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544 BC
527 BC
467 BC (ME 60)
424 BC (ME 103)
414 BC (ME 113) 362 BC (ME 165) 324 BC
317 or 312 BC (ME 210 or 215)
300 BC
272 BC
260 BC
259 BC
253 BC
252 BC
246 BC
245 BC
236 BC
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Appendix IV
Chronology
Parinirvana of the Buddha; commencement of the Buddha Era
Nirvana of Mahavira; commencement of the Mahavira Era
Commencement of the Nanda rule in Magadha and Ujjayini
Accession of Mahāpadma Nanda; conquest of Kalinga and inauguration of the Tanasuliyavāṭā canal by him Formation of the Tamila Confederacy
Decline of the Principal Scripture of the Jains Accession of Candragupta Maurya in Magadha
End of the Nanda rule and commencement of the Maurya rule in Ujjayini; construction of the Sudarsana lake near Girnar
Accession of Bindusära
Accession of Asoka
Promulgation of R.E. I-IV, M.R.E. I-II, and Barabar Cave Inscriptions of the Year 12
Promulgation of R.E. V-XIV and K.R.E. I-II
Barabar Cave Inscription of the Year 19
Rummindei and Nigliva records
P.E. I-VI, Schism Edicts, Queen's Edict and Bhabru Edict P.E. VII
Death of Aśoka and disintegration of the Maurya Empire; founding of the Satavahana kingdom near Nasik
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