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pre- 500 BCE	==Plate tectonics ==the Himalayas ==Cave paintings-- CAVE PAINTINGS ==Mesopotamia ==the Indus Valley Civilization-- The INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION ==the Indo-European language family ==the Mitanni people ==the gathas of the Zend Avesta ==the Vedas-- The VEDAS ==the Upanishads-- The UPANISHADS ==The earliest coins appear-- Maha-janapada coins ==Persia rules Gandhara and Sind-- GANDHARA ==Darius explores the Indus ==Indus Sind Hind Hindu Hindavi India ==Mahavira and Jainism
499- 400 BCE	==The Buddha is born-- The BUDDHA ==the Buddha's teaching ==Herodotus ==The giant gold-digging ants ==the Buddha's death
399- 300 BCE	==Alexander the Great--Alexander ==Gandhara ==Chandragupta Maurya ==Chandragupta defeats Seleukos ==Megasthenes visits Pataliputra ==Kautilya's Arthashastra ==Panini
299- 200 BCE	==Ashoka Maurya-- ASHOKA ==Ashoka's famous pillars ==The first written records in South Asia ==the Barabar cave-temples -- Barabar ==the Greco-Bactrian kings-- Greco-Bactrian coins ==the Mahabharata-- The MAHABHARATA ==the Ramayana-- The RAMAYANA
199- 100 BCE	==Demetrios and the "Indo-Greek kingdom"-- Indo-Greek coins ==Menander/Milinda-- Menander's coins ==the Shunga dynasty-- the Shunga dynasty ==the Kushan dynasty in Gandhara ==the Pillar of Heliodorus ==Sanchi-- SANCHI ==an unknown goddess-- Unknown goddess
99- 00 BCE	==Bhaja-- Bhaja ==Bharhut ==Ajanta-- AJANTA ==Augustus Caesar reflects ==Strabo too speaks ==the Parthians ==the Indo-Scythian Shakas-- Shaka coins ==Mahayana Buddhism
00- 99 CE	==the Kushan dynasty kings-- Kushan coins ==Gondophares and the Indo-Parthian kingdom-- Gondophares's coins ==Strabo's India ==Saint Thomas in India-- Saint Thomas ==Karle-- KARLE ==the Periplus ==Pliny dies with Pompeii ==Tamil begins to develop ==An unknown Nagini ==Dharmanandi dedicates a Bodhisattva ==The Jains split ==Patanjali
100- 199	==Ptolemy sees India ==Nalanda-- Nalanda ==Nagarjuna ==Amaravati ==Kanheri-- KANHERI ==the Bhagavad Gita-- The GITA ==Kanishka and his inscriptions-- Kanishka ==Kanishka's Buddhist coins =="Gandharan" Kushan art in full flower-- "GANDHARAN" KUSHAN ART ==The earliest Buddhist manuscripts ==Trajan weeps as he turns back ==Nahapana ==Huvishka-- Huvishka's coins ==Rudradaman's Sanskrit ==Arrian's Anabasis ==Pausanias ==the Laws of Manu
200- 299	==A Buddhist stupa at Mohenjo-daro ==Takht-e Bahi-- Takht-e Bahi ==Vasudeva I-- Vasudeva's coins -- Late Kushan coins =="Apollonius of Tyana" ==Nagarjunakonda
300- 399	==Bamian and its huge Buddhas-- Bamian ==Fa-Hsien ==The Gupta dynasty-- Early Gupta coins ==the early Puranas ==Kalidasa
400- 499	==Udaigiri-- Udaigiri ==the Hunas attack the Guptas-- Late Gupta coins -- Huna coins ==Paintings at Ajanta ==Sarnath-- SARNATH ==Deogarh-- DEOGARH ==The great gods evolve-- The PANTHEON
500- 599	==Indian Ocean trading communities -- TRADE BY RIVER AND SEA ==the Hunas ==the Bhakti movement begins in the South ==Elephanta-- ELEPHANTA ==Badami-- BADAMI
600- 699	==Goddess-worship ==Harshavardhana ==Harsha and Tai-Tsung ==Barlaam and Joasaaph ==The first coins of Muslim rulers ==Hsuan Tsang ==Mamallapuram-- MAMALLAPURAM ==Aihole ==Ellora-- ELLORA ==Tamil literature
700- 799	==Muhammad bin Qasim in Sind-- Muhammad bin Qasim =="Arabic" numerals--and much more ==the Salt Range temples ==Kashmir under Lalitaditya ==Osian-- OSIAN ==Kailashnath Temple at Ellora-- KAILASHNATH ==Bhubaneshwar and Puri-- BHUBANESHWAR ==Dynasties constantly rising and falling ==Shankaracharya-- Shankaracharya
800- 899	==The Parsis appear ==The Palas patronize Buddhism ==The Rajputs make their presence felt ==The Muslim world expands ==Bilhana
900- 999	==Mansur al-Hallaj passes through Sind ==Delhi emerges ==Khajuraho is begun-- KHAJURAHO ==Subuktigin rules in Ghazni-- Subuktigin ==the Bhagavata Purana is completed ==the Chola dynasty ==Abhinavagupta
1000- 1099	==The Brihadishvara Temple, Thanjavur-- SOUTHERN TEMPLES ==The Kandariya Mahadeva Temple at Khajuraho-- KANDARIYA ==Mahmud Ghaznavi-- The GHAZNAVIDS ==Mahmud's numerous raids ==Rajendra I Chola's military conquests ==al-Biruni's "Tarikh al-Hind" ==Jain temples-- JAIN TEMPLES ==Hazrat Data Ganj Bakhsh in Lahore, and "Kashf al-Majhub" ==the Silk Road-- CAMELS
1100- 1199	==Miniature paintings ==Angkor Wat ==Ramanuja ==Jayadeva's "Gita Govinda" ==the Jagannath temple, Puri-- JAGANNATH ==the Lingayats appear ==Muhammad Ghuri's military successes ==Qutb ud-Din Aibak occupies Delhi ==Hazrat Mu'in ud-Din Chishti-- AJMER and the DARGAH of Hazrat MU'IN UD-DIN ==Adhai Din ka Jhompra, Ajmer-- Adhai Din ka Jhompra
1200- 1299	==Qutb ud-Din Aibak and the Qubbat ul-Islam Mosque-- The early DELHI SULTANATE and the SEVEN CITIES of DELHI ==the Qutb Minar, symbol of Delhi-- The QUTB MINAR complex ==the Mongols sweep down from the north ==Sultana Raziya ==the Mongols sack Lahore ==Baba Farid ==Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya-- The DARGAH of Hazrat NIZAMUDDIN; SUFISM ==the Sun Temple at Konarak-- Konarak ==Amir Khusrau ==Trade routes ==Namdev and Jnandev ==Marco Polo stops by
1300- 1399	==Tamil in Sri Lanka ==More trouble from the Mongols =='Ala ud-Din Khilji-- The DELHI SULTANATE and the SEVEN CITIES of DELHI in the 1300's ==More cities of Delhi ==Daulatabad: Delhi in the Deccan?-- DAULATABAD ==Muhammad Shah's bronze coin experiment ==Ibn Battuta visits ==The Bahmanids form a new kingdom in the Deccan-- Gulbarga ==Vijayanagar dazzles visitors-- HAMPI ==Jain painting-- JAIN ART ==Lal Ded ==Sir John Mandeville ==Muslims in Bengal ==Timur sacks Delhi
1400- 1499	==The Delhi Sultanate in decline-- The late DELHI SULTANATE and the SEVEN CITIES of DELHI ==Mandu-- MANDU ==Ahmedabad-- AHMEDABAD -- JAUNPUR ==Jodhpur and other Rajput forts-- RAJPUT FORTS ==the Muslim world has adjusted ==the Bhakti movement sweeps the North-- BHAKTI ==Kabir-- Kabir ==Guru Nanak ==Surdas and Krishna-bhakti-- KRISHNA-BHAKTI ==Chaitanya and Bengali Vaishnavism ==the Hatha-Yoga-Pradipika-- Yoga ==the Bahmanids break apart-- BIDAR ==Vasco da Gama arrives-- VASCO DA GAMA
1500- 1599	==the Deccani Sultanates flourish-- GOLCONDA -- BIJAPUR ==the Portuguese in Goa-- The PORTUGUESE in GOA ==Munster's Cosmographia ==Mirabai ==Babur and the "Babur Namah"-- BABUR ==Humayun-- HUMAYUN ==Sher Shah Suri ==Bombay is seized-- BOMBAY ==Manjhan's "Madhumalati" ==Gulbadan composes ==Humayun returns, conquers, dies ==Sidi Ali Reis composes ==Luis de Camoens composes ==Akbar-- AKBAR -- the LAHORE FORT ==Vijayanagar is sacked ==Fatahpur Sikri-- FATAHPUR SIKRI ==Tulsidas and the "Ramcharitmanas" ==Keshavdas at Orchha-- ORCHHA ==the Golden Temple-- The GOLDEN TEMPLE and Sikhism ==Deccani miniature painting ==Abu'l-Fazl's chronicles ==Mughal power in Bengal
1600- 1699	==the British East India Company ==Mughal influence in Bengal ==Jahangir-- JAHANGIR ==Sir Thomas Roe-- Sir Thomas Roe ==Shah Jahan-- SHAH JAHAN ==the Taj Mahal and the Agra Fort-- The TAJ MAHAL -- The AGRA FORT ==Fort St. George-- MADRAS ==Sir Thomas Browne ==Shahjahanabad-- SHAHJAHANABAD and the RED FORT ==Dara Shikoh ==Aurangzeb-- AURANGZEB ==Francois Bernier ==Tavernier's travels ==Aurangzeb and "the communalization of history" ==Sarmad ==Shivaji and the Marathas-- THE MARATHAS ==Rajasthani painting develops ==Goddess worship and tantra-- TANTRA ==the French, in Pondicherry and elsewhere-- The FRENCH ==Guru Gobind Singh ==Calcutta is founded-- CALCUTTA
1700- 1799	==After Aurangzeb-- LATER MUGHALS ==Local rulers and trading networks-- LOCAL RULERS -- TRADING NETWORKS -- THE MALABAR COAST -- THE COROMANDEL COAST ==Bernard Picart-- Picart -- EUROPEAN COLLECTIONS OF KNOWLEDGE ==Punjabi poetry ==the Navabs of Avadh-- AVADH and the Navabs in the 1700's -- SHI'A ISLAM ==Mir and the Urdu ghazal ==the Nizams of Hyderabad-- HYDERABAD and the Nizams ==Jaipur and the Jantar Mantars-- JAIPUR and the JANTAR MANTARS ==Baji Rao sacks the Delhi suburbs ==Nadir Shah sacks Delhi ==Ahmad Shah Abdali sacks Delhi repeatedly ==Clive and the Battle of Plassey-- COMPANY RULE ==Dean Mahomed ==the first Resident in Avadh ==Col. Polier and his letters-- Col. Polier ==Claude Martin and his schools-- Claude Martin ==Sir William Jones-- Sir William Jones ==Ghulam Qadir sacks Delhi ==Tipu Sultan-- TIPU SULTAN ==James Achilles Kirkpatrick ==Francois Balthasar Solvyns-- Solvyns
1800- 1899	==Fort William College ==Ranjit Singh-- RANJIT SINGH'S KINGDOM ==Raja Ram Mohun Roy ==Macaulay's "Minute on Education" ==Mirza Asadullah Khan "Ghalib"-- GHALIB ==Bahadur Shah "Zafar" ==the First Anglo-Afghan War-- THE NORTHWEST FRONTIER ==Kashmir is sold-- KASHMIR ==Princess Gouramma of Coorg converts-- Coorg princess ==Avadh is seized ==the Rebellion of 1857-- The REBELLION OF 1857 ==England as imperial power-- BRITISH RULE -- The PRINCES -- AVADH and the Navabs in the 1800's ==Deoband is founded ==the Arya Samaj is founded ==Sri Ramakrishna =="Kashidarpana"-- VARANASI -- PERSPECTIVES ON HINDUISM ==Toru Dutt ==Victoria becomes Empress ==Aligarh M.A.O. College is founded-- ALIGARH M.A.O. COLLEGE -- STYLES OF EDUCATION ==Madame Blavatsky visits ==Azad and Hali ==the Indian National Congress is founded-- The INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT ==Rudyard Kipling-- Kipling ==New voices begin to be heard-- WOMEN'S SPACES -- DAILY LIFE -- DRAWINGS
1900- 1999	==Annie Besant ==Sister Nivedita ==Rabindranath Tagore ==Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi-- GANDHI ==Sarojini Naidu ==Abdul Ghaffar Khan-- Abdul Ghaffar Khan ==Dr. B. R. Ambedkar-- Dr. B. R. AMBEDKAR ==Paramahansa Yogananda ==Sir Muhammad Iqbal-- IQBAL (and beyond) ==Independence and Partition-- PARTITION and INDEPENDENCE ==Nirad Chaudhuri ==Jawaharlal Nehru ==Abul Kalam Azad-- Abul Kalam Azad ==Bangladesh is born ==Nek Chand's rock garden in Chandigarh ==The Babri Masjid is destroyed ==Visions of South Asia-- DRAWINGS; PHOTOGRAPHS; FANTASIES

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