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Landmark South Asia archaeological

Sanchi Stupas

300 BCE – 1200 CE · 1,500 years

Buddhist monument complex in central India, crowned by the Great Stupa commissioned by Emperor Ashoka

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Elsewhere in South Asia at the time

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Landmark · South Asia

Taxila

600 BCE – 500 CE

Polity · South Asia

Tibet

Attested 1000 CE – 1960 CE

Trade route · South Asia

Grand Trunk Road

300 BCE

Conflict · South Asia

Hephthalite Wars

420 CE – 560 CE

Landmark · South Asia

Ajanta Caves

200 BCE – still standing

Polity · South Asia

Simhala

Attested 500 BCE – 700 CE

Conflict · South Asia

Ghaznavid Conquests of India

1001 CE – 1030 CE

Landmark · South Asia

Ellora Caves

600 CE – still standing

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 300 BCE and 1200 CE.

300 BCE Sanchi Stupa 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 Meroe Polity · Middle East 500 BCE – 400 CE Nile River Trade Trade route · Middle East 3000 BCE – 30 BCE Warring States Period Conflict · East Asia 475 BCE – 221 BCE Chandragupta Maurya Figure · India 340 BCE – 297 BCE Chichen Itza Landmark · Americas 600 CE – still standing
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