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  • Period: 1500 BCE to 500 BCE

    The Vedas is written down

    Indian scholars of the so-called Vedic Period commit the Vedas to written form; basic tenets of Hinduism are established.
  • 500 BCE

    Magadha: most powerful state in India

    The kingdom of Magadha, situated in what is now west-central Bihar state, in northeastern India, was ruled by Bimbisara from 543 to 492 BCE, is the most powerful state in India.
  • 400 BCE

    Buddha died

    Buddhism itself started sometime in the fifth century BCE. We now think that the Buddha, who founded the religion, died sometime toward the year 400 BCE. As Buddhism developed, it spread beyond India.
  • 333 BCE

    Darius III was defeated by Alexander the Great

    Darius III was defeated by Alexander the Great during the Battle of Issus. It was a conflict early in Alexander the Great's invasion of Asia. Shortly after, The Macedonian Empire was established.
  • Period: 322 BCE to 185 BCE

    Mauryan Empire

    the Mauryan Empire (322-185 BCE) rose under the reign of Chandragupta Maurya (r. c. 321-297 BCE) until, by the end of the third century BCE, it ruled over almost all of northern India.
  • 268 BCE

    Ashoka becomes emperor

    Ashoka becomes emperor of the Mauryan Empire in India.
  • 232 BCE

    Indian ruler Ashoka dies

    Indian ruler Ashoka dies and the Mauryan Empire declines within fifty years.
  • 230 BCE

    Satavahana Empire was established

    It was based in the Deccan region.
  • 200 BCE

    Beginning of the Greco-Bactrian conquests in India.

    Beginning of the Greco-Bactrian conquests in India.
  • 185 BCE

    The Maurya Empire collapses

    The Maurya Empire collapsed on the assassination of the then-Emperor Brihadratha by his General Pushyamitra Shunga.
  • Period: 50 BCE to 600

    The Perfection of Wisdom texts are written

    The Perfection of Wisdom texts are written by Mahayana Buddhist sages in India; expounding upon the central vision of the Buddha.
  • 1 CE

    First non-stop voyages from Egypt to India.

  • Period: 455 to 484

    Reign of the White Huns

    Reign of the Tegin Tunjina or Khingila of the White Huns in the region known as Gandhara.
  • 470

    India is invaded by the White Huns.

    India is invaded by the White Huns across the Hindu Kush. They were a groupof people who lived in Central Asia during the 5th to 8th centuries CE.
  • 550

    Death of the last Gupta rulers

    The end of the reign of Visnugupta Chandraditya, last of the Gupta rulers in northern India.
  • 712

    Muslim general Muhammed bin Quasim conquers northern India.

    The muslim invasion saw an end to the indigenous empires of India. The Islamic Sultanates rose in the region of modern-day Pakistan and spread north-west.
  • 761

    First Muslim invasion by Mohammed Bin Qasim

    First Muslim invasion by Mohammed Bin Qasim and conquers nothern India. The muslim invasion saw an end to the indigenous empires of India. The Islamic Sultanates rose in the region of modern-day Pakistan and spread north-west.
  • Period: 1012 to 1044

    Reign of Chola king Rajendra I

    Reign of Chola king Rajendra I who controlled most of India.
  • 1288

    Marco Polo come to India for the first time

    He was a Venetian merchant, explorer and writer who travelled through Asia along the Silk Road between 1271 and 1295.
  • Period: 1290 to 1320

    The Khalji dynasty

    The Khalji was a Turco-Afghan dynasty which ruled the Delhi sultanate, covering large parts of the Indian subcontinent for nearly three decades between 1290 and 1320.
  • 1336

    Vijayanagara Empire

    The Vijayanagara Empire was established by Harihara I and his brother Bukka Raya I of Sangama Dynasty, which originated as a political heir of the Hoysala Empire, Kakatiya Empire, and the Pandyan Empire.
  • 1407

    Creation of the Gujarat Sultanate/Muzaffarid dynasty

    Governor of Gujarat, declares himself as Sultan Muzaffar Shah founding the Gujarat Sultanate/Muzaffarid dynasty.