Timeline of Chapter 9 By Amber Hallare 563 BCE Life of Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha 540 BCE Life of Vardhamana Mahavira 520 BCE Invasion of India by Darius of Persia 327 BCE Invasion of India by Alexander of Macedon 321 BCE Mauryan Dynasty 268 BCE Reign of Ashoka Maurya 182 BCE Bactrian Rule in northern India 1 CE Kushan empire in northern India and central Asia 78 Reign of Kushan emperor Kanishka 320 Gupta Dynasty
