Arrange the following in a chronological order.
A. First Stupa
B. Early Upansihads
C. Early Vedic Tradition
D. Earliest Temples
E. Mahayana Budddhism
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → C, B, A, E, D
The correct chronological order is:
C - 1500-1000 BCE: Early Vedic Tradition
B - 6th Century BCE: Early Upansihads
A - 3rd Century BCE: First Stupa
E - 2nd Century BCE: Mahayana Budddhism
D - 3rd Century CE: Earliest Temples
Timeline: Major Religious Development in India:
c. 1500-1000 BCE- Early Vedic traditions
c. 1000-500 BCE- Later Vedic traditions
c. sixth century BCE- Early Upanishads; Jainism, Buddhism
c. third century BCE- First stupas
c. second century BCE- onwards Development of Mahayana Buddhism, Vaishnavism, Shaivism and goddess cults
c. third century CE- Earliest temples