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Polity South Asia

Mauryan Empire

321 BCE – 100 BCE · 221 years

Ancient Indian empire (c. 321–185 BCE)

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How these dates were made

Real dates from Wikidata, checked against the atlas.

These are real dates: Mauryan 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 BCE to 100 BCE — which sits inside the fuller span above.

300 BCE 3 snapshots 100 BCE
300 BCE200 BCE100 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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Landmark · South Asia

Ajanta Caves

200 BCE – still standing

Polity · South Asia

Saka Kingdom

199 BCE – 400 CE

Conflict · South Asia

Seleucid–Maurya War

305 BCE – 303 BCE

Trade route · South Asia

Grand Trunk Road

300 BCE

Landmark · South Asia

Sanchi Stupa

300 BCE – still standing

Polity · South Asia

Hindu kingdoms and republics

Attested 323 BCE – 300 BCE

Conflict · South Asia

Kalinga War

262 BCE – 261 BCE

Landmark · South Asia

Sanchi Stupas

300 BCE – 1200 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 321 BCE and 100 BCE.

305 BCE Seleucid–Maurya War 300 BCE Sanchi Stupa 300 BCE Sanchi Stupas 300 BCE Ai-Khanoum 300 BCE Somnath Temple 300 BCE Swayambhunath

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 Greek city-states Polity · Europe 1500 BCE – 300 BCE Phoenician Trade Route Trade route · Middle East 800 BCE – 300 BCE Warring States Period Conflict · East Asia 475 BCE – 221 BCE Chandragupta Maurya Figure · India 340 BCE – 297 BCE Hanging Gardens of Babylon Landmark · Middle East 600 BCE – 320 BCE
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