TIMELINE

Earliest
Settlemen
ts

6500 BC Farmers in
Pakistan start
migrating to the Indus
Valley.

First
Recogniza
ble
Culture
4000 BC
Archeologists refer to
it as pre-Harappan.

First Signs
of
Urbanizati
on
3000 BC The
agricultural
advancements gave
the people time to
grow other areas of
their civilization.

500 Years
of
Prosperity

Indus
Valley
Civilizatio
n

2500 BC to 2000 BC
The Indus Valley
civilization was at its
peak.

1800 BC For reasons

unknown, the
civilization starts to
decline.

TIMELINE
326184
BC

1757

Mauryan
Empire, the
spread of
Buddhism.

Battle of
Plassey
British rule
begins

711
AD

Arab
invaders,
the
conquering
of Sindh
establishes
an Islamic
presence.

1612

East India
Trading
Company
opens first
post.

18571858

Indian
soldiers
revolt
against East
India
Trading
Company

Augus
t 15,
1947

India
becomes
an
independe
nt country