15 events with tag "India"
468 BC
ID: 262
Death of Mahavira - establishes Jainism, absolute non-violence (ahimsa), liberation through asceticism
ID: 262
400 BC
ID: 273
Panini composes Sanskrit grammar - most complete grammar of any language until modern times
ID: 273
326 BC
ID: 297
Battle of Hydaspes - Alexander defeats Indian king Porus and war elephants, army refuses to go further
ID: 297
322 BC
ID: 3673
Chandragupta Maurya overthrows Nanda dynasty - with help of Chanakya, founds Mauryan Empire from Magadha
ID: 3673
321 BC
ID: 303
Chandragupta Maurya founds Mauryan Empire - unites India, possibly inspired by Alexander
ID: 303
320 BC
ID: 304
Kautilya writes Arthashastra - Indian Machiavelli, treatise on statecraft, economics, military strategy
ID: 304
305 BC
ID: 3674
Treaty with Seleucus - Chandragupta gains Afghanistan and Baluchistan, gives 500 war elephants, marries Seleucid princess
ID: 3674
302 BC
ID: 3675
Megasthenes arrives at Pataliputra - Greek ambassador writes Indica, describes Mauryan administration and society
ID: 3675
72
ID: 4103
St. Thomas martyred in India - apostle to India, speared to death near Madras (Chennai) while praying
ID: 4103
758
ID: 4697
Parsis reach India - Zoroastrian refugees establish community in Gujarat, preserve religion
ID: 4697
1398
ID: 4751
Timur sacks Delhi - massacres 100,000 Hindu prisoners before battle, builds pyramid of skulls
ID: 4751
1498
ID: 5744
Vasco da Gama reaches Kerala spice markets - breaks Arab-Venetian monopoly, pepper prices drop 90% in Lisbon
ID: 5744
1550
ID: 5701
Portuguese introduce chili peppers to India - transforms Indian cuisine forever, spreads through Asia via trade routes
ID: 5701
1984
ID: 2026
The Bhopal disaster at Union Carbide's plant in India kills thousands
ID: 2026
2011
ID: 3209
India AFP crisis: 60,000 new cases of acute flaccid paralysis during intensive polio vaccination
ID: 3209