Visual Timeline: Sanskrit

To navigate the timeline, click and drag it with your mouse, or click on the timeline overview on the bottom.

1500 BCE 1400 BCE 1300 BCE 1200 BCE 1100 BCE 1000 BCE 900 BCE 800 BCE 700 BCE 600 BCE 500 BCE 400 BCE 300 BCE 200 BCE 100 BCE 0 CE 100 CE 200 CE 300 CE 400 CE 500 CE 600 CE  
 
 
1500 BCE - 500 BCE: Indian scholars of the so-called Vedic Period commit the Vedas to written form; basic tenets of Hinduism are established.
 
50 BCE - 600 CE: The Perfection of Wisdom texts are written by Mahayana Buddhist sages in India; expounding upon the central vision of the Buddha.
 
 
 
1500 BCE 1100 BCE 700 BCE 300 BCE 100 CE