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Timeline and
cultural period
Northwestern India
(
Punjab
-
Sapta Sindhu
)
Indo-Gangetic Plain
Central India
Southern India
Upper Gangetic Plain
(
Ganga-Yamuna doab
)
Middle Gangetic Plain
Lower Gangetic Plain
IRON AGE
Culture
Late
Vedic Period
Late
Vedic Period
(
Srauta
culture)
[lower-alpha 1]
Painted Grey Ware culture
Late
Vedic Period
(
Shramanic culture
)
[lower-alpha 2]
Northern Black Polished Ware
Pre-history
6th century BCE
Gandhara
Kuru
-
Panchala
Magadha
Adivasi (tribes)
Assaka
Culture
Persian-Greek influences
"
Second Urbanisation
"
Rise of Shramana movements
Jainism
-
Buddhism
-
Ājīvika
-
Yoga
Pre-history
5th century BCE
(
Persian conquests
)
Shaishunaga dynasty
Adivasi (tribes)
Assaka
4th century BCE
(
Greek conquests
)
Nanda empire
HISTORICAL AGE
Culture
Spread of Buddhism
Pre-history
3rd century BCE
Maurya Empire
Satavahana dynasty
Sangam period
(300 BCE – 200 CE)
Early Cholas
Early Pandyan Kingdom
Cheras
Culture
Preclassical Hinduism
[lower-alpha 3]
-
"Hindu Synthesis"
[lower-alpha 4]
(ca. 200 BC - 300 CE)
[lower-alpha 5]
[lower-alpha 6]
Epics
-
Puranas
-
Ramayana
-
Mahabharata
-
Bhagavad Gita
-
Brahma Sutras
-
Smarta Tradition
Mahayana Buddhism
2nd century BCE
Indo-Greek Kingdom
Shunga Empire
Maha-Meghavahana Dynasty
Satavahana dynasty
Sangam period
(300 BCE – 200 CE)
Early Cholas
Early Pandyan Kingdom
Cheras
1st century BCE
1st century CE
Indo-Scythians
Indo-Parthians
Kuninda Kingdom
2nd century
Kushan Empire
3rd century
Kushano-Sasanian Kingdom
Kushan Empire
Western Satraps
Kamarupa
kingdom
Adivasi (tribes)
Culture
"Golden Age of Hinduism"
(ca. CE 320-650)
[lower-alpha 7]
Puranas
Co-existence of Hinduism and Buddhism
4th century
Kidarites
Gupta Empire
Varman dynasty
Andhra Ikshvakus
Kalabhra dynasty
Kadamba Dynasty
Western Ganga Dynasty
5th century
Hephthalite Empire
Alchon Huns
Vishnukundina
Kalabhra dynasty
6th century
Nezak Huns
Kabul Shahi
Maitraka
Adivasi (tribes)
Vishnukundina
Badami Chalukyas
Kalabhra dynasty
Culture
Late-Classical Hinduism
(ca. CE 650-1100)
[lower-alpha 8]
Advaita Vedanta
-
Tantra
Decline of Buddhism in India
7th century
Indo-Sassanids
Vakataka dynasty
Empire of Harsha
Mlechchha dynasty
Adivasi (tribes)
Badami Chalukyas
Eastern Chalukyas
Pandyan Kingdom (Revival)
Pallava
8th century
Kabul Shahi
Pala Empire
Eastern Chalukyas
Pandyan Kingdom
Kalachuri
9th century
Gurjara-Pratihara
Rashtrakuta dynasty
Eastern Chalukyas
Pandyan Kingdom
Medieval Cholas
Chera Perumals of Makkotai
10th century
Ghaznavids
Pala dynasty
Kamboja-Pala dynasty
Kalyani Chalukyas
Eastern Chalukyas
Medieval Cholas
Chera Perumals of Makkotai
Rashtrakuta
References and sources for table
References
↑
Samuel
↑
Samuel
↑
Michaels (2004) p.39
↑
Hiltebeitel (2002)
↑
Michaels (2004) p.39
↑
Hiltebeitel (2002)
↑
Michaels (2004) p.40
↑
Michaels (2004) p.41
Sources
Flood, Gavin D. (1996),
An Introduction to Hinduism
, Cambridge University Press
Hiltebeitel, Alf
(2002),
Hinduism. In: Joseph Kitagawa, "The Religious Traditions of Asia: Religion, History, and Culture"
, Routledge
Michaels, Axel (2004),
Hinduism. Past and present
, Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press
Samuel, Geoffrey (2010),
The Origins of Yoga and Tantra. Indic Religions to the Thirteenth Century
, Cambridge University Press
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