The Land of Five Rivers 

PUNJAB HISTORY TIMELINE

500,000 Years: Pre-historic and Proto-historic existance of early mankind

2500 - 1500 B.C.: Harappa Culture

2500 - 700 B.C.: Rigvedic Aryan Civilization

599 B.C.: Jainism

567 - 487 B.C.: Budha

550 B.C - 600 A.D.: Budhism remained prevelent

550 - 515 B.C.: Persian Invasion to west of Indus River

326 B.C.: Alexander's Invasion

322 - 298 B.C.: Chandra Gupta Maurya Period

273 - 232 B.C.: Ashoka's Period

125 - 160 B.C.: Rise of the Sakas (Scythians known as Jat ancestors)

2 B.C.: Beginning of Rule of the Sakas.

45 - 180 A.D.: Rule of the Kushanas

320 - 550 A.D.: Gupta Empire

500 A.D.: Huns Invasion

510 - 650 A.D.: Vardhanas Era

647 - 1192 A.D.: Rajput Period

713 - 1300 A.D.: Muslim Invaders (Turks and Arabs) famous invaders like Mahmud Gori and Mahmud Ghazni

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