Arrange the following major religious teachers in the subcontinent in chronological order:
(A) Tulsidas in Uttar Pradesh
(B) Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti in Rajasthan
(C) Ramanujacharya in Tamil Nadu
(D) Shankaradeva in Assam
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (C), (B), (D), (A)
(C) Ramanujacharya in Tamil Nadu — c. 1000-1100. He was one of the great teachers of the Vaishnava bhakti tradition in the south.
(B) Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti in Rajasthan — c. 1200-1300. This Chishti sufi saint is buried at Ajmer, and his dargah became one of the most popular shrines of the subcontinent.
(D) Shankaradeva in Assam — c. 1400-1500. In the late fifteenth century he became a leading teacher of Vaishnavism in Assam.
(A) Tulsidas in Uttar Pradesh — c. 1500-1600. He is the latest of the four, a poet of devotion to Rama.
NCERT: Themes in Indian History Part II — Chapter 6: Bhakti-Sufi Traditions (2025-26)
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