Pakistan Timeline

• c. 1500 BCE - c. 500 CE
  The Gandhara Civilization flourishes in what is today the northern portion of Pakistan and Afghanistan.
• c. 520 BCE - c. 325 CE
  Achaemenid rule in the Gandhara region.
• c. 325 BCE - c. 320 BCE
  Greek rule in Gandhara, ending some time after the death of Alexander the Great.
• c. 320 BCE - c. 180 BCE
  Mauryan rule in the Gandhara region, beginning with Chandragupta Maurya.
• c. 180 BCE - 80 BCE
  Period of Indo-Greek rule in the Gandhara region.
• c. 80 BCE - c. 75 CE
  The combined Scytho-Parthians rule Gandhara.
• c. 75 CE - c. 450 CE
  Kushan rule in the Gandhara region, arguably the golden era of the Gandhara civilization in which art, architecture and the propagation of the Buddhist religion excelled.
• 455 CE - 484 CE
  Reign of the Tegin Tunjina or Khingila of the White Huns in the region known as Gandhara.
• 470 CE
  Beginning of White Hun Raids into India.
• 484 CE - 515 CE
  Reign of the White Hun king Tormana, son of Tunjina.
• 515 CE - 533 CE
  Reign of the king Mihirakula of the White Huns in Gandhara.