Arranging chronological order. (1) Death of Ashoka (2) Invasion of Alexander (3) Third Buddhist Council (4) Founding the Mauryan Empire
(2), (4), (3), (1)
Each event is placed by its approximate date in the 4th–3rd centuries BCE.
Step 1 — Alexander of Macedon invaded north-west India in 327–326 BCE; this is the earliest event (2).
Step 2 — Chandragupta Maurya overthrew the Nandas and founded the Mauryan Empire around 321 BCE (4).
Step 3 — The Third Buddhist Council was held at Pataliputra under Ashoka's patronage, presided over by Moggaliputta Tissa, around 250 BCE (3).
Step 4 — Ashoka died around 232 BCE, the latest of the four events (1).
The sequence is therefore (2), (4), (3), (1); the other sequences put Ashoka's death or the Council before the founding of the empire.
(2), (4), (3), (1) option is correct.
Important Questions from Mauryan Empire
Which of the following is not correctly matched ?
Which of the following Ashokan inscriptions indicates that he did not abolish the Capital Punishment?
Who of the following had first deciphered the edicts of Emperor Ashoka?
Ashoka was ruler of which of the following dynasty?
With the reference of Srilankan literature which are the sources for knowing Mauryan Literature ?
