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Varanasi

ISO66
320 CE
395 BCE1997 CE
2 polities active
Kushan Empire
Era unknown

30 – 375

Ruler

Unknown

Capital

Unknown

Gupta Empire
Era unknown

319 – 550

Ruler

Chandragupta I
Chandragupta I

~40 years old

Maharajadhiraja

319 – 335

Capital

Pataliputra

319 – present

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Events

  • Ashoka's Conversion to Buddhism

    Ashoka adopts Buddhism and the policy of Dhamma after the Kalinga War.

    Ashoka's Conversion to Buddhism

    261 BCE

Places

  • Sarnath

    Site where the Buddha delivered his first sermon, near Varanasi.

    Sarnath

    5th century BCE