Timeline Of Bihar

560-480 BCE : Anga, Buddha
Before 500 BCE : Foundation of world's first republic in Vaishali.
450-362 BCE : Mahapadma Nanda
Before 325 BCE : Anga, Nanda clan in Magadha, Licchavis in Vaishali
325-185 BCE : Maurya Dynasty
250 BCE : 3rd Buddhist Council
185 BCE-80 CE : Sunga Dynasty
80 - 240 : Regional kings
240 - 600 : Gupta Dynasty
600 - 650 : Harsha Vardhana
750 - 1200 : Pala Dynasty
1200 : Bakhtiyar Khilji's army, destroys the universities at Nalanda and Vikramshila
1200-1250 : Decline of Buddhism
1250-1526 : Ruled by Delhi Sultanate (Muslim Turks - Tughluqs, Sayyids, Lodis)
1526-1540 : Babur defeats last Delhi sultan, establishes Mughal Empire
1540-1555 : Suri dynasty captures empire from Mughals
1556-1757 : Mughal dynasty resumes
1666 : Guru Gobind Singh (Born in Patna, Bihar, India]
1757-1857 : British East India Company rule
1857 : Revolt of 1857
1857-1947 : British Raj rule
1912 : Province of Bihar & Orissa separated from Bengal
1935 : Bihar and Orissa become separate provinces
1947 : Indian Independence; Bihar becomes a state
2000 : Bihar divided into two states - north part remains "Bihar", southern becomes Jharkhand