Timeline of Indian History TILL 320 AD
• 2800 BC -
Indus Valley Civilization begins in the northwestern region of India
2600 BC- Mohenjo-daro
and Harappa phase of the Indus Valley Civilization
begins in Punjab and Sindh. Other cities like
Lothal, Mehrgarh also
emerged during this period.
• 1600 BC India is invaded by the Aryans
from the west
• 1400 BC The
Vedas, the Hindu scripture, was written
• 600 BC The
Upanishads written
• 599 BC Mahavira,
24th Tirthankar of Jainism is born
• 563 BC Gautam
Buddha, founder of Buddhism is born in Lumbini
• 527 BC Nirvana of Mahavira
• 492 BC Bimbisara dies and is succeeded by
Ajatashatru in Magadha
Empire
• 483 BC Death of Gautama Buddha in Kushinagar
• 326 BC Alexander the Great moved into
India, King Porus who ruled parts
of the
Punjab, fought Alexander at the Battle of the Hydaspes
River.
• 321 BC Chandragupta
Maurya established Mauryan dynasty defeating
Dhana Nanda
• 305 BC Chandragupta Maurya defeats Seleucus
Nicator of the Seleucid
Empire.
• 300 BC Chola
dynasty establishes his kingdom over southern India with
capital in Thanjavur
• 269 BC Ashoka
the Great, grandson of Chandragupta Maurya, becomes
the emperor of India
• 261 BC Kalinga War takes place between Magadha
Empire and the
kingdom of Kalinga.
• 232 BC Death of King Ashoka
• 185 BC The Mauryan Empire, collapsed after its
emperor Brihadrata was
assassinated by his general Pusyamitra Sunga
who the established
the Sunga dynasty
• 50 AD Establishment
of the Kushan empire by Kujula Kadphises, first
Buddhist stupa is constructed at Sanchi
• 300 AD The Pallava dynasty is established in
Kanchi
• 320 AD The Gupta dynasty founded by Maharaja
Sri Gupta, reunited
northern
India initiating
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