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3300 BCE
Indus Valley civilization; the start of astronomy
The Indus Valley Civilisation (IVC) was a Bronze Age civilisation Indus Valley civilization(3300–1300 BCE; mature period 2600–1600 BCE) mainly in the northwestern regions of the South Asia, extending from what today is northeast Afghanistan to Pakistan and northwest India -
700 BCE
Zero was invented
The concept of zero as a digit in the decimal place value notation was developed in India, presumably as early as during the Gupta period (c. 5th century), with the oldest unambiguous evidence dating to the 7th century -
660 BCE
Emperor Jinmu
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600 BCE
Gautama Siddhārtha was born
Gautama Buddha, also known as Siddhārtha Gautama, Shakyamuni Buddha, is believed to have lived and taught mostly in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent sometime between the sixth and fourth centuries BCE. -
551 BCE
Confucius was born
September 28, 551 – 479 BC -
500 BCE
Ramayana
Some cultural evidence—such as the presence of sati in the Mahabharata but not in the main body of the Ramayana—suggests that the Ramayana predates the Mahabharata. However, the general cultural background of the Ramayana is one of the post-urbanization period of the eastern part of north India and Nepal, while the Mahabharata reflects the Kuru areas west of this, from the Rigvedic to the late Vedic period. -
470 BCE
Socrates was born
Socrates (/ˈsɒkrətiːz/;[2] Greek: Σωκράτης [sɔːkrátɛːs], Sōkrátēs; Socrates(470/469 – 399 BC)[1] was a classical Greek (Athenian) philosopher credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy. -
400 BCE
Ashtadhyay was written
Pāṇini wrote the Ashtadhyayi that is the earliest known grammars of Sanskrit. -
400 BCE
Mahabharata was written
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400 BCE
Chanakya Kauṭilya
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323 BCE
Alexander III of Macedon dies
Alexander III of Macedon(20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), commonly known as Alexander the Great (Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Μέγας, Aléxandros ho Mégas [a.lék.san.dros ho mé.gas] ), was a King (Basileus) of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon[a] and a member of the Argead dynasty. -
100 BCE
Jainism starts
There is evidence to show that so far back as the first century B.C. there were people who were worshipping Ṛṣabhadeva, the first tīrthaṅkara. T -
100 BCE
Brahmni numerals are invented
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500
Hindu-Arabic or Indo-Arabic numerals,
Arabic numerals, also called Hindu-Arabic or Indo-Arabic numerals, are the ten digits: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, based on the Hindu–Arabic numeral system -
Jun 8, 632
Muhammad dies
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Garileo Galilei
heliocentrism
