 Text search
 Related images
 HistoryWorld
 Link
 Map
Click the icons to visit linked content. Hover to see the search terms. |
|  |
| | | | | | | |
|
| c. 300 BC |
| | | The Indian epic of romance and adventure, the Ramayana, is probably the work of a single author at about this time | |
| |
|
| 272 BC |
| | | Asoka, a devotee of Buddhism, wins the Mauryan throne and establishes India's first empire | |
| |
|
| c. 250 BC |
| | | Asoka, extending his rule over much of India, proclaims his Buddhist faith on pillars and in rock inscriptions | |
| |
|
| c. 250 BC |
| | | The digits known now as Arabic numerals make their first tentative appearance in India | |
| |
|
| c. 250 BC |
| | | Buddhism reaches Sri Lanka as a result of the missionary efforts of the Indian ruler, Asoka | |
| |
|
| c. 200 BC |
| | | Indian cavalrymen ride with their big toes in loops of leather or fabric - a first step towards the stirrup | |
| |
|
| 176 BC |
| | | The Yuezhi, defeated by the Xiongnu, move west - before eventually descending into Bactria and northwest India | |
| |
|
| c. 100 BC |
| | | Hindu temple sculptors develop a sinuous and full-bodied style for the naked female form | |
|  | Khajurao
Fotofile CG
|
|
|
| c. 50 BC |
| | | The Great Stupa at Sanchi is the earliest surviving Buddhist stupa | |
|  | Sanchi
Photograph Beryl Pethick
|
|
|
| c. 50 BC |
| | | A doctrinal split emerges within Jainism over whether a devotee must go naked (sky clad) or may be allowed a simple robe (white clad) | |
| |
|
| | | | | |
| |