World History of South Asia
BC CHINA BC
BC 100 Invention of the Rudder in China
BC 111 Chinese expansion to S. China Sea and Vietnam
BC 141-87 Emporer Han Wudi (Wu Ti) in China
BC 200 Use of the seed drill in China
BC 206 to 220 AD Han Dynasty in China
BC 206 to 9 AD -- Western Han Chinese Dynasty
BC 221-206 Unification of China under Qin (Ch'in) Dynasty
BC 221-207 -- Qin Chinese Dynasty
BC 250-208C Han Fei-tzu and Li Ssu--development of Legalism in China
BC 400 Coinage in China
BC 400 Trace harness in China
BC 475-221 -- Warring States period Chinese Dynasty
BC 500 Crop cultivation in rows in China
BC 500 Iron plow in China
BC 770-221 -- Eastern Zhou Chinese Dynasty
BC 770-476 -- Spring and Autumn period Chinese Dynasty
BC 1027-771 -- Western Zhou Chinese Dynasty
BC 1100-250 Zhou (Chou) Dynasty in China
BC 1100-771 Western Zhou (Chou) Dynasty in China
BC 1700-1027 -- Shang Chinese Dynasty
BC 1700-1500 Evidence of ideographic script in China
BC 1750-1100 Shang Dynasty in China
BC 2000-1500 Xia Chinese Dynasty
BC 2200-1750 Hsia (Xia) Dynasty in China
BC 3000 Silk manufacturing. China.
BC 300C Wrought iron in China
BC 3500-2500 Longshan culture in China
BC 5000-3000 Yangshao culture in China
AD
AD CHINA AD
AD 9-24 -- Xin (Wang Mang interregnum) Chinese Dynasty
AD 25-220 -- Eastern Han Chinese Dynasty
AD 200 Porcelain in China
AD 220-265 -- Wei Chinese Dynasty
AD 220-280 Three Kingdoms (220-265 Wei, 221-263 Shu and 229-280 -- Wu Chinese Dynasties)
AD 220-589 Buddhism reaches China
AD 221-263 -- Shu Chinese Dynasty
AD 229-280 -- Wu Chinese Dynasty
AD 265-316 -- Western Jin Chinese Dynasty
AD 300-500 Barbarian invasions of China
AD 317-420 Eastern Jin
AD 386-533 -- Northern Wei Chinese Dynasty
AD 386-588 Northern Dynasties Chinese Dynasty
AD 420-478 -- Song Chinese Dynasty
AD 420-588 - Southern and Northern Dynasties
AD 420-588 Southern Dynasties (420-478 Song,479-501 Qi,502-556 Liang and 557-588 Chen Dynasties)
AD 479-501 -- Qi Chinese Dynasty
AD 500 Manufacture of glass and magnetic compass in China
AD 502-556 -- Liang Chinese Dynasty
AD 534-549 -- Eastern Wei Chinese Dynasty
AD 535-557 -- Western Wei Chinese Dynasty
AD 550-577 -- Northern Qi Chinese Dynasty
AD 557-588 -- Chen Chinese Dynasty
AD 557-588 -- Northern Zhou Chinese Dynasty
AD 581-617 -- Sui Chinese Dynasty
AD 589-618 Sui dynasty in China
AD 618-907 Tang Dynasty in China, economic, political and artistic brilliance
AD 618-907 | AD Tang Chinese Dynasty
AD 900 Woodblock printing of books in China, Japan, and Korea
AD 907-923 -- Later Liang Chinese Dynasty
AD 907-960 -- Five Dynasties (907-923 Later Liang, 923-936 Later Tang 936-946 Later Jin, 947-950 Later Han, and 951-960 Later Zhou Dynasties)
AD 907-960 The Era of the Five Dynasties in China--warfare
AD 907-979 -- Ten Kingdoms Chinese Dynasty
AD 916-1125 -- Liao Chinese Dynasty
AD 923-936 -- Later Tang Chinese Dynasty
AD 936-946 -- Later Jin Chinese Dynasty
AD 947-950 -- Later Han Chinese Dynasty
AD 951-960 -- Later Zhou Chinese Dynasty
AD 960-1127 -- Northern Song Chinese Dynasty
AD 960-1279 Song (Northern and Southern) Chinese Dynasties
AD 960-1279 Song (Sung) dynasty in China
AD 1021-1086 Wang An-shih, political reformer and author in China
AD 1038-1227 -- Western Xia Chinese Dynasty
AD 1115-1234 -- Jin Chinese Dynasty
AD 1127-1279 -- Southern Song Chinese Dynasty
AD 1141-1279 Height of landscape painting in China
AD 1200 Innoculation for smallpox in China
AD 1279-1368 -- Yuan Chinese Dynasty
AD 1279-1368 Mongol (Yüan) dynasty in China
AD 1281 Mongols unsuccessful attempt to invade Japan
AD 1300 Marco Polo travels in China
AD 1368-1644 -- Ming Chinese Dynasty
AD 1582-1610 Matteo Ricci in China
AD 1644-1911 -- Qing Chinese Dynasty
AD 1911-1949 -- Republic of China (in mainland China)
AD 1949 People's Republic of China
AD 1949- , Republic of China (in Taiwan)
BC INDIA BC
BC 140 First Chinese ambassadors to India
BC 183-145 Greek Invasion of India
BC 261 Ashoka conquers Kalinga, leading to spread of Buddhism in India
BC 273-232 Reign of Emporer Ashoka in India
BC 322-183 Maurya dynasty in India
BC 400-200 Mahabharata and Ramayana reach final form in India
BC 513 BC Persian conquest of northwestern India and Indus Valley
BC 540-468 Life of Mahavira, founder of Jainism in India
BC 800-600 Upanishads in India
BC 1000 BC Rise of caste system in India
BC 1200-800 Vedas in India
BC 1500-500 Arrival of the Aryans and development of Vedic society (India)
BC 2500-1500 BC Indus Civilization in India
BC 3200-1600 Indus Valley civilization
BC 3750 First evidence of cotton weaving. Mohenjo-Daro, India.
AD 0-100 AD Shaka and Kushan invasions in northern India
AD 25-300 Kushan rule in northwestern India
AD 300-800 Classical age of Hindu culture in India
AD 320-467 Gupta dynasty in India
AD 380-450 Kalidasa, India's greatest poet
AD 550-1250 Great stone temple architecture in India
AD 600-1000 Sanskrit drama in India
AD 606-648 King Harsha in India
AD 78 Kushan emporer Kanishka promotes Buddhism in India
AD 1000-1500 Muslim invasions of India
AD 1100-1500 Bantu, Arab, and Indian cultures blend in Swahili civilization along eastern coast
AD 1192 Destruction of Buddhism in India
BD INDIA AD
AD 1549-1551 Introduction of Christianity to Japan
AD
AD JAPAN AD
AD 200-300 Creation of the Yamato state in Japan
AD 405 Adoption of Chinese writing in Japan
AD 552 Spread of Buddhism in Japan
AD 604 Shotoku's Seventeen Article Constitution in Japan
AD 710 Nara establised as Japan's first capitol (and first city)
AD 794-1185 Heian era and literary flowering in Japan
AD 1185-1333 Kamakura Shogunate and Japanese feudalism
AD 1192 Establishment of Shogunate in Japan
AD 1200 Zen Buddhism in Japan
AD 1274 Mongols unsuccessful attempt to invade Japan
AD 1300-1500 Rise of the daimyo in Japan
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