Beginning of the Indus Valley Civilization
3000 BCHarappa and Mohenjo-Daro established
2500 BCUse of iron tools by Indo-Aryans
1100 BCBeginning of caste system
700 BCUpanishads were composed
527 BCPrince Mahavira establishes Jainism
500 BCAlexander the Great invades Indus valley
327 BCMaurya dynasty established
304 BCRamayana was composed
300 BCMauryan emperor Ashoka converts to Buddhism
259 BCMaurya dynasty expands to the whole of India
220 BCMahabharata was composed between
200 BC and 200 ADMaurya dynasty ends
184 BCBhagavata Gita was composed
100 BCEnd of Sunga dynasty
78 BCBuddhist stupa constructed at Sanchi
50 ADHindus divided into four major castes
200 ADPallava dynasty established in Kanchi
300 ADKumaragupta builds monastic university
450 ADAryabhatta writes Aryabhattiyam
499 ADBeginning of Bhakti cult in Tamil Nadu
500 ADChalukyan kingdom established in central India
550 ADHarsha Vardhana builds kingdom of Thanesar
606 ADHarsha Vardhana defeated by Chalukyas
647 ADPallavas establishes Mamallapuram
670 ADChalukyas defeats the Rashtrakutas
775 ADEnd of the Pallava dynasty
888 ADMahmud of Ghazni conquers Punjab
998 ADChola Empire conquers Srivijaya, Malaya and Maldives
1050 ADChalukya Empire splits Hoysalas, Yadavas and Kakatiyas
1190 AD