When Flashcards
Mauryan dynasty
321-185 BCE
Chandragupta Maurya
Reigned 321-297 BCE
Arthashastra
321-297 BCE
Ashoka Maurya
Reigned 268-232 BCE (during mauryan dynasty)
Bactrian rule
182-1 CE (after Mauryan)
Kushan empire
1-300 CE (between Mauryan/Bactrian and Gupta)
Gupta dynasty
320-550 CE
Golden age of the Gupta
Late fourth/early fifth (during Gupta)
White Huns
Fourth-fifth century CE. (Same as Gupta golden age, during Gupta)
Trade in the Indian Ocean basin
Mauryan era
Mahabharata Ramayana
Early centuries CE (during Gupta)
Caste system
Early BCE-1900’s
Jainism
Seventh century BCE
Ahimsa
Seventh century BCE (same as Jainism)
Siddhartha Gautama
563-483 BCE
Four noble truths
Arose during buddhas life (563-483 BCE) and prevalent during Buddhist prominence
Noble eightfold path
Around 460 BCE (Buddhist prominence)
Mahayana Buddhism
3rd century BC (Mauryan)
Bhagavad Vita
350 BC (Mauryan)
Hindu ethics
Classical era