History timeline

India

14 periods and events, 2601 BCE – 1949.

Periods and events

When	Period or event	Kind	Source
2601–1901 BCE	Indus Valley Civilization印度河流域文明 Bronze Age urban civilization (Harappa, Mohenjo-daro) across the northwest of the subcontinent.	Dynasty or era	Source
1501–501 BCE	Vedic period吠陀时期 Composition of the Vedas and the spread of early Indo-Aryan culture and religion.	Other	Source
601–346 BCE	Mahajanapadas十六雄国 Sixteen great kingdoms and republics of the northern subcontinent; era of the Buddha and Mahavira.	Politics	Source
323–186 BCE	Maurya Empire孔雀王朝 First empire to unify most of the subcontinent; peaks under Ashoka.	Dynasty or era	Source
31 BCE – 320	Kushan and Satavahana empires贵霜与百乘王朝 Powers of the north and the Deccan bridging the Maurya and Gupta eras.	Dynasty or era	Source
320 – 650	Classical: Gupta Empire古典时期：笈多帝国	Dynasty or era
650 – 1200	Early medieval period中世纪早期	Other
728 – 1947	Mewar dynasty梅瓦尔王朝	Dynasty or era
1632 – 1653	Taj Mahal built泰姬陵建造	Other
1858 – 1947	British Raj英属印度	Colonial
1869 – 1948	Mahatma Gandhi圣雄甘地	Movement
1885 – 1947	Indian independence movement印度独立运动	Movement
1947 – 1947	Partition: Union of India and Dominion of Pakistan印巴分治：印度联邦与巴基斯坦自治领	Politics
1947 – 1949	First Kashmir War (Indo-Pakistani War)第一次克什米尔战争（印巴战争）	War