Directions: In the following question, five statements are provided. These statements form a coherent paragraph when properly arranged. Select the alternative representing the proper and logical sequencing of these statements.

A. The lotus is also the sacred flower of Osiris, for long the supreme deity of the Egyptian pantheon and simulataneosly god of dead.

B. Multiple and complex lines of communication between the East and the West have existed since very early times in human history, and there are accordingly a great many parallels between ancient India and ancient Egypt - both civilizations that originated and expanded on the banks of great rivers in the third millennium BC.

C. According to the ancient Egyptian version of the same myth, Set, Osiris malign brother, scatters the fourteen parts of Osiris body like seeds all over the Earth.

D. In Indian mythology, the god Shiva dances in a great fury, holding the life-less body of his consort over his shoulder, so scattering parts of her body throughout the land. E. The sacred plant of India is the lotus, which, growing from the navel of the god Vishnu, brings forth the god Brahma, and on which the contemplative Buddha is enthroned.