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Landmark South Asia religious

Sarnath

528 BCE – still standing

Where the Buddha delivered his first sermon setting the Wheel of Dharma in motion, featuring the Dhamek Stupa and Ashoka's Lion Capital

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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

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 528 BCE and 2026 CE.

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

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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