Timeline of India
Date	Period	Buildings	Texts				Person
5000	Early Harappan Culture
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3000
2900
2800
2700
2600	Indus River	Mohenjo Daro; Harappa; Kalibangan
2500	Civilisa-tions
2400
2300
2200
2100
2000
1900
1800
1700	Post- Urban
1600	Period
1500
1400			Vedic Hymns
1300
1200
1100				Brah-manas
1000
900
800			The Upani-shads
700
600
500
400					Mahabha-rata		Buddha (563-483)
300	Mauryan Period				&		Mahavira (540-468
200		Lion Column at Lauriya Nandangarh, Nepal, 243 BC	Dharma Shastras	Ramayana	Bhagavad Gita
100		Great Stupa at Sanchi & Karli, 78 BC				Yoga Sutras
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100
200		Ajanta 250 AD				Puranas
300	Gupta Period			Kama Sutra
400		Ajanta & Vishnu temple at Deogarth.
500			Tantras
600		Mamalla-puram, 625-674
700		Kailasanath Temple at Ellura, c. 750-850 & Temle Compound at Bhuva-nesvar					Shankara (788-820)
800				Khajuraho
900	Chola Period			Temples
1000		Kandariya Mahadeo temple at Khajuraho
1100		Dilwarra (Jain) Temple at Mount Abu, 1032			Rise of Virashaiva
1200		Temple of the Sun at Konarak
1300	Vijayana-gar Empire
1400	1336-1646						Chaitanya (1486-1533)
1500	The Mughal Empire,
1600	1526-1761
1700		Madura temples & Golden Temple at Amritsar (1766)
1800	British Colonial Rule						Ghandi (1869-1948)
1900
2000	Indepen-dence