Q31. Arrange the major religious developments in a chronological order:
(A) Earliest temples
(B) Early Upanishads
(C) First stupas
(D) Vedic traditions
Choose the correct answer from the options given

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Q31. Arrange the major religious developments in a chronological order:
(A) Earliest temples
(B) Early Upanishads
(C) First stupas
(D) Vedic traditions
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
1. (A), (B), (C), (D)
2. (D), (B), (C), (A)
3. (B), (A), (D), (C)
4. (C), (B), (D), (A)

FirstInTest · Accepted Answer

Correct answer: B. To arrange these major religious developments in chronological order:(D) Vedic traditions: Begin with the Early Vedic Period (c. 1500-1000 BCE).(B) Early Upanishads: Developed in the Late Vedic Period (c. 800-600 BCE), marking a shift towards philosophical inquiry.(C) First stupas: Emerged primarily in the Mauryan period (c. 3rd century BCE), notably under Emperor Ashoka, as Buddhist funerary mounds.(A) Earliest temples: Monumental stone temples for deities began to appear significantly from the Gupta period onwards (c. 3rd-4th century CE).Therefore, the correct chronological order is (D), (B), (C), (A).

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