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Aryan invasion

1500 BCE

1.A/ They migrate to the indus valley
2.A/ they enter from the himalaya
3.A/ 2(also known as the Buddha “the awakened one”) was the leader and founder of a sect of wanderer ascetics (Sramanas).
Hinduism is about understanding Brahma, existence, from within the Atman, which roughly means "self" or "soul," whereas Buddhism is about finding the Anatman — "not soul" or "not self."
Islam is a monotheistic Abrahamic religion, founded by Prophet Muhammad in the Middle East in the 7th century CE.

Decline of Mohenjo daro and harappa

1100 BCE

1.A/ they were located in the Indus river
2.A/ The city also had several layers to it indicating that it had been destroyed and rebuilt multiple times, probably because of severe flooding from the Indus River. As a result, one theory of the decline of Mohenjo-Daro is that the people simply decided to leave because of frequent floods.

siddartha gautama founds buddhism

624 BCE

1.A/ Buddhism is a religion based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama, who lived about 25 centuries ago in what is now Nepal and northern India. was called "the Buddha," which means "awakened one," after he experienced a profound realization of the nature of life, death and existence
2.A/attaining the highest life is a process of removing the bodily distractions of life, allowing one eventually understand the Brahma nature within, disciplinlife to move and understand that nothing in oneself

Maurya empire

322 BCE

1.A/ The emperor Chandragupta was the emperor of Maurya empire
2.A/ the emperor Ashoka-Asoka the third generation of Chandragaptu
3.A/- Weak Successors of Asoka
- Vastness of the Empire
- Independence of the Provinces
- Foreign Invasion

Battle of Kalinga

261 BCE

The bloodshed of this war is said to have prompted Ashoka to adopt Buddshine . However, he retained Kalinga and incorporated it into the Maurya Empire.

Regin of Asoka

232 BCE

lived from 304 to 232 BCE and was the third ruler of the Indian Mauryan Empire, the largest ever in the Indian subcontinent and one of the world's largest empires at its time. He ruled form 268 BCE to 232 BCE and became a model of kingship in the Buddhist tradition. Under Ashoka India had an estimated population of 30 million, much higher than any of the contemporary Hellenistic kingdoms. After Ashoka’s death, however, the Mauryan dynasty came to an end and its empire dissolved.

Gupta Dynasty

320

1-2/ The main achievements of the Gupta Empire were in the fields of war, sculpture, painting, literature and architecture. This has led many people to describe the era as India's "golden age