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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)
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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
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600 BCE
HarshaCharita by Banabhatta
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Period: 600 BCE to 200 BCE
Sangam Literature
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500 BCE
Ramayana Compilation beginning
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Period: 500 BCE to 200 BCE
DharmaShutras
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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
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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
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319
Beginning of Gupta Era
Acc to Puranas -
326
Alexander invading India
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400
Fa-Hsein visit to India
Chinese Traveler -> Age of Guptas