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NationMaster - Encyclopedia: 239 BCE (344 words) |
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| According to the Buddhist tradition, the historical Buddha Siddharta Gautama was born to the Shakya clan, at the beginning of the Magadha period (546–324 BCE), in the plains of Lumbini, Southern Nepal. |
| The Greco-Bactrian king Demetrius I invaded India in 180 BCE as far as Pataliputra, establishing an Indo-Greek kingdom that was to last in various part of northern India until the end of the 1st century BCE. |
| East Asia Timeline (835 words) |
| 1500 Aryan invasions of the Indian subcontinent (until 1200 BCE); composition of the earliest hymns of the Rig Veda in India |
| 237 Ashoka (273-237 BCE), emperor of India, significant patron of Buddhism |
| 100 The Bhagavad Gita composed sometime between 100 BCE and 100 CE Hsin dynasty in China (9-23 CE) |
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