exploring early india up to c ad 1300 pdf

In the following thousand years, a people known as the Aryans, speaking an Indo-European language, moved into northern India from central Asia. The Indus Valley civilization vanished in the mid-2nd millennium BCE. It is famous for its large and well-planned cities. This was contemporary with other early civilizations of the ancient world, in Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt, and is one of the earliest civilizations in world history. Urban civilization first appeared in ancient India with the Indus Valley civilization in the early third millennium BCE, in what is today Pakistan and north-west India. 500 CE: the Gupta empire is in decline, and soon vanishes 300 CE: the Gupta empire begins its rise to dominate in northern IndiaĬ. 150 CE: the Kushana empire begins its rise in northwest IndiaĬ. 150 CE: the Scythians (Saka) enter northwest IndiaĬ. 250 BCE: the India-Greek kingdom of Bactria is foundedĢ32 BCE: Asoka dies shortly after, the decline of the Mauryan empire sets inĬ. The detail of the Alexander Mosaic showing Alexander the Great.Ģ90 BCE: Chandragupta’s successor, Bindusara, extends the Mauryan conquests into central IndiaĢ69 BCE: Ashoka becomes the Mauryan emperorĢ51 BCE: a mission led by Mahinda, Asoka’s son, introduces Buddhism to the island of Sri LankaĬ. 500 BCE: two new religions, Buddhism and Jainism, are foundedģ27 BCE: Alexander the Great conquers the Indus Valley this leads to king Chandragupta Maurya of Maghada conquering the Indus Valley from Alexander the Great’s successor (304 BCE) 800 BCE: The use of iron and alphabetic writing begin to spread to northern India from the Middle EastĬ. Timeline of the history of ancient India:Ĭ.2800 BCE: the Indus Valley civilization begins to emergeĬ.1700 BCE: the Indus Valley civilization vanishesĬ.1500 BCE: Aryan tribes begin to infiltrate into northern India from central AsiaĬ. History map of the Indus Valley civilization

Exploring early india up to c ad 1300 pdf