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800-600 BCE
Sramana tradition, establishment of four-vows
23rd tirthankara, Parsvanatha (877-777 BCE).
Composition of Upanishads (800-400 BCE), Taxila university founded in NW India, attracting students from all regions.
753 BCE: traditional date of foundation of Rome. 776 BCE: First Olympic games held in Greece.
600-400 BCE
Revival of Jain tradition, establishment of five-vows and the fourfold order.
Mahavira (599527BCE), Gautam, Sudharma and Jambu (last omniscient).
Caste system established in India with Brahmin superiority. Buddha founds Buddhism (563-483 BCE).
(1,700 or 558 BCE:) Zoroaster begins prophetic work in Persia. 510 BCE: Roman Republic founded.
400-200 BCE
Migration of Bhadrabahu to South India. Composition of Kalpa Sutra.
Bhadrabahu, 12 Years of severe Sthulibhadra. famine. Nandas
defeated 322 BCE: Candragupta founds Mauryan empire.
Invasion of India by Alexander the Great (305 BCE).
200-0 BCE
Vikrama defeats Saka. Vikrama era (57 BCE). Tamil kings in Ceylon.
Kalakacharya Kharvela, punishes king of Gardabhilla for Kalinga kidnapping a (Orissa) nun. Migration adopts of Jain ascetics Jainism as to Mathura, state religion west and south (150 BCE). India.
Roman conquest of central Italy, Spain and Greece (290-46 BCE). Chin Shi Huang-Ti unites China (c. 221 BCE).
1 CE-200 CE
Kundakunda
Svetambara- Digambara split in 79 CE.
Sakas establish Saka era (78 CE)
Jesus crucified in Jerusalem (c. 30 CE) Julius Caesar conquers Rome (c. 45-47 CE). 313 CE: Christianity becomes official religion of Roman empire.
200-400 CE
Simhanandi monk helps to establish Ganga Kingdom in 188 CE.
Umasvati (c. Consolidation of 240-340 CE) Kusan power. composes Commencement of Tattvartha- Gupta (or Valabhi) sutra.
era (c. 319-320 CE).
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