India architecture

Ancient India Timeline - Camilo Cubides J. Isabella Florez G. - 6-A

  • 1700 BCE

    Decline of Mohenjo Daro and Harappa

    Decline of Mohenjo Daro and Harappa
    This civilizations were settle along the Indus River.
    There isn't an specific reason, because, when it is about the Mohenjo Daro we have many doubts but there are some reasons we think can be the correct one:
    -Drastic climate change
    -Declining trade with Mesopotamia and other middle-eastern civilizations contributing factor for decline of IVC cities.
    -Major geomorphological change.
  • 1500 BCE

    Aryan Invasion

    Aryan Invasion
    Aryans migrate from central Asia into the indian subcontinent. They used the Hindu Kush Mountains to enter to India.And they stablished on the Indus Valley.
  • 500 BCE

    Siddartha Gautana founds Buddhism

    Siddartha Gautana founds Buddhism
    Buddhism is a path of practice and spiritual development leading to Insight into the true nature of reality.
  • Period: 320 BCE to 185

    Maurya Empire

    Chandragupta Mauraya STARTED 322 BCE FINISHED 298 BCE
    Asoka the great STARTED 273 BCE FINISHED 232 BCE. The weak successors, vastness of the empire, independence of the provinces, foreign invasion, and internal revolt.
  • Period: 304 BCE to 232 BCE

    Reign of Asoka

    Was the third ruler of the Indian Mauryan Empire, the largest ever in the Indian subcontinent and one of the world's largest empires at its time. Around the year 260 BCE, Ashoka fought great battles and imposed his rule on people southward along the eastern coast of India, an area called Kalinga.
  • 261 BCE

    Battle of Kalinga

    Battle of Kalinga
    The Kalinga War was fought in India between the Maurya Empire under Ashoka and the state of Kalinga. As the battle of kalinga was so blooding and brutal Shoka change his way of thinking and he changed to Buddhism.
  • Period: 320 to 550

    Gupta Dynasty

    The Gupta Empire was considered India’s Golden Age due to mathematics advances, such as the concept of zero, medical remedies, plastic surgery and vaccinations.The main achievements of the Gupta Empire were in the fields of war, sculpture, painting, literature and architecture.The Kalinga War was fought in India between the Maurya Empire under Ashoka and the state of Kalinga.