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324 BCE
Chandragupta Maurya formed the Maurya Empire
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Period: 322 BCE to 184 BCE
Maurya Empire
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297 BCE
Chandragupta's reign ended
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273 BCE
Bindusara dies
He was the emperor for 297-273 -
270 BCE
Ashoka takes power
stops reigning in 232 -
262 BCE
Ashoka conqueres Kalinga
He kills many of his siblings to come into power after his father dies. He starts reigning in 270. -
262 BCE
Ashoka becomes devoted to Dhamma
He feels guilty over what he did (conquering Kalinga) and becomes anti-violent. He sets out on spreading Buddhism. -
185 BCE
Empire falls into the hands of a less significant dynasty
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240
Sri Gupta started the Gupta Dynasty
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320
Chnadragupta I reigned and made the dynasty become of true significance
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Period: 320 to 550
Gupta Empire
the "golden age" of India -
400
Kalidasa
The greatest writer ever in the Sanskrit language. (Around 380-413, dates are uncertain) -
400
Hindi epics
the Mahabharata, the Ramayana, the Periyas -
408
chaturanga
chess was invented -
410
iron pillar
It's over 20 ft high, made of raw iron, over 1600 years old, and still hasn't corroded. -
480
Aryabhata
Got close to the approximation of pi and its irrationality of it, established early ideas of trigonometry, the rotation of the earth, and had an early concept of gravity.