India Timeline By meganrosaswuotto 2000 BCE Indus Valley Civilization 500 BCE Vedic Period Yajurveda Atharvaveda Samaveda 500 BCE Buddha 470 BCE Aryabhata 380 BCE Kalidasa 335 BCE Mahabharata Chaturanga "four limbs/divisions" Period: 324 BCE to 297 BCE Chandragupta Maurya Period: 322 BCE to 184 BCE Maurya Empire Period: 320 BCE to 550 BCE Gupta Empire Period: 270 BCE to 232 BCE Ashoka