BC
6000 Neolithic settlements in Baluchistan
4000- Settlements in the Indus valley
3000
3000- Broad period of Indus civilization
1500
3000- Beginning/Early phase of Indus civilisation
2500
2700 Date of Indus seals found at Kish in Mesopotamia
2500- Mature phase of Indus civilisation; civilisation of the great
1750 cities in the Indus valley (Mohenjodaro and Harappa), in the
Punjab (Kalibangan) and Gujarat (Lothal).
1750- Later phase/Decline of Indus civilisation; Immigration of the
1500 Vedic Aryans
1500- Early/Rig Vedic Period; Settlement of the Aryans in the Punjab
1000 and the western Ganga-Yamuna Doab
1000 Iron in India
1000- Later Vedic Period; Settlement of the Aryans in the central and
600 eastern Gangetic plains; emergence of jallapadas or territorial
kingdoms; Painted Grey Ware (PGW) in the areas of Aryan
settlement
817 Traditional date of the birth of Parsvanatha, the 23rd
tirthankara
600 Beginning of Second Urbanisation in India (eastern Gangetic
valley); Rise of 16 mahajanapadas
563- Hitherto accepted date of Buddha
483
542- Haryankas of Magadha
413