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Arrange the following programmes of Mohammad bin Tughlaq in their chronological order.
A
2, 1, 3 and 4
B
1, 2, 3 and 4
C
2, 3, 1 and 4
D
3, 2, 1 and 4
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The correct chronological order of Mohammad Bin Tughlaq ‘s programme is; increase of taxation in Doab, promulagation of token currency, transfer of capital, Khurasan expedition. During his reign, Tughlaq imposed heavy tax in the land between the Ganga and the Yamuna rivers.

Detailed explanation-2: -c The correct chronological order of Mohammad Bin Tughlaq’s programme is; increase of taxation in Doab promulagation of token currency transfer of capital Khurasan expedition.

Detailed explanation-3: -Two controversial steps taken by Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq, were as follows: Shifting of Capital from Delhi to Devagiri. Introduction of the “token currency”.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 1327, Tughluq ordered to move his capital from Delhi to Daulatabad (also known as Devagiri) (in present-day Maharashtra) in the Deccan region of India.

Detailed explanation-5: -Sultan Muhammad-bin Tughluq has been described by some as a ‘mad king’. For, all his projects like the transfer of capital from Delhi to Daulatabad, the introduction of token currency, an experiment in Doab and the expedition to Kangra were all unsuccessful.

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