10,000-4000 - BC Mesolithic culture.
4000 BC - Neolithic
3200 BC- Sumerians founded the world's first civilization. Beginning of Harappan Civilization - 3000-2600 BC.
2600-2500 BC - Harappan civilization in its most advanced stage - the rise of Chinese civilization by 2200 BC.
2000-1900 BC- The decline of the Harappan civilization and this was the Vedic tradition.
Beginning of the Vedic Age- 1500-500 BCE.
1200-900 BC - Four Samhitas Atharva Veda, Rig Veda, Samaveda and Yajur Veda (Atharva Veda, Rig Veda, Sama Veda, Yajur Veda) were composed – 1200 BC- the rise of the Hebrew civilization.
The Aryans migrated to the Ganges basin in 1000 BC.
The Upanishads were composed around 800-700 BC.
The earliest date is written in the Rigveda, 600 BC.
The rise of sixteen great kingdoms (Mahajanapadas) in 600 BC.
Buddha's life span 563-483 BC.
Reign of Bimbisara 540-493 BC - Establishment of the Roman Republic in 509 BC.
Life span of Mahavira, the twenty-fourth Jain Tirthankara, 540-468 BC
Buddha delivered the first sermon in 527 BC.
Gandhara was captured by the Achaemenid Empire in 517 BC.
The rise of the kingdom of Magadha at Pataliputra in 500 BC.
Reign of Ajatashatru in 490-459 BC.
The Mahabharata and Ramayana were composed by 400 BC.
Nanda dynasty rule in north and central India in 362-321 BC.
326 BC Alexander crosses the Indus River, Battle of Hydapes between Alexander and Porus - The Jhelum river is called Hydaspes in ancient Greek and Vitasta in Rigveda.
The reign of Chandragupta, the founder of the Maurya dynasty, in 321-297 BC.
Composed of Arthashastra in 321-296 BC.
In 302 BC, the Greek ambassador Megasthenes came to the court of Chandragupta, who was sent by the Hellenistic king Seleucus I. Megasthenes also composed Indica. - Construction of the Great Wall in China.
Bindusara's reign in 297-272 BC.
Reign of Ashoka 268-231 BC.
Conquest of Kalinga by Ashoka in 260 BC.
Formation of 14 inscriptions, along with the Kalinga inscriptions of Ashoka in 257-256 BC.
Establishment of the kingdom on the plains of the Oxus River (Amu Darya, greek- Oxus River) by the Bactrian Greeks in 250 BC.
200-190 BC Demetrius became the king of the Indians.
Reign of the most famous Indo-Greek ruler Menander, 166-155 BC.
Development and spread of Gandhara art 150 BC.
The reign of the last Indo-Bactrian king Heliokles in 140-130 BC.
94 BC Ruled by the Maues, Shaka or Indo-Parthian kings in north-west India.
78 AD Kanishka established the Kushan dynasty as the "King of Gandhara".
50 BC - 50 AD Trade with the Roman Empire at its height.
5 BC-AD 29, The Life of Jesus and the Rise of Christianity.
27 AD - 2 AD Satavahana (Andhra) dynasty.
68 AD, Death of St. Thomas at Mylapore, Madras.
150 AD, Rudraman established Sakya power in western India.
Establishment of a developed state in Andhra under Yajan in 174-203 BC.
The end of the Satavahana dynasty (Andhra Pradesh) in 225 BC.
255 BC–mid 6th century Vakataka rule of Bundelkhand.
Pallava dynasty established in 325 BC.
==Gupta dynasty==Gupta dynasty was founded by Shri Gupta
Establishment of Gupta Empire by Chandragupta I in 320-335 AD.
Composition of Puranas in 320 AD.
Reign of Samudragupta AD 335-380.
380–415 AD Golden period of the Gupta dynasty during the rule of Chandragupta II or Chandragupta Vikramaditya. Kalidas also lived in the court of Chandragupta II.
405-411 AD Arrival of the Chinese pilgrim Fa-hsien at the court of Chandragupta II in India.
Vallabhi Parishad of Jainism organized in 454 AD - the emergence of two separate sects - Shvetambara and Digambara.
455-467 AD, the reign of Skandagupta, Huns' invasion of northwestern India.
543-566 AD Establishment of the Chalukyas dynasty of Badami under Pulakeshin I.
560-574 AD Simhavishnu founded the Pallava dynasty at Kanchi.
600-630 AD Development of Pallava power under Mahendravarman - 570-632 AD Life time of Muhammad, 7-8th century Growth and spread of Islam