The Rock Shelters at Bhimbetka.

These 3300 BC to The Early Harappan

are situated at the foothills of the Indus Valley Civilization 3300 BC Phase, which lasted for
1700 BC about 700 years,
9000 BC to Vindhyan Mountains. There are five to 2600
7000 BC groups of rock shelters that are BC starting with the Ravi
adorned with paintings are date from Phase.
the Mesolithic Period.

Formation of the
600 Sixteen Maha 100 Vedic Period, when the sacred
1700 BC
BC Janapadas – The Great 0 Iron Age in India Vedic Sanskrit Texts in India
– 500 BC
Kingdoms BC were compiled.
The founder of
563 Buddhism –
BC Siddhartha Gautama
was born

The Kushan Empire

Chandra Gupta Emperor Ashoka embraced 68
265 is established by
Maurya Buddhism after the Battle AD
321 BC Kujula Kadphises
BC established the of Kalinga
Maurya Empire

1288 Marco Polo came to

AD India

Maratha Empire 1336 to

India gained 1674 Vijayanagar Empire
was 1565 AD
independence AD
1947 established
AD and witnessed
partition

Present day