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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. -
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. -
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. -
563 BCE
Birth of Siddhartha Gautama founder of Buddhism
Gautama was the founder of Buddhism, Siddhartha was also known as Gautama Buddha. -
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. -
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. -
321 BCE
Chandragupta Maurya founds the Mauryan Empire
The Nauruan Empire managed to dominate the Indian subcontinent for 35 years -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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.
