Ancient India Timeline

Beginning of the Indus Valley Civilization

Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro established

Use of iron tools by Indo-Aryans

Beginning of caste system

Upanishads were composed

Prince Mahavira establishes Jainism

Alexander the Great invades Indus valley

Maurya dynasty established

Ramayana was composed

Mauryan emperor Ashoka converts to Buddhism

Maurya dynasty expands to the whole of India

Mahabharata was composed between

Maurya dynasty ends

Bhagavata Gita was composed

End of Sunga dynasty

Buddhist stupa constructed at Sanchi

Hindus divided into four major castes

Pallava dynasty established in Kanchi

Kumaragupta builds monastic university

Aryabhatta writes Aryabhattiyam

Beginning of Bhakti cult in Tamil Nadu

Chalukyan kingdom established in central India

Harsha Vardhana builds kingdom of Thanesar

Harsha Vardhana defeated by Chalukyas

Pallavas establishes Mamallapuram

Chalukyas defeats the Rashtrakutas

End of the Pallava dynasty

Mahmud of Ghazni conquers Punjab

Chola Empire conquers Srivijaya, Malaya and Maldives

Chalukya Empire splits Hoysalas, Yadavas and Kakatiyas