Ancient India Timeline- Isabella Rueda, María Garzón- 6B

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  • 1920 BCE

    Decline of Mohenjo Daro and Harappa

    Decline of Mohenjo Daro and Harappa
    The ruins of the city were discovered under layers of silt during the construction of a railroad. As a result, one theory of the decline of Mohenjo-Daro is that the people simply decided to leave because of frequent floods. Another theory is that the Indus River moved. We know that it moved; it’s currently several miles from the site of Mohenjo-Daro. Some speculate that a severe tectonic event caused the river to drastically change course.
  • 1500 BCE

    Aryan Invasion

    Aryan Invasion
    According to this theory, India was invaded about 1500 B.C, by a tribe of European origins called the Aryans who composed the Rig Vedas. At first they were thought to be the creators of Hindu civilization. Later discoveries were made of a highly sophisticated urban civilization in Mohen-jo-daro and Harappa, which are definitely older than the ‘Aryan invasion’.
  • 322 BCE

    Maurya Empire

    Maurya Empire
    Was a geographically extensive and powerful political and military empire in ancient India. Originating from the kingdom of Magadha in the Indo-Gangetic plains of modern Bihar, Eastern Uttar Pradesh and Bengal, the empire's capital city was at Pataliputra near modern Patna. Chandragupta Maurya founded the Empire in 322 B.C.E. after overthrowing the Nanda Dynasty. He began rapidly expanding his power westward across central and western India.
  • 301 BCE

    Gupta Dynasty

    Gupta Dynasty
    Gupta dynasty, rulers of the Magadha state in northeastern India. They maintained an empire over northern and parts of central and western India from the early 4th to the late 6th century ce. The first ruler of the empire was Chandra Gupta I, who was succeeded by his son, the celebrated Samudra Gupta. The Gupta era produced the decimal system of notation and great Sanskrit epics and Hindu art and contributed to the sciences of astronomy, mathematics, and metallurgy.
  • 261 BCE

    Kalinga War

    Kalinga War
    Name of the Battle: The Kalinga War
    Venue: Kalinga, India
    Year: 261 BC
    One of the most famous wars in Indian history and also one of the bloodiest battles in World history, the Kalinga War was fought between Ashoka, the great Mauryan Emperor, and the ruler of the State of Kalinga, a feudal republic located on present-day Odisha and northern parts of Andhra Pradesh.
  • 200 BCE

    Siddartha Gautama founds Buddhism

    Siddartha Gautama founds Buddhism
    Siddhartha Gautama was the leader and founder of a sect of wanderer ascetics, one of many sects which existed at that time all over India. Buddhism is a path of practice and spiritual development leading to Insight into the true nature of reality. Buddhist practices like meditation are means of changing yourself in order to develop the qualities of awareness, kindness, and wisdom.