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Landmark South Asia religious

Lumbini

563 BCE – still standing

Birthplace of the Buddha in Nepal, one of the four holiest Buddhist pilgrimage sites marked by the Ashokan pillar from the 3rd century BC

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Who held this ground

Borders from dated snapshots, up to a century apart; precision varies.

Reconstruction

  1. Before it was built (3000 BCE–700 BCE)
  2. Kosala (500 BCE) Border precision: Approximate
  3. Proto-Tibetan cultures (400 BCE) Border precision: Approximate
  4. No border recorded here in this snapshot (323 BCE–300 BCE)
  5. Thai (200 BCE) Border precision: Approximate
  6. No border recorded here in this snapshot (100 BCE)
  7. Hindu kingdoms (1 BCE–100 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  8. Magadha (200 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  9. Gupta Empire (300 CE–400 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  10. No border recorded here in this snapshot (500 CE)
  11. Kanauj (600 CE–700 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  12. Tibetan Empire (800 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  13. Tibet (900 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  14. Rajput Kingdoms (1000 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  15. Gahadavalas (1100 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  16. Nepal (1200 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  17. Sultanate of Delhi (1279 CE–1400 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  18. Nepal (1492 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  19. Sultanate of Delhi (1500 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  20. Mughal Empire (1530 CE–1600 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  21. Nepal (1650 CE) Border precision: Defined
  22. Mughal Empire (1700 CE–1715 CE) Border precision: Defined
  23. Nepal (1783 CE–2026 CE) Border precision: Defined
Border precision
  • Defined
  • Approximate

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

Trade route · South Asia

Grand Trunk Road

300 BCE

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

Ajanta Caves

200 BCE – still standing

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 563 BCE and 2026 CE.

528 BCE Bodh Gaya (Mahabodhi Temple) 528 BCE Sarnath 500 BCE Anuradhapura 305 BCE Seleucid–Maurya War 300 BCE Sanchi Stupa

And in the rest of the world

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

Petra Landmark · Middle East 300 BCE – 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 Buddha Figure · Northern India / Nepal 563 BCE – 483 BCE Colosseum Landmark · Europe 80 CE – still standing
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