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