2500BC
Indus civilization begins
1700BC
Indus civilization fell due to an Aryan invasion,
social and economic collapse
1500-600BC Vedic Period of Hindu
history
326BC
Alexander the Great defeats King Porus at
Hydaspes River
322BC
Candragupta overthrows the Nanda dynasty and
forms the kingdom of Magedha
270-233BC Asoka promotes
welfare. He holds all of India except Pakistan and the very south.
186BC
Sunyas replace Mauryas as rulers of India
320-335
Chandra Gupta I holds territory from the Ganges to
Bengal
647
Harsavardhana, the
last Hindu king, dies
1206
Muslims start the Dehli
Sultanate
1526
Baber founds the Mongolian
Mogul dynasty in India
1628-58
Shah Jahan rules India; builds the Taj Mahal
