6th centuryFerven Buddhist practicioners present in the Tarim Basin, including Kucha 515-528Sung Yun carries out his pilgrimage to northwestern India, at the behest of Queen Hu of Toba. 520Hephthalites presecute Buddhist practicioners in the Gupta Empire. ...
Chandragupta founds the Maurya Empire in the Indian subcontinent around 320 BCE, which goes on to become one of the world's largest empires in its time. Hindu ministers, including Chanakya, initially introduce Hinduism as the major religion of the empire, but under Ashoka's leadership, the emp...
Some sources refer to Gangaridai as an empire with the Vanga Kingdom at its center. The dates on which these kingdoms were established are unknown, but according to some Greco-Roman sources, they were known to other parts of the world by at least the first century BCE. Hinduism emerged...
-3200: Hindu astronomers called nakshatra darshas record in Vedic texts their observations of full moon and new moon at the winter and summer solstices and spring and fall equinoxes with reference to 27 fixed stars (nakshatras) spaced nearly equally on the moon's ecliptic or apparent path a...
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even though he had superior forces. The last time he fled Alexander the Great captured his family and held them hostage. King Darius III wanted them back but Alexander the Great refused to return them unless the Persian King acknowledged that he was the new ruler of the Persian Empire. ...
details are pulled from the official “Star Wars” resources “Ultimate Star Wars” and “Star Wars Character Encyclopedia,” as well as achart of the erasexplored throughout the franchise. Omitted from this timeline are anthology series like “Star Wars Visions” and “Tales of the Empire.”...