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The Maurya Empire (Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀫𑀸𑀕𑀥𑁂, Māgadhe[20]) was a geographically extensive Iron Age historical power in South Asia based in Magadha (present day Bihar). It was the fourth ruling dynasty of Magadha. Founded by Chandragupta Maurya in 322 BCE, it existed in loose-knit fashion until 185 BCE. [21]
India: Eastern Chalukya Empire: 624 1189 Vengi, Rajahmundry: Sanskrit, Telugu India: Karkota Empire: 625 885 Srinagar, Parihaspore: Sanskrit India Pakistan Afghanistan Bangladesh: Brahman Dynasty of Sindh: 632 724 Aror: Sanskrit India Pakistan. Srivijaya Empire: 650 1377 Palembang, Chaiya, Jambi: Old Malay, Sanskrit Indonesia Malaysia Singapore ...
Indian cultural influence (Greater India) Timeline of Indian history. Chandragupta Maurya overthrew the Nanda Empire and established the first great empire in ancient India, the Maurya Empire. India's Mauryan king Ashoka is widely recognised for his historical acceptance of Buddhism and his attempts to spread nonviolence and peace across
187–180 BCE. v. t. e. Mauryan Empire under Chandragupta Maurya. Chandragupta Maurya[ a ] (350–295 BCE) was the founder of the Maurya Empire, which ruled over a geographically-extensive empire based in Magadha. [ 6 ] He reigned from 320 BCE to 298 BCE. [ 7 ] The Magadha kingdom expanded to become an empire that reached its peak under the ...
The Gupta Empire was an ancient Indian empire on the Indian subcontinent which existed from the mid 3rd century CE to mid 6th century CE. It was the seventh ruling dynasty of Magadha. At its zenith, from approximately 319 to 467 CE, it covered much of the Indian subcontinent. [ 8 ] This period has been considered as the Golden Age of India by ...
The Indo-Greek Kingdom, or Graeco-Indian Kingdom, also known as the Yavana Kingdom (also Yavanarajya [4] after the word Yona, which comes from Ionians), was a Hellenistic-era Greek kingdom covering various parts of modern-day Afghanistan, Pakistan and northwestern India. [5][6][7][8][9][10] It existed from c. 200 BC to c. 10 AD.
Vijayanagara Empire. The Vijayanagara Empire (/ vɪˌdʒəjəˈnɑːɡərə /) was a late medieval Hindu empire that ruled much of southern India. It was established in 1336 by the brothers Harihara I and Bukka Raya I of the Sangama dynasty, members of a pastoralist cowherd community that claimed Gadaria lineage. [5][6][a]
The history of Hinduism covers a wide variety of related religious traditions native to the Indian subcontinent. [1] It overlaps or coincides with the development of religion in the Indian subcontinent since the Iron Age, with some of its traditions tracing back to prehistoric religions such as those of the Bronze Age Indus Valley Civilisation.