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Polity South Asia

Gandhāra

750 BCE – 535 CE · 1,285 years

Ancient Indo-Aryan region and civilisation in South Asia

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How these dates were made

Real dates from Wikidata, checked against the atlas.

These are real dates: Gandhāra'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 one moment in time, not continuously. The strip below covers those snapshots — 500 BCE to 500 BCE — which sits inside the fuller span above.

500 BCE

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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Polity · South Asia

Hindu kingdoms

Attested 500 BCE – 1715 CE

Landmark · South Asia

Taxila

600 BCE – 500 CE

Conflict · South Asia

Hephthalite Wars

420 CE – 560 CE

Trade route · South Asia

Grand Trunk Road

300 BCE

Polity · South Asia

Simhala

Attested 500 BCE – 700 CE

Landmark · South Asia

Ajanta Caves

200 BCE – still standing

Conflict · South Asia

Kushan Empire Conquests

30 CE – 375 CE

Polity · South Asia

Zhangzhung Kingdom

500 BCE – 625 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 750 BCE and 535 CE.

600 BCE Taxila 563 BCE Lumbini 528 BCE Bodh Gaya (Mahabodhi Temple) 528 BCE Sarnath 500 BCE Anuradhapura 305 BCE Seleucid–Maurya War

And in the rest of the world

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

Great Wall of China Landmark · East Asia 700 BCE – still standing Meroe Polity · Middle East 500 BCE – 400 CE Nile River Trade Trade route · Middle East 3000 BCE – 30 BCE Conquests of Cyrus the Great Conflict · Middle East 559 BCE – 530 BCE Buddha Figure · Northern India / Nepal 563 BCE – 483 BCE Petra Landmark · Middle East 300 BCE – still standing
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