Arrange the following major periods in early Indian archeology in chronological order, beginning from the earliest to the most recent.
(A) Chalcolithic
(B) Early iron, megalithic burials
(C) Harappan civilisation
(D) Early Historic
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Arrange the following major periods in early Indian archeology in chronological order, beginning from the earliest to the most recent.
(A) Chalcolithic
(B) Early iron, megalithic burials
(C) Harappan civilisation
(D) Early Historic
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Solution
Option 1 -> (A), (D), (C), (B) = Chalcolithic → Early Historic → Harappan → Early Iron - This is incorrect chronologically.
Option 2 -> (A), (B), (D), (C) = Chalcolithic → Early Iron → Early Historic → Harappan - This is completely out of order.
Option 3 -> (B), (A), (C), (D) = Early Iron → Chalcolithic → Harappan → Early Historic - This is incorrect as it places iron age before bronze age cultures.
Option 4 -> (A), (C), (B), (D) = Chalcolithic → Harappan → Early Iron/Megalithic → Early Historic - This follows the correct archaeological sequence.
Hence, Option 4: (A), (C), (B), (D) -> The correct chronological sequence is: Chalcolithic (copper-stone age cultures, ~3000-2000 BCE), followed by Harappan Civilization (Bronze Age Indus Valley Civilization, ~2600-1900 BCE), then Early Iron Age with megalithic burials (~1200-600 BCE), and finally the Early Historic period (beginning ~600 BCE with rise of Mahajanapadas and use of writing) -> correct
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