Option 1 -> Places Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi (16th-17th century) first, which is chronologically incorrect.
Option 2 -> Incorrectly places Vallabhacharya (15th-16th century) before Basavanna (12th century).
Option 3 -> Correctly orders: Andal (8th-9th century) → Basavanna (12th century) → Vallabhacharya (15th-16th century) → Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi (16th-17th century).
Option 4 -> Incorrectly places Vallabhacharya first and disrupts the entire chronology.
Hence, Option 3: (D), (B), (C), (A) -> This follows the correct chronological sequence starting with Andal (Tamil Alvar saint, 8th-9th century), followed by Basavanna (founder of Lingayatism, 12th century), Vallabhacharya (founder of Pushtimarg, 15th-16th century), and ending with Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi (Sufi reformer, 16th-17th century) -> correct