3000 – 2600 BC – Harappa Civilisation

1200 – 500 BC – Vedic Era

550 BC – Birth of Mahavira

563 – 483 BC – Sidhartha Gautama, the Buddha

327 BC – The Conquests of Alexander The Great

325 BC – Alexander The Great, still goes on

322 BC – Rise of the Mauryas, Chandragupta

298 BC – Bindusara Coronated

272 BC – Ashoka’s Reign

180 BC – Fall of the Mauryas & Rise of the Sungas

30 BC – Rise of the Satvahana Dynasty

50 AD – The Kushans and Kanishkas

320 AD – Chandragupta I establishes the Gupta dynasty

360 AD – Samudragupta conquers the North

380 AD – Chandragupta II comes to power

415 AD – Accession of Kumara Gupta I

467 AD – Skanda Gupta assumes power

892 AD – Rise of the Eastern Chalukyas

985 AD – The Chola Dynasty

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