Timeline of Pakistani History - BC

BC

• 2,000,000 BC: In Riwat, dating at this period, stones implementations (tools) have been found at the site, proposing a possibility of earlier homo erectus existence
• 1,600,000 BC: A stone artefact is discovered in Riwat, dated to this period
• 500,000 BC: Some of the earliest relics of Stone Age man have been found in the Soan Valley of the Potohar region near Rawalpindi, dating back to 500,000 BCE
• 9000 BC - 5500 BC: Mehrgarh Period I
• 5500 BC - 4800 BC: Mehrgarh Period II
• 4800 BC - 3500 BC: Mehrgarh Period III
• 3500 BC - 2800 BC: Mehrgarh Periods IV to VI
• 2800 BC - 2000 BC: Mehrgarh Period VII
• 2800 BC - 2500 BC: Early Harappan / Kot Diji Phase
• 2500 BC - 1900 BC: Harappan Phase; Flourishment of Indus Valley Civilization at urban centres, Mohenjo-Daro & Harappa
• 1900 BC - 1300 BC: Late Harappan Phase (Cemetery H Culture)
• 1700 BC - 0600 BC: Start of the Aryan civilization in Sapta Sindhu, Punjab and of Indus culture, Rigvedic civilization
• 1500 BC: Earliest verses of Rig-Veda were written in the Indus Valley (Pakistan)
• 516 BC: Pakistan becomes easternmost part of Achaemenid Empire of Persia. Gandharais semi-independent kingdom
• 500 BC: Gandhara civilization (500 BC to 500 AD)
• 327 BC - 325 BC: Alexander of Macedonia invades Pakistan and captures Taxila
• 326 BC: Porus, the king of Punjab, fought the battle of the Hydaspes River against the Macedonian king Alexander.
• 325 BC: During the siege of the capital of the Mallians (modern Multan), Alexander was seriously wounded by an arrow in the chest.
• 300 BC: Mauryan empire, Ashoka promotes Buddhism
• 185 BC: Bactrian Greeks conquer North-West Pakistan
• 75 BC: Arrival of Scythians (Sakas) from central Asia