- 560-480 BCE: Buddha
- Before 325 BCE: Nanda clan in Magadha, Licchavis in Vaishali
- 325-185 BCE: Maurya Dynasty
- 250 BCE: 3rd Buddhist Council
- 185 BCE-80 CE: Sunga Dynasty
- 80 – 240: Regional kings
- 240 – 600: Gupta Dynasty
- 600 – 650: Harsha Vardhana
- 750 – 1200: Pala Dynasty
- 1200: Muhammad of Ghori’s army, destroys the universities at Nalanda and Vikramshila
- 1200-1250: Decline of Buddhism
- 1250-1526: Ruled by Delhi Sultanate (Muslim Turks – Tughluqs, Sayyids, Lodis)
- 1526-1540: Babur defeats last Delhi sultan, establishes Mughal Empire
- 1540-1555: Suri dynasty captures empire from Mughals (including Shershah Suri who built the Grand Trunk Road)
- 1526-1757: Mughal dynasty resumes
- 1757-1857: British East India Company rule
- 1857: Revolt of 1857
- 1857-1947: British Raj rule
- 1912: Province of Bihar & Orissa separated from Bengal
- 1935: Bihar and Orissa become separate provinces
- 1947: Indian Independence; Bihar becomes a state
- 2000: Bihar divided into two states – north part remains “Bihar”, southern becomes Jharkhand
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