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1500 BCE
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Composition begins on The Vedas
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300 BCE
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Composition of epic poem Ramayana
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100 BCE
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The Bhagavad Gita is composed in India
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20 May 1498
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Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama reaches Calicut, India. He has successfully opened a sea route from Europe to the East, via the Cape of Good Hope.
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1532
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Construction of the Taj Mahal in Agra, India.
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1569
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Construction of the Mughal Tomb of Humayun in Delhi, India.
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1574
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Construction begins on the Golden Temple of Amritsar in the Punjab, on land donated by the Mughal emperor Akbar.
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1601
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Golden Temple of Amritsar completed
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1650
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Construction on the Mughal-style Jama Masjid (Friday Mosque) in Delhi, India.
