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Polity South Asia

Cholas

299 BCE – 1279 CE · 1,578 years

Tamil dynasty of South India

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How these dates were made

Real dates from Wikidata, checked against the atlas.

These are real dates: Cholas's founding and dissolution are recorded in Wikidata, and accepted here only because they agree with the centuries the atlas independently drew it in. The atlas itself draws the world at 4 moments in time, not continuously. The strip below covers those snapshots — 500 CE to 1100 CE — which sits inside the fuller span above.

500 CE 4 snapshots · 200 years unattested at the widest 1100 CE
500 CE700 CE900 CE1100 CE

Elsewhere in South Asia at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Landmark · South Asia

Taxila

600 BCE – 500 CE

Polity · South Asia

Tibet

Attested 1000 CE – 1960 CE

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

Polity · South Asia

Zhangzhung Kingdom

500 BCE – 625 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 299 BCE and 1279 CE.

262 BCE Kalinga War 250 BCE Mahabodhi Temple 200 BCE Ajanta Caves 200 BCE Amaravati Stupa 100 BCE Dambulla Cave Temple 30 CE Kushan Empire Conquests

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 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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