Arrange the following major textual traditions in a chronological order:
(A) Manusmriti
(B) Susruta Samhita
(C) Ashtadhyayi
(D) Puranas
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (C), (A), (B), (D)
(C) Ashtadhyayi — c. 500 BCE. Panini’s work on Sanskrit grammar is the earliest of the four.
(A) Manusmriti — c. 200 BCE-200 CE, the period when Tamil Sangam literature was also composed and compiled.
(B) Susruta Samhita — c. 100 CE. The Charaka and Sushruta Samhitas are works on medicine in Sanskrit.
(D) Puranas — compiled from c. 200 CE onwards, the latest of the four.
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