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Polity South Asia

Gupta Empire

300 CE – 550 CE · 250 years

Ancient Indian empire (c. 3rd century CE – 575 CE)

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How these dates were made

Real dates from Wikidata, checked against the atlas.

These are real dates: Gupta Empire'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 3 moments in time, not continuously. The strip below covers those snapshots — 300 CE to 500 CE — which sits inside the fuller span above.

300 CE 3 snapshots 500 CE
300 CE400 CE500 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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Taxila

600 BCE – 500 CE

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Suren Kingdom

Attested 1 BCE – 400 CE

Conflict · South Asia

Hephthalite Wars

420 CE – 560 CE

Landmark · South Asia

Pashupatinath Temple

400 CE – still standing

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Saka Kingdom

199 BCE – 400 CE

Conflict · South Asia

Kushan Empire Conquests

30 CE – 375 CE

Landmark · South Asia

Sigiriya

477 CE – still standing

Polity · South Asia

Western Gangas

350 CE – 1000 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 300 CE and 550 CE.

300 CE Temple of the Tooth 300 CE Tirumala Venkateswara Temple 335 CE Gupta Campaigns of Samudragupta 368 CE Polonnaruwa 400 CE Pashupatinath Temple 420 CE Hephthalite Wars

And in the rest of the world

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

Statue of Zeus at Olympia Landmark · Europe 435 BCE – 426 CE Meroe Polity · Middle East 500 BCE – 400 CE Amber Road Trade route · Europe 1000 BCE – 400 CE Fall of the Western Roman Empire Conflict · Europe 376 CE – 476 CE Olympia Landmark · Europe 776 BCE – 393 CE Persia Polity · Middle East 400 CE – 1914 CE
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