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200
320 - 200 BC: Maurya empire encompasses 80 percent of the subcontinent.
By now the empire has spread acros the hole of modern say india -
Period: 200 to
India BC.
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Period: 300 to
AD.
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500
circa 500 BC: oral poems and hymns committed to writing
People start to read and write normally and great poems and plays are written -
Jan 1, 1100
1100 BC events that inflouense the course of the history
circa 1100 BC: Rig Veda epic hymn composed. Indian society becoming Aryanized: (1) Sanskit writing, (2) deference to a priesthood (Brahmins), and (3) hierarchical social structure (caste system) -
Jan 1, 1192
1192: Muhammad of Ghor defeats combined rajput forces at Tarain, the most decisive battle in the history of India
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1905: Japan's victory over Russia in Russo-Japanese War convinces Indians that defeating a big European power is possible
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April 6, 1930: Gandhi begins civil disobedience movement against the salt tax, which had been in place since Mughal times
the begining of a revolotion -
1998: India tests nuclear bomb and missile delivery system
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1639-48: Shah Jahan builds new city at Delhi, including the Red Fort
Today its old Delhi -
Indus Valley culture. 3000-1700 BC
3000 - 1700 BC: Harappan civilization in the Indus valley (part of modern Pakistan) with brick-built cities laid out in precisely aligned north-south, east-west grids. Brick and street sizes are standardized throughout the region.