🃏 Mahajanapadas, Buddhism and Jainism

When: Rise of the sixteen Mahajanapadas? — c. 600 BCE · Gangetic plain

When: Birth of Vardhamana Mahavira? — c. 599 BCE · Kundagrama, Vaishali

When: Bimbisara annexes Anga? — c. 540 BCE · Champa

When: The Buddha's enlightenment at Bodh Gaya? — c. 528 BCE · Bodh Gaya

When: Mahavira's nirvana at Pavapuri? — c. 527 BCE · Pavapuri

When: Achaemenid Persia annexes Gandhara? — c. 518 BCE · Takshashila

When: Ajatashatru becomes king of Magadha? — c. 492 BCE · Rajagriha

When: Mahaparinirvana of the Buddha? — c. 483 BCE · Kushinagar

When: First Buddhist Council at Rajagriha? — c. 483 BCE · Rajgir

When: Ajatashatru defeats the Vajji confederacy? — c. 468 BCE · Vaishali

When: Pataliputra becomes Magadha's capital? — c. 460 BCE · Pataliputra

When: Shishunaga dynasty replaces the Haryankas? — c. 413 BCE · Magadha

When: Panini composes the Ashtadhyayi? — c. 400 BCE · Shalatula, Gandhara

When: Second Buddhist Council at Vaishali? — c. 383 BCE · Vaishali

When: Mahapadma Nanda founds the Nanda dynasty? — c. 345 BCE · Pataliputra

When: Battle of the Hydaspes? — 326 BCE · Jhelum river

When: Alexander's army mutinies at the Beas? — 326 BCE · Beas (Hyphasis) river

When: Alexander's army sails down the Indus? — 325 BCE · Patala