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Period: 600 BCE to 250 BCE
Beginning of Indian empire
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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
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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
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232 BCE
Mauryan Empire declines
Indian ruler Ashoka dies and the Mauryan Empire declines within fifty years. -
230 BCE
Satavahana Empire was established
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200 BCE
Beginning of the Greco-Bactrian conquests in India.
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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
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1 CE
First non-stop voyages from Egypt to India
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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
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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
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1288
Marco Polo went to India
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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.