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19,000 BCE
Decline of Mohenjo-Daro & Harappa
Both settlements were located along the Indus River. Their decline was due to the continuos floods of the river, Harappa was re-built around seven times, so people started to go away. -
1500 BCE
Aryan Ivasion
The Aryans came from the Khyber pass, invading the Indus Valley. They changed the power from the Genji's to the Indus. -
Period: 322 BCE to 238 BCE
The Maurya Empire
The Maurya Empire supplanted the Magadha Kingdom the assume the power of India. The Empire stretched to almost the entire Indian subcontinent. -
Period: 265 BCE to 238 BCE
Reign of Asoka
He was the las major emperor of the Maurya Empire. His great leadership lead the Buddhism further across the the entire India. Following his victorious but bloody conquest of Kalinga, country in the east coast. -
262 BCE
The Kalinga War
The kalinga war was fought in India between the Maurya Empire under the reign of Ashoka and and the state of Kalinga. Kalinga was an independent state located in present-day Odisha. The Mauryans won the battle and Kalinga was anexed to the Mauryan Empire. -
200 BCE
Siddartha Gautama found buddhism
Siddartha Gautama also knows as the buddha or "the awakened one" was the founder of a sect that existed in India, it came to be known as Sangha. His teachings are considered the core of buddhism. After his death the community he founded evolved into a religious movement. -
Period: 320 to 550
Gupta Dynasty-Empire
The Empire was founded by sri Gupta, the Empire existed approximately from 320 to 550 AD and covered most of the Indian subcontinent.
