India

AD400s

Gupta Empire attacked by Huns and falls into chaos with confederated states ruled by local princes

700sAD

Arab invasion of India

1500sAD

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1000s AD

Muslim Turks follow the Arabs into india

Rule from Delhi Sultanate from 1206-late1400s

1300s AD

No major friction btwn Muslims and Hindus until Muslim Mongols and Tamerlane(Timur the lame) invade 1398-99

Timur kills over 100,000 hindus and stack skulls into pyramids

Babar, descendant of Tamerlane and Genghis Khan establishes Moghul(Mughal) empire

akbar establishes greatest Moghul reign and expands empire to all modern india.

Akbar is a devout Muslim but is tolerant of Hindus

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1st century AD

Christ's disciple "Doubting Thomas" evangelized in Kerala on SE coast of india and dies by Crucifixion in Madras India

Mother Teresa is other well known christian working in India

Established Missionaries of Charity in 1948

Christianity remains a religious minority in India today

300sBC

Alexander the Great lead Macedonian and Greek armies in conquest of northwest India 326-325 bc

Maurya Dynasty established by Chandragupta Maurya. 321BC-184BC

Prime minister for Chandragupta Maurya is Kautilya (greek soldier)

300BC

100AD

500AD

1000AD

1500AD

3000BC

4500BC