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Indian scholars of the so-called Vedic Period commit the Vedas to written form; basic tenets of Hinduism are established.
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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.
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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.
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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. Shortly after, The Macedonian Empire was established.
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the Mauryan Empire (322-185 BCE) rose under the reign of Chandragupta Maurya (r. c. 321-297 BCE) until, by the end of the third century BCE, it ruled over almost all of northern India.
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Ashoka becomes emperor of the Mauryan Empire in India.
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Indian ruler Ashoka dies and the Mauryan Empire declines within fifty years.
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It was based in the Deccan region.
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Beginning of the Greco-Bactrian conquests in India.
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The Maurya Empire collapsed on the assassination of the then-Emperor Brihadratha by his General Pushyamitra Shunga.
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The Perfection of Wisdom texts are written by Mahayana Buddhist sages in India; expounding upon the central vision of the Buddha.
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Reign of the Tegin Tunjina or Khingila of the White Huns in the region known as Gandhara.
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India is invaded by the White Huns across the Hindu Kush. They were a groupof people who lived in Central Asia during the 5th to 8th centuries CE.
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The end of the reign of Visnugupta Chandraditya, last of the Gupta rulers in northern India.
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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.
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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.
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Reign of Chola king Rajendra I who controlled most of India.
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He was a Venetian merchant, explorer and writer who travelled through Asia along the Silk Road between 1271 and 1295.
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The Khalji was a Turco-Afghan dynasty which ruled the Delhi sultanate, covering large parts of the Indian subcontinent for nearly three decades between 1290 and 1320.
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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.
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Governor of Gujarat, declares himself as Sultan Muzaffar Shah founding the Gujarat Sultanate/Muzaffarid dynasty.