A TIMELINE OF THE EAST
C. 2500–1700 BC:
Some of the earliest cities develop near the Indus RiverC. 1500 BC:
The oldest sacred books of Hinduism are written in Sanskrit600–500 BC:
The game of chess appears in the North of India528 BC:
Buddha gives his first sermon in Sarnath326 BC:
Alexander the Great invades India and nearly faces defeatC. 320 AD:
The Gupta Empire in northern India begins629:
The first mosque in India is built1526:
Bābur creates the Mughal EmpireC. 1548:
Guru Nanak begins teaching Sikhism1600:
The East India Company receives a Royal Charter to trade in India1611:
Nur Jahan marries the Mughal emperor1653:
The Taj Mahal is completed1848:
Savitribai Phule opens the first school for girls1858:
The British Crown rules India1905:
The Swadeshi Movement begins1930:
C. V. Raman
receives the Nobel Prize in Physics1939-1945
Over 2 million Indian soldiers fight in WWII1947:
India and Pakistan gain independence1971: Bangladesh breaks from Pakistan to become its own nation2013:
India’s Space agency launches a Mars space probe