List of Era’s in the Indian History & Time Line of Ancient Indian History

MD Shakeel Anwar

17-OCT-2016 17:56

History is the whole series of past events connected with a particular person or thing. It also includes the contribution as well as the prehistoric settlements and societies in the Indian subcontinent; the advancement of civilisation to the eventual blending of the Indo culture to form the Civilisation; the development of religious cult as a synthesis of various Indian cultures and traditions.

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Here, we are giving the list of Era’s in the Indian History as a quick revision capsule which is very useful while preparing the examinations like UPSC, CDS, NDA, State Services, PSC, Railways etc

List of Era’s in the Indian History

Name of Era	Brief Description
Vikram Era (56 BC)	Founded by King Vikramaditya who drove the Sakas out of Ujjain. Hence Era celebrated as the symbol of Victory.
Sake Era (78 AD)	It was founded by the Sake King who occupied Ujjain 137 years after Vikramaditya.
Gupta Era (320 AD)	It was founded by the Chandra Gupta I
Harsha Era (606 AD)	It was founded Harshavardhana of Kannauj and was popular in North India for a century after his death.
Kalachuri Era (248 AD)	Traikutakas was small dynasty founded this era
Lakshmana Era of Bengal (1119 AD)	Some of the sources quotes that it was founded by the King Lakshmana.
Era of the Kaliyuga (3102 BC)	It was after used for religious dates and rarely for political.
Buddha Era (544 BC)	It was in use in Ceylon from an uncertain date. Often use for religious purposes.
Era of Mahavir (528 BC)	The Jainas use it for religious purposes.
Saptarsi or Laukika Era	It was used in Kashmir region during middle ages and recorded in cycle of one hundred years, each cycle commencing 76 years after each Christian century.
Nevar Era of Nepal (878 AD)	It is used in Nepal
Kollam Era of Kerala (825 AD)	It was used in Kerala.
Era of Vikrmaditya VI Chalukyas (1075 AD)	It was used early in medieval period.

Time Line of Ancient Indian History

Phase	Time Period
Palaeolithic Age	Up to 10000 BC
Mesolithic Age	10000 to 4000 BC
Neolithic Age	5000 to 1800 BC
Chalcolithic Age	1800 to 1000 BC
Iron Age	1000 BC onward
Indus Valley Civilisation	2900 to 1700 BC
Vedic Period	1500 to 600 BC
Pre-Mauryan Age	6^th Century to 4^th Century BC
Mauryan Age	321 to 184 BC
Post-Mauryan Age	200 BC to 300 AD
Gupta Period	4^th Century to 6^th Century AD
Age of Harsha	606 to 647 AD
Chalukyas of Badami	543 to 755 AD
Pallavas of Kanchipuram	560 to 903 AD