CENTER FOR SOUTH ASIA OUTREACH
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Children's Literature Celebration
Exploring South Asia
in the Classroom
Fulbright Hays Group Project Abroad
Timeline
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Indus Valley Civilization | 2500 - 1500 BCE |
| Composition of the Vedas | 1500 - 900 BCE |
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Birth of the Buddha (founder of Buddhism) and Mahavira (founder of Jainism) | c. 600 BCE |
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Alexander the Great reaches modern-day Pakistan and
north India |
c. 300 BCE |
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Ashoka rules the Mauryan Empire | c. 250 BCE |
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Invasions from Persia and Central Asia | 200 BCE - 100 CE |
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300 - 500 CE |
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Several minor kingdoms rule northern India | 600 - 900 CE |
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Sankara, the Hindu philosopher, writes commentaries on Sanskrit religious texts |
c. 800 CE |
Devotional movement in South Indian literature and religion |
600 - 1000 CE | |
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Cholas rule in South India | 900 - 1200 CE |
Turkish Muslims invade Pakistan and north India |
1000 - 1200 CE | |
| Islamic rule consolidated in north India |
1200 - 1400 CE | |
Marco Polo visits India |
1288 CE | |
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Vijayanagar Empire rules in South India | 1350 - 1700 CE |
Vasco Da Gama reaches India |
1498 CE | |
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c. 1500 CE |
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| Islamic Mughal Empire in north India |
1525 - 1750 CE
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Taj Mahal built by emperor Shah Jahan | 1632 CE |
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British, Dutch and French trading companies established | 1600 - 1650 CE |
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1858 | |
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1875 - 1900 | |
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Life of "Mahatma" Gandhi | 1869 - 1948 |
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1947 |
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Jawaharlal Nehru is Prime Minister of India |
1947 - 1964 |
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Indira Gandhi, Nehru's daughter is Prime Minister of India |
1966-1977 |
| Independence of Bangladesh from Pakistan | 1971 | |
| Ceylon becomes Sri Lanka | 1972 | |
| Emergency in India | 1975-1976 | |
| Soviet occupation of Afghanistan | 1979-1989 |
