Classical Period

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  • 1000 BCE

    Aryan Settlement

    "Aryan settlement spread from the Indus region and Himalayan foothill to Ganges River system". (World Civilization)
  • 1000 BCE

    Sacred Vedas

    The sacred Vedas were assembled and conveyed "by braham priest between 1200 and 900 B.C.E" (World Civilization)
  • 700 BCE

    Trade along Ganges & Rivers

    "Along the Ganges and other rivers, towns were devoted to trade or specialized manufacture of key pottery products such as pottery, tools, and cotton textiles". (World Civilization)
  • 700 BCE

    Mahabharata

    Epic Indian tale, which gave "insight into family life and gender relationships in this era" (World Civilization)
  • 700 BCE

    Brahman dominance

    Brahman had a dominance in power
  • 600 BCE

    The rise of relgion

    The teachings and practices of a diverse range of religious figures". (World Civilization) Such as Buddha
  • 500 BCE

    Rama

    Rama was a import figure "in the popular Indian Epic Ramayana". (World Civilization)
  • 401 BCE

    Skanda Gupta

    "Last of the able rulers of the Gupta dynasty". (World Civilization)
  • 400 BCE

    Kamastutra

    Was one of Vastayana's work's which "contain detailed instruction on virtually all aspects of the good life for wealthy men". (World Civilization)
  • 350 BCE

    Kautilya

    "Political advisor to Chandragupta Maurya". (World Civilization)
  • 327 BCE

    Alexander the Great

    "Alexander's armies crossed the Hindu Kush into India... beginning his last major conquest". (World Civilization) His fight was victorious
  • 324 BCE

    Alexanders death

    A year after Alexander died "his Indian conquest was left to be fought over by the commanders who divided up his empire". (World Civilization)
  • 322 BCE

    Chandragupta Maurya

    "Founder of Mauryan dynasty... first centralized government since Harappan civilization". (World Civilization)
  • 300 BCE

    Trade Pattern

    "Oceanic trading system was in place across the Afro Eurasioan continents... Indian subcontinent was a central producer & consumer". (World Civilization)
  • 273 BCE

    Ashoka

    Grandson of Chandragupta Maurya; completed conquest of Indian subcontinent". (World Civilization)
  • 230 BCE

    Mauryan

    After Alexander the Greats invasion this Dynast was "established in Indian subcontinent" (World Civilization)
  • 185 BCE

    Maurya Empire

    "the Maurya Empire disappeared" (World Civilization)
  • 100 BCE

    Guptas

    This dynasty "built empires that extended to all but the southern regions of Indian subcontinent". (World Civilization) 3rd century C.E