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  • A TIMELINE OF THE EAST

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    C. 2500–1700 BC:
    Some of the earliest cities develop near the Indus River
    C. 1500 BC:
    The oldest sacred books of Hinduism are written in Sanskrit
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    600–500 BC:
    The game of chess appears in the North of India
    528 BC:
    Buddha gives his first sermon in Sarnath
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    326 BC:
    Alexander the Great invades India and nearly faces defeat
    C. 320 AD:
    The Gupta Empire in northern India begins
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    629:
    The first mosque in India is built
    1526:
    Bābur creates the Mughal Empire
    C. 1548:
    Guru Nanak begins teaching Sikhism
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    1600:
    The East India Company receives a Royal Charter to trade in India
    1611:
    Nur Jahan marries the Mughal emperor
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    1653:
    The Taj Mahal is completed
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    1848:
    Savitribai Phule opens the first school for girls
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    1858:
    The British Crown rules India
    1905:
    The Swadeshi Movement begins
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    1930:
    C. V. Raman
    receives the Nobel Prize in Physics
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    1939-1945
    Over 2 million Indian soldiers fight in WWII
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    1947:
    India and Pakistan gain independence
    1971: Bangladesh breaks from Pakistan to become its own nation
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    2013:
    India’s Space agency launches a Mars space probe