Ancient India
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Ancient India had a long-lived civilization and culture. It covered several countries including India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.
[edit] Main events
[edit] Chronology
- 3000 BC – 1000 BC: Harappan civilization
- 2000 BC - C1500 BC: Advent of Indo-Aryan peoples (see Indo-Aryan migration for discussion)
- 1500 BC – 600 BC: Composition of the Vedas and the Brahmana
- 700 BC – 300 BC: Composition of the Upanishads
- 527 or 526 BC: Death of Mahavira, the historical founder of Jainism
- Late 6th century: Darius, the Persian king, conquers parts of Ancient India
- 486 BC: Death of Buddha; Chinese tradition records 483 BC
- 400 BC: Panini composes first Sanskrit grammar
- 4th century BC – 4th century BC: Composition of the Ramayana and the Mahabharata
- 327 BC – 25 BC: Alexander the Great invades India.
- 321 BC – 181 BC: Chandragupta Maurya founded Gupta dynasty
- 300 BC: Megasthenes (Greek ambassador) visits the Maurya king
- 300 BC: Composition of the Arthashastra, though some scholars date the work to 100 AD
- 268 BC – 233: BC Reign of Ashoka the Great
- 185 BC – 75 BC: Shunga dynasty reigns over central India
- 2nd century BC – 3rd century BC: Buddhism and Jainism influences in India at its peak
- 1st Century BC – 1st century AD: Shakas, Parthians and Kushana invade India
- 1st Century BC – 2nd Century AD: Satavahana rule
- 58 BC – 57 BC: Vikrama Samvat era begins
- 78 AD: Beginning of the Shaka era
- 1st – 3rd century: Reign of the Kushan dynasty; first depiction of Jaina tirthankara and muti-armed Hindu deities
- 4th-5th century: Vaktaka rule over central India and the Deccan
- 4th - 6th century: Gupta period in northern and central India
- 500 AD: Ajanta completed
- 5th – 7th century: Spread of Vaishnavism, especially Krishan cult; emergence of worship of local deities; emergence of Tantrism
- 5th – 6th century: Invasion of Huns
- 6th century: Kalachuri dynasty rules the western coast of India
- 6th - 8th century: Pallava dynasty in southern India; rock-cut architecture begins in the south; temple building flourishes at Mamallapurama and Kanchipuram
- 6th-10th century: Tamil devotional poetry
- 7th – 8th century: Decline of Buddhism in northern India; revival of Hinduism
- 7th – 10th century: Rashtrakuta dynasty rules over northern part of the Deccan
- Early 8th century: Arab merchants settle on the coast of Sindh (currently, a part of Pakistan) and the Indian state of Gujarat
- 8th – 12th century: Pala dynasty rules in Bihar, Bengal and large part of eastern India
- 788 – 820 AD: Life of Adi Shankaracharya
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