above Topra and Meerut.

(C) Girnar — further south again, in the west, near the Arabian Sea.

(B) Sopara — further south, on the western coast.

(A) Sannati — the southernmost, in the Deccan, north of the cluster of minor rock edicts.

Tip: This order is read straight off the map of Asokan inscriptions. Look at the chapter maps closely while revising and fix in your mind which places lie in the north, the west and the south.