Birth and Early Life of Gautam Buddha The rise of Buddhism as a new intellectual movement dates back to BC. It was the most epoch-making event of the sixth century. Gautam Buddha, the originator and founder of Buddhism, was born around 563 BC. On the day of Baishakh Purnima from the womb of Queen Ma
A significant series of political decentralization began throughout the Indian peninsula in the middle of the 6th century AD. At the time when many independent states emerged after the fall of the Gupta Empire in northern India, at the same time many new independent states emerged in the south as we
AROUND 3,500 B.C. J.-C.:Peasants settle in the Indus Valley (current Pakistan): The land is fertile on the edge of the Indus . As in Egypt and Sumer, the river overflows every year and a complex and centralized organization is put in place to improve harvests. First towns and beginning of trade:So
TOWARDS 883-859 BC. AD Reign of King Ashurnasirpal II: The Assyrian king Assournasirpal II builds the city of Nimroud which becomes the capital of Assyria. Assyrian kings give themselves titles such as “King of the Universe ” because they believe themselves chosen by the gods to reign over Assyria