Composition of Early Upanishads and Metaphysics of Karma and Brahman
800 BCE
Philosophical shift formulating core concepts of *Atman*, *Brahman*, *Karma*, and *Moksha*.
Sources and References
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad & Chandogya Upanishad (Traductions Patrick Olivelle 1998)
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Ancient India clusterIndus, Veda, Mahajanapadas, Maurya, Gupta: urbanism, philosophies and empires.
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Iron Age and Late Vedic Expansion in the Ganges Plain
1000 BCE
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Emergence of the 16 Mahajanapadas (Great Kingdoms and Republics)
600 BCE
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Enlightenment of Siddhartha Gautama and Founding of Buddhism
563 BCE
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Preaching of Mahavira and Codification of Absolute Non-Violence (*Ahimsa*)
540 BCE
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Enlightenment of Gautama Buddha
528 BCE
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Battle of the Hydaspes between Alexander the Great and King Porus
326 BCE
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First Recorded Ancient Olympic Games at Olympia
776 BCE
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Capital Shift to Luoyang and Spring and Autumn Period
770 BCE
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Recording of the Homeric Epics (*Iliad* and *Odyssey*)
750 BCE