Unbelivable facts about ancient india

ANCIENT INDIA TIMELINE SARA ECHEVERRY AND ILAN BENAVIDES-8A

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  • 1900 BCE

    Decline of Mohenjo Daro & Harappa

    Decline of Mohenjo Daro & Harappa
  • Period: 1900 BCE to 1900 BCE

    Decline of Mohnejo Daro & Harappa

    Mohenjo Daro Harappa are situated in the Indus Valley, to be more specific Mohenjo Daro was near to the indus river, and Harappa was near the Ravi river. (Possible) reasons Declined was because of the amount of flood, so people started leaving this place,, possibly another civilization took place and moved the people, maybe a civilization like Aryans. Same might happened with Harappa, which theories exist that it was rebuilt about 7 times for it continous floods
  • 1500 BCE

    Aryan Invasion

    Aryan Invasion
  • Period: 1500 BCE to 1000 BCE

    Aryan Invasion

    Aryan migrated from Russia to the indus Valley. They used the main way to transport to india, which is the Khyber pass, and their principal settlement of power and influence was located in the indus river and then moved to the ganges river.
  • 600 BCE

    Siddartha Gautama Found buddhism

    Siddartha Gautama Found buddhism
  • Period: 600 BCE to 400 BCE

    Siddartha Gautama Founds Buddhism

    Buddhism is mostly to develop your spiritual skills and development in order to fin an spiritual equilibrium, Budhism parctice meditation in order to fin wisdom, kindness & awareness.While hinduims tries to look for your interior self, your soul, and buddism tries to desconect this, and understand the meaning of "me" which is nothing.
  • 424 BCE

    Maurya Empire

    Maurya Empire
  • Period: 424 BCE to 322 BCE

    Maurya Empire

    The two main leaders in the Maurya empire were Chandragupta Maurya and Ashoka. Chandragupta was the 1st ruler in the Mauryan empire (Maurya Dynasty in India),and Ashoka´s grandfather, Ashoka took india to its greatest expansion. Maurya fall because of independence of providences, greeks came on too, and internal governmental problems started, between military, mostly found in Asoka´s reign.
  • 265 BCE

    REIGN OF ASOKA

    REIGN OF ASOKA
  • Period: 265 BCE to 238 BCE

    Reign of Asoka

    The mos important event of Asoka is that he was responsible for spreading Buddhism throughout India. He sponsored the third Buddhist Council and did much to establish Buddhism. He sent missionaries (to greece & egypt) he also built shrines and monasteries and inscribed Buddhist teachings on rocks and pillars in many places, he also sent his son (a monk) to Sri lLanka where he spread Buddhism too.
  • 261 BCE

    Kalinga War

    Kalinga War
  • Period: 261 BCE to 261 BCE

    Battle of Kalinga

    This was the bloodiest war Ashoka had. Kalinga war affected a lot Ashoka because of the amount of death people, this made really unhappy he´s familiy, so he vowed never to do a war again, and applying the peace and giving up to the war after vuictory, so he´s life goal was to spread Dharma.
  • 320

    Gupta Dynasty

    Gupta Dynasty
  • Period: 320 to 550

    Gupta Dynasty

    This dynasty started a properity process, ending domination of the provincial powers and resulting disquiet that began with the fall of the Mauryas.It is known as the golden age because of the achievements in arts, philosophy, science and religion.