3000 BC - The earliest civilization in India seems to have grown out of small communities that had settled in the Indus Valley.
3000 BC - Farming communities are established in northwest India.
2500 BC - The first toys were made of baked clay.
2400 BC - The Indus Valley civilization reaches it's peak.
1800 BC - Signs of decline appear in some Indus Valley sites.
1500 BC - Indo-Europeans, calling themselves Aryans, occupied the area.
1000 BC - Then the Aryans began to drift east as far as the Ganges.
480 BC - A new religion was formed ,Buddhism.The first Buddha was an Indian prince, Siddhartha Gautama.
250 BC - Asoka wages war against the Kingdom of Kalinga, which is now modern day Orissa.
248 BC - Asoka becomes ruler of Mauryan Empire in India.
248 BC - Asoka makes Edicts to announce Buddhism to his Empire.
220 BC - Asoka ( grandson of Alexander the Great) conquered most of the subcontinent.He was a great leader. Later in his life he committed to Buddhism and left military conquest.
3000 BC - Farming communities are established in northwest India.
2500 BC - The first toys were made of baked clay.
2400 BC - The Indus Valley civilization reaches it's peak.
1800 BC - Signs of decline appear in some Indus Valley sites.
1500 BC - Indo-Europeans, calling themselves Aryans, occupied the area.
1000 BC - Then the Aryans began to drift east as far as the Ganges.
480 BC - A new religion was formed ,Buddhism.The first Buddha was an Indian prince, Siddhartha Gautama.
250 BC - Asoka wages war against the Kingdom of Kalinga, which is now modern day Orissa.
248 BC - Asoka becomes ruler of Mauryan Empire in India.
248 BC - Asoka makes Edicts to announce Buddhism to his Empire.
220 BC - Asoka ( grandson of Alexander the Great) conquered most of the subcontinent.He was a great leader. Later in his life he committed to Buddhism and left military conquest.