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Sanchi Stupa

300 BCE – still standing

The Great Stupa began under Ashoka in the third century BC and was enlarged in later periods.

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Taj Mahal

1632 CE – still standing

Polity · South Asia

Tibet

Attested 1000 CE – 1960 CE

Trade route · South Asia

Grand Trunk Road

300 BCE

Conflict · South Asia

Naxalite–Maoist Insurgency

1967 CE – 2026 CE

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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 300 BCE and 2026 CE.

300 BCE Sanchi Stupas 300 BCE Ai-Khanoum 300 BCE Somnath Temple 300 BCE Swayambhunath 262 BCE Kalinga War

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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 Chandragupta Maurya Figure · India 340 BCE – 297 BCE Chichen Itza Landmark · Americas 600 CE – still standing
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