Rearrange the following five sentences/group of sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), and (E) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.

(A) Marine archaeological studies on the Odisha coast clearly show that the Chilika once acted as a safe harbour for cargo ships bound for southeast Asia and other parts of the world. 

(B) The lake has been a useful centre for maritime activities since the third millennium before the Common Era.

(C) The Chilika lake in Odisha, Asia’s largest brackish water lake, was once part of the Bay of Bengal, a study by the marine archaeology department of the NIO, Goa, has found. 

(D) Greek geographer Claudius Ptolemy described Palur as an important port of Kalinga and referred to it as ‘Paloura’.

(E) The process of the formation of the Chilika might have begun in the latter part of the Pleistocene epoch, around 20,000 years ago.