20 Events/ Objects 500 BC – 500 AD

  1. South Asia in 500 BC, Silk Route, Sea Route, Kingdoms, Trade, people
  2. Indian Village in 500 BC, north, south, iron smelting, Neolithic tools, dress, food, religion, medicine, languages
  3. Magadha kingdom, administration, staecraft, economy, cities, Chanakya, Royal Court
  4. Jainism, Jaina faith, Jaina literature, Jaina society, Twenty four Tirthankaras
  5. Buddha, Buddhism, Liberation, Nirvana, Sarnath, Gaya, monks, Pali language, monasteries, Bodh Gaya, Disciples
  6. Sanskrit language, Yaska, Panini, Grammar, Words, Sutra literature, Upanisad
  7. Tamil language, literature, Madurai town, Chola, Pandya, sangam
  8. Alexander with cavalry and Puru with elephants, Greek ideas, invasion, exchange of ideas, Astronomy, geometry, Meghasthenes
  9. Brahmi script, Alphabet, evolution, Khorosti script, Sanchi Stupa
  10. Asoka and transformed Asoka, Wars, Buddhism, Indian Empire, Monuments, relics,
  11. Valmiki, Ramayana, story and composition, legends of Mahabharata, composition, Gita
  12. Natyasastra, Bharata, Rasa theory, dance, music, drama, Bhasa, early drama, stage theory, Sixty four arts
  13. Yoga, Patanjali, theory of mind, cosmology, Agama literature, Buddhist literature
  14. Saka, Huns, Kanishka, coins, astronomy, calendar, Gandhara art, spread of Buddhism, Buddha’s statues, Fahien,
  15. Iconography, sculptures, caves, dyes, story depiction, Indian philosophical systems, Nyaya, Vaiseshika, sankhya, yoga, mImamsa, Vedanta,; Literature
  16. Shiva worship, Shiva Temples, Shakti temples, Theory of Shiva-shakti, mother worship, Sankhya, agama, tantra, martial training, Shiva Nataraja
  17. Satabahana Empire, Amaravati art, Ujjain, proto-telugu, proto-Oriya
  18. Ajanta, Ellora, Cave paintings, Buddhist monasteries, Chants
  19. Guptas, Golden Period, Literature, astronomy, Mathematics, Nine Gems of Gupta Period
  20. Christianity, Kochi, Church, Jewish settlements; Village scene 500 AD, Thomas’s Landing