The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c31.1

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c31.1

| A. D. | EVENT. |
| 600 | Hiuen Tsang, Chinese pilgrim, born. |
| *c.* 600 | Persecution of Buddhism by Śaśāṅka. |
| 605 | Rājya-vardhana, Rāja of Thānēsar, *acc.* |
| 606 | Harsha-vardhana, Rāja of Thānēsar, *acc.* |
| 606–12 | Conquest of Northern India by Harsha. |
| 608 | Pulakeśin II Chalukya, *acc.* |
| 609 | Pulakeśin II Chalukya, crowned. |
| Oct. 612 | Harsha crowned; his era established, as from 606. |
| 615 | Kubja Vishṇu-vardhana (Vishamasiddhi), viceroy of Vengī. |
| 618 | Kao-tsu, first T'ang emperor of China, *acc.* |
| 619–20 | Ganjām inscription of Śaśāṅka. |
| *c.* 620 | Defeat of Harsha by Pulakeśin II Chalukya. |
| 622 | Muhammadan era of the Hijra or 'flight'. |
| 627 | T'ai Tsung, emperor of China, *acc.* |
| 628–9 | Banskhera inscription of Harsha. |
| 629 | Hiuen Tsang began his travels. |
| 629 | Accession of Srong-tsan-Gampo, king of Tibet. |
| 630–1 | Madhuban inscription of Harsha. |
| *c.* 635 | Conquest of Valabhī by Harsha. |
| 636 | Nestorian Christianity introduced into China by Alopen. |
| 641 | Harsha sent embassy to China; king Srong-tsan-Gampo of Tibet married Chinese princess Wen-cheng;¹ Sassanian king Yezdegird defeated by the Arabs at Nahavend; Arab conquest of Egypt. |
| 642 | Death of Pulakeśin II Chalukya. |
| 643 | Harsha's expedition to Ganjām; his meeting with Hiuen Tsang; Chinese mission of Li-I-piao and Wang-hiuen-t'se; Harsha's assemblies at Kanauj and Prayāga; Hiuen Tsang started on return journey. |
| 645 | Arrival of Hiuen Tsang in China. |
| 646 | Dispatch of second mission of Wang-hiuen-t'se. |
| 647 | Death of Harsha. |
| 647–8 | Usurpation of (?) Arjuna and his defeat by Chinese, Nepalese, and Tibetans; publication of Hiuen Tsang's *Travels*. |
| 649 | Death of T'ai Tsung, emperor of China; Kao-tsung, *acc.* |
| 657 | Third mission of Wang-hiuen-t'se. |
| 661–5 | Greatest extension of Chinese dominions. |
| 664 | Death of Hiuen Tsang. |
| 670 | Defeat of Chinese by Tibetans. |
| 671 | I-tsing, Chinese pilgrim, began his travels. |
| 675–85 | I-tsing resided at Nālandā. |
| 691 | I-tsing composed his *Record*. |
| 695 | I-tsing returned to China. |
| *c.* 698 | Death of Srong-tsan-Gampo, king of Tibet. |