Arrange the following historical events in chronological order:
A. Invasion of Alexander of Macedon
B. Chinese pilgrim Xuan Zang comes in search of Buddhist texts
C. Earliest inscriptional evidence of land grants by Satavahana and Shaka rulers
D. End of the Mauryan empire
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → A, D, C, B
(A) Invasion of Alexander of Macedon — c. 327-325 BCE. Alexander reached the north-west of the subcontinent just before Chandragupta Maurya came to power (c. 321 BCE).
(D) End of the Mauryan empire — c. 185 BCE, less than fifty years after the reign of Asoka (c. 272/268-231 BCE).
(C) Earliest inscriptional evidence of land grants by Satavahana and Shaka rulers — c. 100-200 CE. By then the Satavahanas ruled the Deccan and the Shakas the north-west.
(B) Chinese pilgrim Xuan Zang comes in search of Buddhist texts — c. 606-647 CE, during the reign of Harshavardhana, king of Kanauj.
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