Arrange the following religious teachers in chronological order, beginning with the earliest to the last.

(A) Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi

(B) Basavanna

(C) Vallabhacharya

(D) Andal

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Option 1 -> Places Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi (16th-17th century) first, which is chronologically incorrect.

Option 2 -> Incorrectly places Vallabhacharya (15th-16th century) before Basavanna (12th century).

Option 3 -> Correctly orders: Andal (8th-9th century) → Basavanna (12th century) → Vallabhacharya (15th-16th century) → Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi (16th-17th century).

Option 4 -> Incorrectly places Vallabhacharya first and disrupts the entire chronology.

Hence, Option 3: (D), (B), (C), (A) -> This follows the correct chronological sequence starting with Andal (Tamil Alvar saint, 8th-9th century), followed by Basavanna (founder of Lingayatism, 12th century), Vallabhacharya (founder of Pushtimarg, 15th-16th century), and ending with Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi (Sufi reformer, 16th-17th century) -> correct