Visual Timeline: Tara (Goddess)

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7000 BCE - 600 BCE: Some form of the goddess Tara probably developed by the Indus Valley Civilization.
 
1500 BCE - 1100 BCE: Tara is mentioned in the Rig Veda.
 
1225 BCE: Tara's temple at Tarapith is built.
 
400 CE: Tara is mentioned in the tantric text Manjusri-Mula-Kalpa.
 
700 CE: Tara appears as guide and protector in The Tibetan Book of the Dead.
 
 
 
 
 
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