Arrange the following in chronological order.
A. First Stupa
B. Early Upanishads
C. Early Vedic Tradition
D. Earliest Temples
E. Mahayana Buddhism
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
(C) Early Vedic Tradition — c. 1500-1000 BCE, the tradition known from the Rigveda, the earliest of the five.
(B) Early Upanishads — c. sixth century BCE, the time of Jainism and Buddhism too.
(A) First Stupa — c. third century BCE.
(E) Mahayana Buddhism — developed from c. second century BCE onwards, along with Vaishnavism, Shaivism and goddess cults.
(D) Earliest Temples — c. third century CE, the latest of the five.
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