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The first Vedic literature is born and again it is largely disputed if the time is correct. Most sources say that it is around this period.
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The Brahmanas are speculated to be completed and a new sub-culture is opened in Vedic Literature.
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The Dharma Sutras completed in this time. Sources say the genre of Dharma Sutras is older than genre of Dharmasastras and are finished in this time.
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Macedonians attack and the armies of Alexander the Great I of Macedonia begin to invade northwestern India.
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Though noone knows the exact date The Vedas is believe to been made around this time. In this time period, they were performed by voice and memory and varied from time to time. Like said before there are many scholars who disagree with when it was composed but most agreed it was around this time period.
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Harappa and Mohenjo Daro in modern-day Pakistan) and are destroyed by the advancing Aryan race.The Aryans who continue popping up and stay in the Indian subcontinent. But the people who inhabiated the land before, wer the only signs of Hinduism in it early stages. and are the oldest remnants .
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Hinduism grows into sectarian groups. Vaishnavism (Vishnu worship) and Shaivism (Shiva worship) which are the first sections of the Indian religion.
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A new genre called Puranas begins and the genre begins in India. The genre is still written in the Common Era. This text are constantly going through changes and mountainous editing.
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Other sects are added in Hinduism. Shaktism (Devi worship) is now seen as a sect.
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The Dharmasastras are completed. The oldest Dharmasastra, the Manusmriti, is thought to be published aroun this time; 200 BCE to about 200 CE. However, the rest of the Dharmasastras that are after Manusmriti, have not been written until about 500 CE.
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The first Rig Vedic hymns are written down. The Rig-Veda Samhita have been guessed to inhabit this time period.
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Adi Shankara is born. The Hindu philosopher and theologian Shankara (d. 750) are assumed to be born as well in this time period; 700 CE. He is known for founding the Advaita sub-school of Vedanta. Shankara teaches that unity with the Brahman, can’t exist within dualistic thinking. Shankara's Advaita school inspires other Hindu philosophers Madhva (1199 CE) and Ramanuja (1017 CE) to make their own schools.
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Ramanuja was born in this time. Ramanuja, a Hindu theologian, was born in Sriperumbudur, India. He founded the Visistadvaita sub-school of Vedanta. He teaches others should make a united relationship with the divine while know the difference between them.
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The Temple of Angkor Wat is completed. Angkor Wat is the largest Hindu temple ever built. It is completed in Angkor, Cambodia. It is the world's largest extant religious building.
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Madhva was born.The Hindu philosopher Madhva (1199 –1278), founded a Dvaita (dualistic) sub-school of Vedanta, was born in Kalyanpur, India. He teaches that to have interactions with the divine, humans have to be a different entity. This is very different from other schools which suggest non-dualistic view.
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Konark Sun Temple 2 was built in Konark, India. The Konark Sun Temple is the largest and most famous temple devoted to the sun god, Surya. The temple is also in honor of King Narasimha Deva 3 (1238-1264).
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Britain's first contact with and they futher influence them.
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Atmiya Sabha founded Ram Mohun Roy (May 22, 1772 – Sep. 27, 1833), one of Hinduism's first steps into modern day Hinduism. He is one of the first religious and social reformers, and he establishes the Atmiya Sabha to promote his doctrines of monotheistic Hinduism in India.
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Vedanta College and Anglo-Hindu School are founded in this year. The Vedanta College and the Anglo-Hindu School are made by Ram Mohun Roy further promote the spread of his monotheistic version of Hinduism in India.
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Brahmo Sabha (the Congregation of Brahman) is founded by Ram Mohun Roy. It is an official monotheistic sect of Hinduism. This is his final and most important try to make a monotheistic Hindu sect.
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Ramakrishna is born. The mystic Ramakrishna (Aug. 16, 1886) is born in Bengal, India. He is famous for showing all the world's religions as the same, all equally valid paths to the same goal.
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British takes full control of India
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The great Mohandas Gandhi is born. A Hindu pacifist and a civil rights activist, Mohandas Gandhi, is born in Porbandar, India.
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Because of the mystic Ramakrishna there was a comeback in Hinduism throughout India. This sudden interest inspired other Indian leaders such as Monhandas Gandhi.
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Ramakrishna's teaching was brought to America. He is the first famous missionary to bring modern Hinduism to the West side of the world. In 1895, he founded the Vedanta Society in New York City, NY, to promote Hinduism in America.
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Maharishi Mahesh Yogi is born. Another Hindu religious leader, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, is famous for studying techniques; transcendental meditation (TM).
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India has partitioned. India is divided into Pakistan and India as a result of Hindu-Muslim conflicts.
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Mohandas Gandhi is assassinated by Nathuram Godse in Delhi, India. Godse's motive thought that Gandhi's methods will eventually push the Hindus to abandon their religion and themselves. Even though Gandhi is gone his beliefs continue to inspire civil rights leaders in other movements, like Martin Luther King, Jr. in America.
