Ancientindia

Ancient India

  • Period: 2800 BCE to 2200 BCE

    Ganeshwar Chalcolithic Civilization

    Very close to Urban -> Supplied Copper to Harappa?
  • Period: 2550 BCE to 1900 BCE

    Indus Valley Civilization

    Mature Harappan Culture
  • Period: 2100 BCE to 1500 BCE

    Ahar and Gilhund

    Chalcolithic Site
  • Period: 2000 BCE to 1500 BCE

    Ochre Coloured Pottery/Copper Hoards (OCP/CP)

  • Period: 1900 BCE to 1200 BCE

    Late Harappan Culture

    Post Urban Phase
  • 1500 BCE

    Rig Veda

    written around 1500-1000 BC- Contains only Prayers - CHOOSE THE EARLIEST AGE
  • Period: 1400 BCE to 700 BCE

    Jorwe Culture

    Chalcolithic - Whole of Maharashtra except Vidarbha, Konkan. Rural, some sites almost urban
  • 1000 BCE

    Other Vedas

    Atharva, Yajur, Brahamas, Aranya Kas-> Rituals, Magic, Mythology Upanishads - Philosophical Speculations -> around 1000-500 BC
  • Period: 1000 BCE to 300 BCE

    Mahabharata Compilation

  • 600 BCE

    HarshaCharita by Banabhatta

  • Period: 600 BCE to 200 BCE

    Sangam Literature

  • 500 BCE

    Ramayana Compilation beginning

  • Period: 500 BCE to 200 BCE

    DharmaShutras

  • 320 BCE

    Chandragupta ascending throne

    Sandrakottus
  • Period: 268 BCE to 232 BCE

    Ashokan Empire

    Ashokan Inscriptions
  • 200 BCE

    Buddhist Text Compilation in SriLanka

    Pali language -> 550 births->Chapters->Jatakas
  • 57 BCE

    Vikrama Samvat

    According to Puranas
  • 1 CE

    Pliny's Naturalis Historia

    Book - Latin -> Trade between India And Italy
  • Period: 1 CE to 500

    Smritis

  • 78

    Shaka Samvat

    Acc to Puranas
  • 80

    Periplus of Erythrean Sea book

    On Roman Trade in Red Sea, Persian Gulf, Indian Ocean - Anonymous writer - 80-115 AD
  • 150

    Ptolemy's Geography

  • 319

    Beginning of Gupta Era

    Acc to Puranas
  • 326

    Alexander invading India

  • 400

    Fa-Hsein visit to India

    Chinese Traveler -> Age of Guptas