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What is the correct chronological order in which the following appeared in India ? I. Gold coins II. Punch-marked silver coins III. Iron plough IV. Urban culture Select the correct answer using the codes given below : Codes :

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The earliest is urban culture, with the first urban centres (Indus/Harappan) emerging in the third millennium BCE, well before metal-age developments [1]. Iron technology (including iron implements such as the plough) appears next in the Indian subcontinent during the Early Iron Age, with iron in use by around 1200 BCE and becoming widespread in the later Vedic/early historic centuries [2]. Punch‑marked silver coins belong to the early historic coinage phase (early punch‑marked karshapanas), appearing from the early first millennium BCE (circa 6th–4th centuries BCE) onward [3]. Gold coinage becomes prominent much later (notably during the Gupta and subsequent periods), placing gold coins after punch‑marked silver [4].

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  1. [1] https://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/44413/1/Block-3.pdf
  2. [2] History , class XI (Tamilnadu state board 2024 ed.) > Chapter 2: Early India: The Chalcolithic, Megalithic, Iron Age and Vedic Cultures > Later Vedic Culture and Iron > p. 27
  3. [3] https://ignca.gov.in/Asi_data/6475.pdf
  4. [4] https://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/115648/3/BHIM-161.pdf
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