-
The Harappan Civilization or the Indus Valley Civilization was the first urban civilization in the world that flourished in the vast plains created by the River Indus and its tributaries. the Aryans were skilled fighters, so their attack might have led to the destruction of the Harappan Civilization.
Mohenjo civilization decline, Some speculate that a severe tectonic event (earthquake) caused the river to drastically change course. -
India was invaded and conquered by nomadic light-skinned Indo-European tribes from Central Asia around 1500-100 BC, who overthrew an earlier and more advanced dark-skinned Dravidian civilization from which they took most of what later became Hindu culture.
-
Was the leader and founder of a sect of wanderer ascetics (Sramanas), one of many sects which existed at that time all over India. Budism is not theist religion and hinduism is a polytheistic religion.
-
The Mauryan Empire (322 BCE - 185 BCE) supplanted the earlier Magadha Kingdom to assume power over large tracts of eastern and northern India, was a very powerfull empire of Maurya dynasty.
-
The Gupta Empire stretched across northern, central and parts of southern India between c. 320 and 550 CE. The period is noted for its achievements in the arts, architecture, sciences, religion, and philosophy. many scholars consider Gupta to be a Golden Age, as enlightenment was valued strongly and so many important fields progressed.
-
The conquest of Kalinga of c.271-261 BC was the only aggressive war fought by the third Mauryan emperor, Ashoka, and the suffering he saw during this war helped turn the Emperor away from violence and towards a more peaceful path.
-
Asoka, died in 238 bce, India. last major emperor in the Mauryan dynasty of India. His vigorous patronage of Buddhism during his reign furthered the expansion of that religion throughout India. Following his successful but bloody conquest of the Kalinga country on the east coast, Ashoka renounced armed conquest and adopted a policy that he called “conquest by dharma. reign c. 265–238 bce
