History · From State to Empire
UGC NET December 2011 History
Arrange the following into historical sequence and select the correct answer from the codes given below.
- 1. Greeks
- 2. Romans
- 3. Sakas
- 4. Parthians
A4, 3, 1, 2
B2, 1, 3, 4 ✓ Correct
C3, 4, 1, 2
D4, 1, 3, 2
Correct answer: (B) 2, 1, 3, 4 — The keyed sequence is 2, 1, 3, 4, that is Romans, Greeks, Sakas, Parthians.
Explanation
★The keyed sequence is 2, 1, 3, 4, that is Romans, Greeks, Sakas, Parthians.
★The Indo-Greeks ruled the north-west from about the second century BCE after the Bactrian advance.
★Roman contact with India came through brisk sea trade in the early centuries of the Christian era.
★The Sakas, or Scythians, established satrapies in the north-west and west around the first century BCE.
★The Parthians, or Pahlavas, held parts of the north-west in the first century CE, dated about 19 to 226 CE.
★Tracking these foreign peoples is central to the study of post-Mauryan India.
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