Dates Flashcards
1
Q
Dravidian and Non-Sanskrit terms seen in Vedic Texts
A
1500-500 BC
2
Q
Sangam Literature
A
300 BC - 600 AD
3
Q
Prakrit as Lingua Franca
A
3 BC
4
Q
Sanskrit as State Language
A
4th c AD
5
Q
Manusmriti tr. into Code of Gentoo Laws
A
1776
6
Q
Sepoy Mutiny
A
1857
7
Q
Asiatic Society of Bengal
A
1784
8
Q
Abhijnanashakuntalam tr.
A
1789
9
Q
Bhagavad Gita tr.
A
1785
10
Q
V.A. Smith - Early History of India
A
1904
11
Q
Bihar and Bengal u/ EIC
A
1765
12
Q
Bombay Asiatic Society
A
1804
13
Q
Asiatic Society of GB
A
1823
14
Q
Sanskrit Chairs
A
Early 1800s
15
Q
KP Jayaswal - Hindu Polity
A
1924
16
Q
History of the Institution of Marriage - V.K. Rajwade
A
1926
17
Q
The Wonder that was India - A.L. Basham
A
1951
18
Q
DD Kosambi - Introduction to the Study of Indian History
A
1957
19
Q
DD Kosambi - Civilization of Ancient India in Historical Outline
A
1965
20
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Writing enters Indus Culture
A
3500 BC
21
Q
Rig Veda
A
1500-1000 BC
22
Q
Yajur Veda
A
1000-500 BC
23
Q
Atharva Veda
A
1000-500 BC
24
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the Brahmanas (texts)
A
1000-500 BC
25
Aranyakas
1000-500 BC
26
Upanishads
1000-500 BC
27
Shrautasutras
600-300 BC
28
Grihyasutras
600-300 BC
29
Mahavira (as per lit. sources)
600 BC
30
Buddha (as per lit. sources)
600 BC
31
Dharmasutras
500-200 BC
32
Panini's Grammar
450 BC
33
Mahavira (as per archae. sources)
500 BC
34
Buddha (as per archae. sources)
500 BC
35
Alexander the Great's invasion
326 BC
36
Chandragupta Maurya becomes king
322 BC
37
Decipherable Writing in India
3rd c. BC
38
Vikrama Samvat
57-8 BC
39
Hathigumpha inscription - Kharavela of Kalinga
1st c. BC
40
Earliest Pali Buddhist texts
1st c. BC
41
Compilation of Kautilya's Arthashastra
1st c. AD
42
Shaka Samvat
78 AD
43
The Periplus of the Erythrean Sea
80-115 AD
44
Ptolemy's Geography
150 AD
45
Gupta Era begins
319 AD
46
Compilation of Mahabharata
400 AD
47
Compilation of Ramayana
400 AD
48
Compilation of major Puranas
400 AD
49
Earliest Indian manuscript in C. Asia
4th c. AD
50
Fa-Hsien
5th c. AD
51
Compilation of Prakrit Jaina texts in Valabhi
6th c. AD
52
Hsuan Tsang
629-645 AD
53
Harshacharitha - Banabhatta
7th c. AD
54
Mushika Vamsha - Atula
11th c. AD
55
Vikramankadevacharita - Bilhana
11-12 c. AD
56
Ramacharita - Sandhayakara Nandi
12th c. AD
57
Rajatarangani - Kalhana
12th c. AD
58
Ashokan inscriptions first deciphered - James Prinsep
1837
59
When did Ramayana composition begin?
5th c. BC
60
When did Fa-Hien visit?
399-415 AD
61
When did Huien Tsang visit?
630-645 AD
62
Kanishka year of accession to throne
78 AD
63
Year of Kalinga war
261 BC
64
Indus Valley Civilization
2500 - 1800 BC
65
When did first movement against vedic ritualistic practices start
600 BC
66
Ashoka's rule
268-232 BC
67
How long ago did the Indian subcontinent emerge as a separate geographical unit?
40 million years ago
68
When did the process of Gondwanaland breaking up into subunits take place
Between 225 to 40 million years ago
69
When did India join the Eurasian continent
58 - 37 million years ago
70
What time frame does the final uplift of the Himalayas cover?
c. 2 million-12000 BC
71
When did the Pallavas become prominent in North Tamil Nadu
4th - 6th centuries AD
72
When did Eastern Madhya Pradesh become historically significant?
Gupta era - 4th and 5th c. AD
73
When did Western MP become historically significant
Malwa, in W. MP has been historically significant since 6th c. BC
74
When did the Shakas and Satavahanas fight for Malwa
1st and 2nd c. AD
75
When did the Marathas and Rajputs fight for Malwa
18th c. AD (1700s)
76
When did Indian cultures begin to import tin on a large scale?
Early centuries AD
77
When was the earliest trace of gold found in Karnataka?
1800 BC
78
Earliest date of the Khetri Copper belts?
1000 AD
79
When was the direction of the monsoon discovered?
1 AD
80
When was the term Ecology coined?
1869
81
When was the last set of major climactic changes that occurred on a global scale?
9000 BC
82
when did the iron age of Gangetic plain begin
500 BC
83
when did the Saraswati join the Yamuna and Satluj, helping formation & growth of the Harappan Civilization?
2500 BC
84
When did Jain migration from Magadha to South India due to famine occur
300 AD
85
When were Tibeto-Burman oral legends and traditions written down by Christian missionaries?
19th c. AD
86
When did dispersal of Dravidian speakers occur into the subcontinent?
From 30,000 BC to 4,000 BC
87
During what time period did Middle Indo Aryan languages like Pali, Prakrit and Apabhramsa develop?
500 BC - 1000 AD
88
When did Austric people come to India
50,000 BC
89
When did Dravidians first come to India
30,000 BC
90
When did Dravidian Brahui speakers come to India
4,000 BC
91
First movement against vedic ritualistic practices
600 BC
92
When was Mohenjo-Daro discovered?
1922
93
When was Harappan civilization first discovered?
1920
94
Gupta era timeline
319-550 AD
95
Saka era began from the year
78 AD
96
Beginning of Pandya era
6th c. BC
97
When did the Yueh-Chi/ Yuezhi rule?
128 BC - 450 AD
98
When was the Ajivika sect founded?
5th c. BC
99
When did Chola king Elara invade Sri Lanka
2nd c. BC
100
When did Karikala Chola rule
2nd c. AD
101
When did Vijayalaya Chola rule?
mid 9th c. AD
102
When did Aditya Chola I rule?
871–907 AD
103
When did Parantaka Chola I rule?
907–955 AD
104
When did Rajaraja Chola I reign?
985–1014 AD
105
When did Rajendra Chola I reign?
1014–1044 AD
106
When did Rajadhiraja Chola I reign?
1044–1054 AD
107
When did Kulottunga I reign?
1070–1122 AD
108
When did Rajendra Chola III reign?
1246–1279 AD
109
When did Rajaraja Chola III reign?
1216–1246 AD
110
The Cholas had a marginal role in South Indian politics during which timeline
4TH - 9TH C. AD
