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2600-1700 Harappan urbanization: Mature and Late Harappan

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c. 1500-500 Composition and compilation of the Vedic corpus

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Neolithic and chalcolithic cultures in various parts of the subcontinent

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Megalithic burials, largely in the peninsula

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c. 1000 Availability of iron artefacts

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Use of iron artefacts gradually increases in range and number after the sixth century BC

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c. 6th century Urbanization in the Ganges Plain

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Formation of the earliest states

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The rise of Magadha

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Vardhamana Mahavira

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Gautama Buddha

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519 Cyrus, the Achaemenid Emperor of Persia, conquers parts of north-western India

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c. 493 Accession of Ajatashatru

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486 Death of the Buddha

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c. 362-321 Nanda dynasty

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32.7-3*5 Alexander of Macedon in India

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Accession of Chandragupta, the founder of the Maurya dynasty

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Reign of Ashoka

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c. 250 Third Buddhist Council held at Pataliputra

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185 Termination of Mauryan rule and accession of a Shunga king

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180-165 Indo-Greek rule in the north-west under Demetrius

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c. 166-150 Menander, the best known Indo-Greek ruler

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c. 94 Maues, the Shaka King, in north-western India

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58 Azes I, thought to have founded the Vikrama era

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c. 50 Rise of Satavahana power in the Deccan

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c. 50 Kharavela, King of Kalinga

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C. 5 0 BC-AD 5 0 Peak period of Roman trade with India

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1st century AD Kushana power established

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c. 78 Accession of Kanishka, Kushana King of the north-west Founding of the Shaka era

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c. 125 Gautamiputra and subsequently Vasishthiputra ruling the Satavahana kingdom

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c. 150 Rudradaman, the Shaka Kshatrapa King ruling in western India

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319-20 Accession of Chandra Gupta I, founder of the Gupta dynasty

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335 Accession of Samudragupta

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375-415 Chandra Gupta II

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405 - 1 1 Visit of Fa Hsien

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- 455 Skandagupta, in whose reign the Hunas attack north India

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476 Aryabhatta, the astronomer

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5°5 Varahamihira, the astronomer

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543-66 Pulakeshin I and the rise of the Chalukyas of Badami

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c. 574-6o Rise of the Pallavas of Kanchi under Simhavishnu

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606-47 Harshavardhana, King of Kannauj

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630-643 Hsuan Tsang in India

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600-630 Establishing of Pallava power under Mahendravarman

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609-42 Establishment of Chalukya power under Pulakeshin II Start of rivalry between the Pallavas and Chalukyas

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712 Arab conquest of Sind

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736 Founding of Dhillika - the first city of Delhi

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c. 752 Rashtrakuta victory over the Chalukyas

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c. 770 Pala dynasty founded by Gopala in eastern India

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c. 780 The rise of the Gurjara Pratiharas

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c. 788-820 Shankaracharya

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814-80 Reign of Amoghavarsha, the Rashtrakuta King

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c. 840 Establishing of the Pratiharas under King Bhoja

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c. 907 Parantaka I strengthens Chola power in south India

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973 Chalukyas of Kalyani defeat the Rashtrakutas

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985-1014 Rajaraja I extends Chola power

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1000-1026 Raids of Mahmud of Ghazni into north-western India

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1023 Northern campaign of Rajendra Chola

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1025 Naval campaign of the Cholas

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1030 Alberuni in India

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c. 1075 Ramanuja

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1077-1147 Establishment of the Ganga kingdom

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1077 Embassy of Chola merchants to China

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1077-1120 Ramapala re-enforces the Pala kingdom

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IIIO Rise of Vishnuvardhana and Hoysala power

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1144-71 Kumarapala, the Chaulukya/Solanki King

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1148 Kalhana writes the Rajatarangini

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1192 Prithviraja Chauhan defeated by Muhammad Ghuri at the battle of Tarain

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1206 Establishment of the Delhi Sultanate under Qutb-ud-din Aibak

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C. 1250 Sun temple at Konarak

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1246-79 Rajendra III, the last Chola King

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2600-1700 Harappan urbanization: Mature and Late Harappan

c. 1500-500 Composition and compilation of the Vedic corpus

Neolithic and chalcolithic cultures in various parts of the subcontinent

Megalithic burials, largely in the peninsula

c. 1000 Availability of iron artefacts

Use of iron artefacts gradually increases in range and number after the sixth century BC

c. 6th century Urbanization in the Ganges Plain

Formation of the earliest states

The rise of Magadha

Vardhamana Mahavira

Gautama Buddha

519 Cyrus, the Achaemenid Emperor of Persia, conquers parts of north-western India

c. 493 Accession of Ajatashatru

486 Death of the Buddha

c. 362-321 Nanda dynasty

32.7-3*5 Alexander of Macedon in India

Accession of Chandragupta, the founder of the Maurya dynasty

Reign of Ashoka

c. 250 Third Buddhist Council held at Pataliputra

185 Termination of Mauryan rule and accession of a Shunga king

180-165 Indo-Greek rule in the north-west under Demetrius

c. 166-150 Menander, the best known Indo-Greek ruler

c. 94 Maues, the Shaka King, in north-western India

58 Azes I, thought to have founded the Vikrama era

c. 50 Rise of Satavahana power in the Deccan

c. 50 Kharavela, King of Kalinga

C. 5 0 BC-AD 5 0 Peak period of Roman trade with India

1st century AD Kushana power established

c. 78 Accession of Kanishka, Kushana King of the north-west Founding of the Shaka era

c. 125 Gautamiputra and subsequently Vasishthiputra ruling the Satavahana kingdom

c. 150 Rudradaman, the Shaka Kshatrapa King ruling in western India

319-20 Accession of Chandra Gupta I, founder of the Gupta dynasty

335 Accession of Samudragupta

375-415 Chandra Gupta II

405 - 1 1 Visit of Fa Hsien

- 455 Skandagupta, in whose reign the Hunas attack north India

476 Aryabhatta, the astronomer

5°5 Varahamihira, the astronomer

543-66 Pulakeshin I and the rise of the Chalukyas of Badami

c. 574-6o Rise of the Pallavas of Kanchi under Simhavishnu

606-47 Harshavardhana, King of Kannauj

630-643 Hsuan Tsang in India

600-630 Establishing of Pallava power under Mahendravarman

609-42 Establishment of Chalukya power under Pulakeshin II Start of rivalry between the Pallavas and Chalukyas

712 Arab conquest of Sind

736 Founding of Dhillika - the first city of Delhi

c. 752 Rashtrakuta victory over the Chalukyas

c. 770 Pala dynasty founded by Gopala in eastern India

c. 780 The rise of the Gurjara Pratiharas

c. 788-820 Shankaracharya

814-80 Reign of Amoghavarsha, the Rashtrakuta King

c. 840 Establishing of the Pratiharas under King Bhoja

c. 907 Parantaka I strengthens Chola power in south India

973 Chalukyas of Kalyani defeat the Rashtrakutas

985-1014 Rajaraja I extends Chola power

1000-1026 Raids of Mahmud of Ghazni into north-western India

1023 Northern campaign of Rajendra Chola

1025 Naval campaign of the Cholas

1030 Alberuni in India

c. 1075 Ramanuja

1077-1147 Establishment of the Ganga kingdom

1077 Embassy of Chola merchants to China

1077-1120 Ramapala re-enforces the Pala kingdom

IIIO Rise of Vishnuvardhana and Hoysala power

1144-71 Kumarapala, the Chaulukya/Solanki King

1148 Kalhana writes the Rajatarangini

1192 Prithviraja Chauhan defeated by Muhammad Ghuri at the battle of Tarain

1206 Establishment of the Delhi Sultanate under Qutb-ud-din Aibak

C. 1250 Sun temple at Konarak

1246-79 Rajendra III, the last Chola King

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