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India Timeline

  • Emergence of Indus Valley Civilisation
    3500 BCE

    Emergence of Indus Valley Civilisation

    The arrival of Indus or Harrapan civilisation culture arose in the north-western part of the Indian subcontinent.
  • Arrival of Aryan people from Central Asia
    1800 BCE

    Arrival of Aryan people from Central Asia

    The arrival of the Aryan people that came to India. The aryan people came from Central Asia as a large group of cattle that had to cross the Hindu Kush Mountains to arrive in India.
  • Indus Valley Civilisation has ended
    1700 BCE

    Indus Valley Civilisation has ended

    The time for Indus Valley civilisation has ended after a long 1800 years of living. The cause was supposedly over the Aryan invasion as the Aryan people conquered their civilisation.
  • Birth of Siddhartha Gautama founder of Buddhism
    563 BCE

    Birth of Siddhartha Gautama founder of Buddhism

    Gautama was the founder of Buddhism, Siddhartha was also known as Gautama Buddha.
  • Invasion of Indus Valley by Persians
    500 BCE

    Invasion of Indus Valley by Persians

    The Persians managed to rule the Indus Valley for nearly 2 centuries. Then the Persians invaded the Indus Valley occupying land.
  • Invasion by Alexander the Great
    327 BCE

    Invasion by Alexander the Great

    It was said that Alexander the Great set out to conquer the world. This was probably one of the countries he set out to defeat but his desire ended in India.
  • Chandragupta Maurya founds the Mauryan Empire
    321 BCE

    Chandragupta Maurya founds the Mauryan Empire

    The Nauruan Empire managed to dominate the Indian subcontinent for 35 years
  • beginning of Gupta empire, arts and science flourish
    320 BCE

    beginning of Gupta empire, arts and science flourish

    After the fall of The Mauryan Empire, Chandragupta started a New empire named the Gupta empire.
  • Ashoka, grandson of Chandragupta becomes emperor of Mauryan Empire
    269 BCE

    Ashoka, grandson of Chandragupta becomes emperor of Mauryan Empire

    Ashoka was an Indian emperor who ruled the Maurya empire and almost all of the Indian Subcontinent.
  • end of Mauryan Empire
    180 BCE

    end of Mauryan Empire

    The Mauryan Empire started to decline after the death of Ashoka in 232 BC and the empire was falling apart.
  • birth of Aryabhata astronomer and mathematician
    170 BCE

    birth of Aryabhata astronomer and mathematician

    Aryabhata was the first major mathematician or astronomer from the classical age of Indian mathematics and Indian astronomy. He studied the explicit use of motion and was also known as a physicist.