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Landmark South Asia archaeological World Heritage

Ajanta Caves

200 BCE – still standing

Buddhist cave paintings and sculptures, a UNESCO masterpiece

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Elsewhere in South Asia at the time

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Landmark · South Asia

Taj Mahal

1632 CE – still standing

Polity · South Asia

Tibet

Attested 1000 CE – 1960 CE

Conflict · South Asia

Naxalite–Maoist Insurgency

1967 CE – 2026 CE

Landmark · South Asia

Taxila

600 BCE – 500 CE

Polity · South Asia

Hindu kingdoms

Attested 500 BCE – 1715 CE

Conflict · South Asia

2025 India–Pakistan Conflict

2025 CE

Landmark · South Asia

Ellora Caves

600 CE – still standing

Polity · South Asia

Simhala

Attested 500 BCE – 700 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 200 BCE and 2026 CE.

200 BCE Amaravati Stupa 100 BCE Dambulla Cave Temple 30 CE Kushan Empire Conquests 100 CE Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple 300 CE Temple of the Tooth

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Colosseum Landmark · Europe 80 CE – still standing Ottoman Empire Polity · Europe 1299 CE – 1922 CE Nile River Trade Trade route · Middle East 3000 BCE – 30 BCE World War I Conflict · Europe 1914 CE – 1918 CE Yose ben Yoezer Figure · Judea 200 BCE – 161 BCE Chichen Itza Landmark · Americas 600 CE – still standing
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