Indian world

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  • Period: 600 BCE to 250 BCE

    Beginning of Indian empire

  • 500 BCE

    The kingdom of Magadha

    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.
  • 500 BCE

    The Vedas

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

    Battle of Issus

    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 and was one of the decisive victories by which he conquered the Achaemenian Empire. Shortly after, The Macedonian Empire was established.
  • 316 BCE

    The Mauryan Epire defeat the satraps left by Alexender

  • 268 BCE

    Ashoka

    Ashoka becomes emperor of the Mauryan Empire succeeding Chandragupta Maurya in India. It rules over almost all of nothern India
  • Period: 250 BCE to 50 BCE

    Birth of major Empires and Invasions

  • 232 BCE

    Mauryan Empire declines

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

    Satavahana Empire was established

  • 200 BCE

    Beginning of the Greco-Bactrian conquests in India.

  • 185 BCE

    The Mauryan Empire collapses

    The Mauryan Empire collapses 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.
  • Period: 50 BCE to 320

    Birth of religions and world discoveries period

  • 1 CE

    First non-stop voyages from Egypt to India

  • 5

    Buddhism spreading

    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.
  • Period: 320 to 550

    Gupta period

    Gupta period is considered a golden age of ancient India art and architecture.
  • Period: 455 to 484

    Reign of the Tegin Tunjina

    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 group of people who lived in Central Asia during the 5th to 8th centuries CE.
  • 550

    The end of the reign of Visnugupta Chandraditya

    The end of the reign of Visnugupta Chandraditya, last of the Gupta rulers in northern India.
  • Period: 550 to

    Medieval India

  • 761

    First Muslim invasion

    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 who controlled most of India

  • 1288

    Marco Polo went to India

  • Period: 1290 to 1320

    The Khalji dynasty

    The Khalji or Khilji[a] dynasty was a Turco-Afghan dynasty which ruled the Delhi sultanate, covering large parts of the Indian subcontinent for nearly three decades.
  • 1336

    The 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

    The Gujarat Sultanate/Muzaffarid dynasty.

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