Question

Which of the following is the correct chronological sequence of the ruling dynasties of northern India, from the decline of the Mauryas to the rise of the imperial Guptas?
A) Sungas, Indo-Greeks, Kushans, Sakas and Guptas
B) Sungas, Kushans, Parthians, Sakas and Guptas
C) Sungas, Kanvas, Indo-Greeks, Sakas, Parthians and Guptas
D) Kanvas, Sungas, Indo-Greeks, Sakas, Parthians and Guptas

Answer 1

Hint: India has a very long history that has seen the rise and fall of different dynasties. During the Ancient Ages, several dynasties reigned over India like Mughals, Rajputs and others.

Complete answer:
The correct chronological sequence is Sungas, followed by Kanvas, then Indo-Greeks, then Sakas, second last were Parthians and lastly was the Guptas. After the fall of Mauryans, Pushyamitra Sunga founded the Shunga Dynasty Pushyamitra Sunga was Brahmin armed force chief of Brihadratha, the final ruler of the Mauryas. During a military parade, he murdered Brihadratha and set up himself on the position of royalty in 185 or 186 BC, his reign lasted for 36 years and He died in 151 BC.The dynasty was named after Gotha of Kanva, the king. Vasudeva Kanva established the Kanva dynasty. Vasudeva Kanva is believed to have killed Devabhuti, the Shunga king, and founded his own kingdom in 72 BCE.The ruling period of the Kanva dynasty was from 72 BCE to 28 BCE. Kanvas followed by Indo-Greeks The Greeks were later known as Indo-Greeks when they gained a foot-hold in the Indian subcontinent. Sakas The Sakas were Scythians, referring to the ancient Iranian people as nomadic horse-riding pastoralists.They are referred to in Sanskrit as Sakas.An upheaval in central Asia occurred in the 2nd century BC. The invasion by the nomadic tribes and tribes of Central Asia from the Chinese area was responsible for the Sakas' migration to India.The Shaka rule was followed by the Parthians in the north-western part of India. Parthians are said to have their origins in Iran and have migrated from there to India. However, they controlled only a small portion of north-western India in the first century AD, compared to the Shakas and Greeks.Gondophares, during whose rule St. Thomas came to India to spread Christianity, was the most renowned Parthian ruler and then in the end Gupta empire was established In around 275 AD, The Gupta Empire came into power.
Hence, the correct answer is, ‘C) Sungas, Kanvas, Indo-Greeks, Sakas, Parthians and Guptas’.

Note: The Guptas, marked the end of 500 hundred years of provincial powers' dominance and the ensuing disquiet that started with the Mauryas' collapse. The Hunas, the Maukharis, the Maitrakas, the Gaudas were the dynasties that emerged after the Gupta dynasty.