Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Ancient India: Thinkers, Beliefs and Buildings

Question:

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:

Options:

A, B, C, D, E

C, B, A, E, D

E, D, C, B, A

C, B, A, D, E

Correct Answer:

C, B, A, E, D

Explanation:

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