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Events

Indus Valley civilization

3000 b.c.e - 1500 b.c.e.

one of the world's oldest, arose and flourished.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/Mohenjodaro_Sindh.jpeg

Indus River Civilization

2300 BCE - 1750 BCE

Two main cities were Harappa and Mohenjo-daro. The civilization ended because of the climate and invasion by non-Indus people
https://perpetuallyperipatetic.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/sind-101-climate_change-stack.jpg

Aryan migrations

2000 bc - 1400 bc

that is, migrations into the Indian subcontinent of people speaking an Indo-European language.
http://www.sindhulogy.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Indo-Aryan-Migration-Into-Nepal.jpg

The Rig Veda

1500 bc - 1200 bc

The Rig Veda, or first book of the Vedas, is composed.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Rigveda_MS2097.jpg/800px-Rigveda_MS2097.jpg

Brahmanism

900 BCE

Early Hinduism. Usually seen with rituals beliefs in reincarnation, dharma, karma, and division into the four classes.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/Brahma_on_hamsa.jpg

The later Vedas, the Brahmanas, and the early Upanishads

900 bc - 500 bc

The later Vedas, the Brahmanas, and the early Upanishads are composed.

Brahmans emerged

800 bc - 600 bc

The Brahmans, a priestly caste, begin to emerge.

Hindu law books composed

500 bc - 500 ac

Hindu law books (e.g., The Laws of Manu) and epics (e.g. , the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, of which the Bhagavad-Gita is a part) are composed, and the six orthodox systems of philosophy are developed.

Mauryan Empire

324 BCE - 200 BCE

Chandragupta dominated North India, then it extended to the southern https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Maurya_Empire%2C_c.250_BCE_2.png/800px-Maurya_Empire%2C_c.250_BCE_2.png

Invasions of North India

200 BCE

Central Asian tribes invaded North India. Mostly Bactrian Greeks, Sakas, and Kushans. They established a dynasty.

Gupta Empire

320 CE - 500 CE

The "classical period" started with the domination of North India, done by the Guptas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gupta_Empire#/media/File:Gupta_empire_map.png

Invasion of Huns

455 CE - 528 CE

Central Asian tribes and the Huns took down and destroyed the Gupta Empire.

Delhi Sultanate

1206 - 1526

The period of the Delhi Sultanate, when political power became centralized under a series of Muslim rulers, most of whom were Turkish.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/A_View_from_Daulatabad_Fort.jpg/1024px-A_View_from_Daulatabad_Fort.jpg

Vijayanagar Empire

1336 - 1646

In Southern Asia the Hindu kingdom started to rise. Destruction of the capital city in 1565 ended the Independent of Muslim rulers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vijayanagara_Empire#/media/File:Vijayanagara-empire-map.svg

Mughal Empire

1526

The Mughal Empire is founded when Babur, a descendant of Timur (or Tamerlane), defeats Ibrahim Lodi, the last Delhi Sultan, at the battle of Panipat.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Alam_of_the_Mughal_Empire.svg

Trade with East India Company

1600

Queen Elizabeth I grants a charter to the English East India Company for trade with the East Indies.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/Captain_Every_%28Works_of_Daniel_Defoe%29.png

Jahangir to the Mughal throne.

1605

Accession of Jahangir to the Mughal throne.
http://www-tc.pbs.org/treasuresoftheworld/taj_mahal/images/taj_page_pix/sj_jahangir.jpg

Shah Jahan to the Mughal throne.

1628

Accession of Shah Jahan to the Mughal throne.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/Shah_Jahan_op_de_pauwentroon.jpg

Madras is founded, as Fort St. George, by the East India Company.

1639

Shah Jahan falls ill and a fraternal struggle for succession to the Mughal throne begins.

1657

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Payag%2C_Shah_Jahan_on_Horseback%2C_Folio_from_the_Shah_Jahan_Album_ca._1630%2C_Metmuseum.jpg/800px-Payag%2C_Shah_Jahan_on_Horseback%2C_Folio_from_the_Shah_Jahan_Album_ca._1630%2C_Metmuseum.jpg

Battle of Plassey

1757

East India company gets controls of Bengal because of the victory over Nawab of Bengal. Begins the expansions of British power in India.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/Clive.jpg

British Rule

1858 - 1947

Britain possesses total control over India.

India is under direct rule of the British

1858

India tried doing mutiny and failed so Britain rules them now.
Again, Britain is taking control of everything.

Second Anglo-Afghan War

1878 - 1880

This treaty gave Britain control of Afghan foreign affairs.
How is Britain a part of Asia? Isn't Britain in Europe?
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Battle_in_Afghanistan.jpg

Indian National Congress formed

1885

According to bbc.com, the "Indian National Congress [was] founded as forum for emerging nationalist feeling."

Mahatma Gandi

1920 - 1922

According to bbc.com, Mahatma Gandi launched an, "anti-British civil disobedience campaign" that lasted from 1920 to 1922 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Portrait_Gandhi.jpg/800px-Portrait_Gandhi.jpg

Zahir Shah

1933

According to bbc.com, Zahir Shah became the king of Afghanistan in 1933, and "Afghan a monarchy for the next four decades."

Mahatma Gandi's death

1948

Mahatma Gandi was assassinated in 1948
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Gandhi_Smriti_Delhi.jpg/450px-Gandhi_Smriti_Delhi.jpg

30 people killed in protests about the burning of copies of the Koran

February 2012

The US were burning copies of the book of Koran because it was believed that the prisoners were passing notes through them.

Taliban capture major northern city of Kunduz

September 2015

This is the first major thing that the Taliban has done since 2001 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5b/Afghan_Taliban_mujaheddin.jpg