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The kingdom of Magadha, situated in what is now west-central Bihar state, in northeastern India, was ruled by Bimbisara from 543 to 492 BCE , is the most powerful state in India.
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Indian scholars of the so-called Vedic Period commit the Vedas to written form; basic tenets of Hinduism are established.
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Darius III was defeated by Alexander the Great during the Battle of Issus. It was a conflict early in Alexander the Great's invasion of Asia and was one of the decisive victories by which he conquered the Achaemenian Empire. Shortly after, The Macedonian Empire was established.
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Ashoka becomes emperor of the Mauryan Empire succeeding Chandragupta Maurya in India. It rules over almost all of nothern India
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Indian ruler Ashoka dies and the Mauryan Empire declines within fifty years.
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The Mauryan Empire collapses on the assassination of the then-Emperor Brihadratha by his General Pushyamitra Shunga.
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The Perfection of Wisdom texts are written by Mahayana Buddhist sages in India; expounding upon the central vision of the Buddha.
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Buddhism itself started sometime in the fifth century BCE. We now think that the Buddha, who founded the religion, died sometime toward the year 400 BCE. As Buddhism developed, it spread beyond India.
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Gupta period is considered a golden age of ancient India art and architecture.
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Reign of the Tegin Tunjina or Khingila of the White Huns in the region known as Gandhara.
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India is invaded by the White Huns across the Hindu Kush. They were a group of people who lived in Central Asia during the 5th to 8th centuries CE.
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The end of the reign of Visnugupta Chandraditya, last of the Gupta rulers in northern India.
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First Muslim invasion by Mohammed Bin Qasim and conquers nothern India. The muslim invasion saw an end to the indigenous empires of India. The Islamic Sultanates rose in the region of modern-day Pakistan and spread north-west.
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The Khalji or Khilji[a] dynasty was a Turco-Afghan dynasty which ruled the Delhi sultanate, covering large parts of the Indian subcontinent for nearly three decades.
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The Vijayanagara Empire was established by Harihara I and his brother Bukka Raya I of Sangama Dynasty, which originated as a political heir of the Hoysala Empire, Kakatiya Empire, and the Pandyan Empire.
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Governor of Gujarat declares himself as Sultan Muzaffar Shah, founding the Gujarat Sultanate/Muzaffarid dynasty.