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ASTUDENT'S SYNCHRONOLOGICAL CHART OF THE RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD "THE REAL HISTORY OF MAN, IS THE HISTORY OF RELIGION, HIS ATTEMPTS TO KNOW, TO SERVE, AND TO LOVE HIS GOD" THERE HAS BEEN NO ENTIRELY NEW RELIGION FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE WORLD Accompaniment to RIVERS OF LIFE OR FAITHS OF MAN IN ALL LANDS . EXPLANATION OF COLOURS. BY TREE GREEN SUN PINK MAJOR GENERAL FORLONG, F.R.G.S. F.R.S.E. M.A.I. &c. &c. PHALLIC YELLOW ANCESTOR SEPIA SERPENT GREY THEISM RED FIRE CARMINE BIBLES BLUE

YEARS PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS, CITIES, AND LEADING RELIGIOUS PRINCIPAL MATTERS IN BIBLES, THEOLOGICAL WORKS, DOGMAS, MISSIONS, YEARS B.C. EVENTS, HISTORICAL AND MYTHICAL. OBJECTS OF WORSHIP, DEITIES, INCARNATIONS, AND FAITH STREAMS LANUGAGES, &c. B.C. 10,000 10,000

Flourishing Communities and Remains of Man (Dates and Data, p.427 to ). Fetish-like objects, with fossil man, long anterior to this (Dates and Data.) 9300 ZOROASTER’S Birth, says Plato, after a Flood which buried the great Island of Atlantis Beginning of reigns of350 Babylonian kings, which Sargon's tablet of 700 B.C. says preceded him. and its Cities. 9085 9000 Legendary Rise ofSHEMITES or Sun-Worshippers, not the “Semetics” of Philology. Kings of Egypt traced back to this by Bunsen. 9000 8570 Annals ofSAIS go back to this (Dates and Data). [Koothites or Cuthites thought to have preceded Shemites,12,000 B.C., driven by a cyclical change and WORSHIP OF FETISHES & CHARMS EVERYWHERE deluge from North.—Egyptians claim14,000 to Hephestus, and 10,000 from Menes to Sethon. TheDESATIR OF MEHABIAN () Zoroastrian sect say that a cyclical deluge took place every 10,000to 12,000 years. Egypt claims 13,000 B.C. says Herodotus, who was shown effigies of Priests going back343 generations from Sethos, Priest of Vulcan, 713 B.C.] TREE WORSHIP DATA TOWARDS CALCULATING THE AGE OF THE WORLD, FROM NATURAL PHENOMENA, &c. 14,000 8300 Priests ofSAIS give this as date of Memphic Kings (Plato).. LINGAM & YONI Accumulation of Sand and Mud, Memphis(),...... Lyell Years required , SERPENT A Complete Revolution of Zodiac,...... ,,,,25,810 8150 Human remains in Coral, Florida (Professor Agassis). Age of Egyptian Zodiac, calculated by position of signs, .....,,,,15,000 Humans mostly residing in a common Fatherland, called in ZendARYANA-VAEDJO , in or ,,,,with Capricorn in zenith ,...... ,,,,13,083 UTURU-KURU ,,Indian ,,,,,,...... ,,,, Virgo 22,575 8000 Sanskrit , or table-land of Pamir (Upa-Meru). ,,Pottery under Second Cypress Forest, New Orleans ,.....,,,,28,000 8000 PHALLIC FAITHS ,,Human Bones under Fourth do.. do. , .....,,,,57,600 Highlands of Northern Hemisphere becoming habitable. ,,Upper Stalagmite Floor of Kent Cavern ,...... ,,,,720,000 Cutting back of Niagara Rock,...... ,,,,37,000 7500 Burnt Brick and Pottery at Memphis (Dates and Data). Cutting back of such channels as Great Canyon of the Colerado of California, 500 miles long, with ,, ,, Millions. vertical side from1000 to 5000 feet high,...... } To beginning of Glacia Period(),...... ,,,, J. Croll 240,000 7300 Date ofINDIAN ZODIAC (Dupuis). For the continuance of do.,...... ,,,,80,000 WORSHIP OF FERTILITY Do. do.(),...... ,,,, Lyell 200,000 Egyptians gave Herodotus a List of330 Kings going back .....,,,,17,000 20,937 EGYPT a lax confederation of provinces (Bunsen). Some sayMANETHO I., King of Progression of Perihelion( Phillips , 979), ...... ,,,, Revolution of Poles,...... ,,,,2,700,000 Egypt, andALORUS I., King of Kaldia lived. 7000 ASHER and ISTAR Growth of Coral Reefs of Florida,...... ,,,,135,000 7000 RHEMATIC ,,Tenth Cypress Forest, New Orleans ,...... ,,,,158,400 Probable Age, when a language existed, out of which came Turania, Aryan, Earth's Cycle of Eccentricity of Orbit round Sun,...... ,,,,515,610 and Shemtic tongues. If Aryans of Bacria saw Southern Cross in latitude40°.....,,,, , them 30,000 6512 FIRE ISWAR & ISA Date of Egyptian Zodiac of Esne, says Drummond, but others6450 and 4639 . “ The Earth’s past hisotry extends over hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions of years.”(STRACHEY , Brit. Assoc.) For the Geological History of Earth. (J.CROLL , “Climate and Time.”) . ...,,,,100,000,000 IZDOOBAR. MAHA- DEVA 6299 The Zodiacal Year beginning Aquarius (Mill. of Facts). SIVA & SIVI CREATION, thinks Aristotle, and many learned Jews. AM ON Social Organization of Iberians, &c. (Strabo). SUN CREATIVE VIGOR 6000 OSIR & ISHA Age of flint implements (Dates and Data). 6000 5800 CREATION, according toMANETHO .5688 CREATION (Josephus). Beginning of most ancient kings, asAlorus of Kaldia, taking Berosus’318 kings at an average of 24 years from Sargon ofAsyria. 5641 MENES I. reigned in Egypt (M. Dufeu); Abydos or Abu-this his capital. HELIOS WARMTH CREATION, “several thousand years before Moses,” says Pliny.5872 , according to Septuagint (Mill. of Facts); but 5900 , 5600 Perihelion crossed Equator N. to S. (Phillips.) OSIRIS & ISIS 5550 Date ofSYENE well being under the Tropic. ASH says Syncellus. 5509 CREATION ERA fixed by Ecunemical Council of Constantinople in381 A.C. WHEEL HESIRI MENAPIS 5700The so-calledFLOOD of Berosus, at the close of the reign of his 10 early kings. 5493 362 5508 Third month and twennty-fifth day is the very exact date ofCREATION given by JuliusAfricanus, the Greek Churches and Abysinian and Alexandrian Era of Creation. (Com. Alex, A.C.) OF LIFE AISH ALA & ALITA ERA OF CONSTANTINOPLE 9 5344 CREATION, say Hales, Poole, and Talmud.5390 Era adopted by Sept. Translators. FIRE of GOD many early Fathers, and called the . Many say that atA.M . marked “the fall 5150 ALPHA OMEGA of Adam,” and1 P.M , the promise of Christ. Babylonian Historical Era—a Tablet of2280. (Sir H. Rawlinson, following Berossus.) BELUS ESH FIRE of the SUN 5369 History carried up to this by Indians whomAlexander met. 5000 Probable rise ofMANETHO ’s Egyptian Kings (Mariette Bey.)THINIS Capital of Egypt. AL & OM 5040 Beginning of Native Kings of Egypt (Diod. Sic.) 5000 4862 Foundation of GreatPYRAMID. (M. Dufeu.) SomeARYANS probably moving south to India and Western Asia. 4790 Supposed age of the existing great cypress tree of Oaxaca, Mexico (Lyell). [3 cycles begin. MENVES AGNI AR or RA & ATHOR ALORUS,. ADAM 4750 IS 4714 the Civilising Chief of Central Asia; from him possibly the Jewish Josephus says he was 4053 years before , Egyptian Capital of Second Dynasty. Era from which Julian period is reckoned. the Exodus, but his figures taken in detail give 5759 B.C. asCREATION . 4658 CREATION 4682 BEL , say Samaritans. Spring Equinoctial colure enters Taurus. [Meydoon. BAL BA - AL MITRA & MYLITA N.B.—The names given in the body to these PRIME ROOTS or BASES of faiths are not here placed chronologically. This 4450 Memphis, Capital of31 d Dynasty. Union of Upper and Lower Kingdoms. st Pyramid. occurs lower down, as history permits us to trace these ROOTS. This horizontal band, here dividing the downward 4347 Egyptian Fourth Dynasty begins. ATETI succeedsMENES . Great Development of Art. THE SUN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS streams, represents a break in the continuity of the streams, and places the objects standing at the head of the streams in a far 4235 HEPHESTUS I., King of Egypt. (Diog. Laertius, Phillups.) IL or EL ELOHIM remote and unknown period, with names that gradually developed in all lands and amongst all peoples. 4125 Memphis, Capital of Fourth Dynasty. KingCEPHRENE builds Twelfth Gizeh Pyramid. MITRA TEMPLE OF OSIRIS at Abu-this, from which came the “table of Abydos” and Oracular Temple to Ptah, “the Revealer” and 4004 Stepped Pyramid of Sakara completed. Pestilence and many supernatural events (Manetho). ADÃM & ADÃMA Fecundator, Memphis. Medical Works and a regular Ritual for the Dead in Egypt. 4000 CREATION, say Usher and Vulgate. Bovine Worship exists. SOURCE of ALL Man evinces consciousness of a Spiritual World and its Immortality (Dates and Data). 4000 3950 IS, Capital of Fifth Dynasty. ADMI EVA Pelusium and Isthmus drying. Northern Hemisphere dry. (Phillips.) FERTILITY CREATIVE HEAT 3890 EGYPTIAN A& N MEMPHIS said by some to be founded byMENES . (Osburn.) The year4714 is 1 st year of Solar Cycle, or the BEGINNING OF REIGN OF MENES OF EGYPT. 3870 SETH’S DOMINICAL letter ; of the Meteoric or Moon Cycle, Maritte-Bey says ....5004 birth. Elephantine or Sixth Egyptian Dynasty. 4455 3712 SACRED theGOLDEN number ; and the Cycle of Indication or Brugsch ,,.... HEPHESTUS I., King of Egypt. (Dikæarchus, Phillips.) Roman taxation period, lasting15 years. These three Lepsius,,....3896 3690 Fifth Dynasty and use ofIRON in Egypt. (Col. Vyse). TAURUS - APIS RITUAL cannot again occur together till3266 A.C. Bunsen ,,....3623 3500 ETHIOPIANS ruling world—great in Religion and Art, especially in Egypt. NER, NAR, NIN 3500 Memphis, a Capital of Seventh Dynasty. AGNUS-DEI BET ELS SERPENS 3400 Some writers place this as age of Great Pyramid. 3426 FLOOD IS 3043 of Septuagint. (Phillips.) , a Capital of Eighth Dynasty, . 3369 Date of the Chinese PatriarchTAE-HAOU , “the Resplendent One,” “Adam, or Great Male.” HEPHAISTUS or the Worship of Mountains, Rivers, Wells, and Caves. 3400 Some Writers here put Foundation of Egyptian Monrachy. or The sum of all MANETHONIAN DYNASTIES shows a FORM or ABODE difference of364 years, varying from 4655 to 5049 . There were In Egypt Phthah, or Vulcan, or Hephestus. Fire-Worship. (Mill. of Facts). ILIOUN 26dynasties of 172 years each. Christian O.T. CHRONOLOGY OF EL 2115 ANCESTOR WORSHIP varies as much as years. 3300 Egyptians call themselvesRUT-TUMMU , “the Race of Men,”par excellence . SERAPHIM 3300 Probable period of Wars ofSOORAS and ASOORAS , India. 3290 Herakleopolis Capital of Ninth Dynasty. ILUS SCORPIO 3258 DELUGE. (Syncellus and Julius Africanus.) MOUNTAIN WORSHIP EVERYWHERE GENERATIVE WILL ASSYRIAN Jemsheed (Bailly); if so Persepolis invents cycle of1440 years. PASSION Jewish Flood, say Hales, Jackson, &c. 3200 SACRED 3200 HELIOS AND OURANOS WORSHIP. TABLET 3180 An Inscription in Soosiana by Koothites. (Balwin.) HINDOOS 3100 KRONOS, a predecessor of early Menes, King of Egypt. (Mill. of Facts.) FERTILE FORCE PYTHON had determined mean motions of Saturn and Jupiter (Mill. of Facts.) 3179 IS, a Capital of Tenth Dynastry. 3160 DAGON invents.Plough. Sothic Cycle. ANIMAL WORSHIP EVERYWHERE 3100 3146 Flood. (Josephus.)OSIRIS — TATUS or TOTH . Krishna, King of Dwaraka in Goozerat, said to have died. (William’s Indian Epics.) 3130 Planets named—Hieroglyphs—Priests—Arts. Jupiter, Son ofKRONOS , reigns in Crete, CREATIVE FORCE and his brotherBELUS in Babylon. ARYANS in Southern India. (Strange’sLegends of Old Testament .) 3000 3100 3101 HINDOO ERA of Kaliyoog begins—Hephestus or Fire. Egypt. 3100 The Southern Cross hid to Northern Europe. OURANUS TYPHON

Hindoo Tables, very accurate and ancient. (Strange.) & Greeks give Leaders of the Wars of Gods and Titans mostle thus:— 3064 Egyptian Pictures of Asiatics and Negroes. Ben-Hasan’s tomb built. GE Kronos(). Sun Astarte and Family, wife of HOA or HEA His Son, Jupiter. Kronos and mother of BABYLON built. (Philo Byblius.) Egyptian Dynasty of D. Siculus begins. ARYANS crossing Indus. (J. Fergusson.) ,, Apollo. Titans(). Darkness 3000 His Nephew, Neptune. Pontus the Titan. 3000 2990 Giants or Nephelim, says Old Testament. 10 11 Half-brother, Mars. Belus of Babylon. Time ofAUTEFAA , King of Egypt, who, along with dogs, appears on Tomb of th or th Some say Wars ofPANDOOS and KOOROOS in Upper India. Son of Mars, Hercules. Typhon or Winder century B.C. Probably time of Zoroaster (Bunsen). 2950 NOAH’S Brother, Osiris. Son of Kronos. WARS OF JOVEVITES & TITANITES OF SOLAR AND LUNAR WORSHIPPERS birth. (Usher.) Tot or Ta-autus. 2998 FLOOD(Samaritan Bible.)2994 , THEBES , a Capital of Eleventh Dynastry. Rama, the Sun chief, worships the Lingam. (Wheeler’s Hist. of India, ii.353 .) TITANS Typhon generally shown as victorious, driving Gods out 2950 First Chinese EmperorFOHEE. Established worship at Tombs and in Temples, and or Aleti, probably study husbandmen. (Phillips.) of Egypt and killing Osiris. himself as God’s Vicegerent. Serpent-worshipping races ruling over most of world. About this time, say some, Kronos divided Europe and Western Asia between The Greeks gave to Empire ofOURANOS and GE . (Phillips.) Iron in China. LINGAITES & YONITES PANDOOS & KOOROOS his children. He founded Etruria. Astarte ....Phenicia and Syria. Belus ....Mesopotamia and Kaldia. 2900 2900 Dodus, the Dodonian Jove Crete. Athene ....Atika. 2872 Zodiacal Year beginning with Aquarius. Mars.....Thrace. Dagon, or Ahsi-Eretz, or Lower Egypt. 2850 War of Titans, or Gods and Men, Lingamites and Yonites. OSIRIS....} 2350 CHINESEWorship of TORTOISE . Toth or Ta-autus . . Upper Egypt 2834 Jewish Writers say “Sons of God marry Daughters of Men.” Kaldians callANAT, Queen of Heaven, Mâya; Belat, wife of Bel, Mother Poseidon or Neptune. . Barytus. 2830 CHINA KRONOS JUPITER ASTARTE TYPHON NAGA or SERPENT Eclipses recorded in — andversus and BAITULIA of the Gods, andISHTAR , the eldest Daughter of Heaven The above signififies Faiths and Races, Light and BELUS Darkness, Summer and Winter,Osiris and Nox. and . or and Earth, Passion and Love. Kaldia has two accounts of BELUSaccused of scaling Heaven. ATLAS , Son of Ouranos and Ge. ATMÁN or SPIRIT OF LIFE Creation. 2800 SUN-STONES 2800 TAUTHE APASON 2782 MENES begins to reign. (Phillips, agreeing with Champollion.) everywhere Kaldians teach that from (male) and (female)—the two great principles of nature—proceeded gods and men. 2750 A Menes, say many writers. Obelisk atON . KRONUS They produce Moymis, “the only-begotten Son,” but who has no progeny. Chaos is presided over by Ti-saiat and common. Ti-amut, theSEA —a female power called Thalat-th by Berosus. Elu is father of the gods whom Zu, a wintry god, Egypt’s Twelfth Dynasty ruling atIS .— OSIRTASEN s ay some. insults. Fabled Oanes. The Dragon of the Sea is called Karkar-Tiamat, Karkar being a sea-coast city. 2722 CHINESE Cycle. THE DODONIAN (’Though a writer s name is often shown after a statement, it is not to be assumed that he made such dogmatically or without 2700 PYRAMIDS, say some writers.. reserve.) 2700 Egyptian Labyrinth DYAUS DYUSKY HWANGTI, Emperor of China, said to be first historical. THE TWELVE GREAT GODS OF 2605 ABRAM’S birth, according to Samaritan Bible and the Septuagint (Phillips.) 2650 Rise of Thirteenth Egyptian Dynasty. CapitalABYDOS , some say IS . 2640 CHINESE Cycle and Zodiac fixed. KALDIA EVERYWHERE IN ONE FORM or ANOTHER INDRA SKY, BRIGHTNESS ADAM 2600 ARYANSrising over TURANIANS , probably Cuthites or Aithiopians. THE is worshipped. (Gregories) 2600 SELF-EXISTENT 2576 ABRAM. (Josephus, from Mill. of Facts.). 2554 Nimrod is Belus, says Hales, and probably Asher, the Lingam. VAROON or WATERS AFGHANS, known as the KOFES on Kooba River, Zohoks or Doozok’s Country. ISHTÁR ANAT BELTIS NÃTS or SPIRITS ABOVE AND ON EARTH Kaldians call the angels of heavenIGEGE , and earthly angels ANUN -Naki. They say earth is peopled with genii, of which Sedst, CHINA, an Empire with Animal Worship. Babylonian authentic history beings. Following Gallu, &c., are prominent. great cities known with a complete Theogony and Thelogy:UR or EREK , Akad, Kootha, Kalneh, Larsa, Borsipa, Babel, Nipoor, Sipara, Kisu, Asher, Nineveh, Eridu, Resen, Kala, Reho-Bothair, Gangana, Harish-Kalama,Amarda, &c. SOMA 2500 HOMA SANSKRIT ARYANSto INDIA . INDRA is Soora-Pater, or Theön-hupatos—Sun, Father, or Ruler of Gods. 2500 Kaldians call Sin, the Moon God of Ur, Brightness; Merodak of Babylon, Prince of Gods—Lord of Briths; Shamas of Larsa 2460 SomeSKYTHIC Races expel Kooths, probably other Skooths, from Babylon. PHTA INDRA MITHRA-SUN KNEF PHRE and Sipara, Judge of Heaven and Earth ; Nirgal of Kootha, God of War ; Ninip of Nippor, Destroyer of the Wicked. VRITRA is the Rainccloud and then Darkness. Serpent Worship all over Kabool Valley. Birth of Zohak, Serpent King. 2450 Birth ofSHEM , says Usher. Elamites overrun Babylon. (Geo. Smith.) AMON or AGNI ATMAN ATMOS or ATMOSPHERE Period of Rishis, as Manoo (not the lawgiver), Brigoo,Angeras,Atarvan, &c., “Gods” and “Friends of God,” and “Sons of God.” TITANS 2440 or Indra overcomes the Rakshasas, as does a later Jove the . Egypt’s Dynasty of Elephantites rise. Worship of Elephas. KEM THE HOLY SPIRIT OR BREATH 538 HAMON “The Key-note of all Religions” now struck. (Müller’sA.S. Lit., .) Date ofRIG-VEDA . (Haug.) Dravidian Indians, probably pushed south byAryans, drive out aboriginal tribes. Both Dravidians and Central Indians supposed EGYPTand PHENICIA mentioned in ancient histories. HEAVEN called SWERGA 2400 to be of CentralAsian extraction, but of a very remote date. 2400 The Two KingSOOPHI reigning in Egypt. 2367 ANOO Chinese Astronomers.YAHO , Emperor. A free written language and metal coinage. The Trinity of Kaldia is Amoo, Bel, and Hea—Sky, Sun, and Fire—Water. [There is now springup up east and west a BELIEF IN ONE GOD, 2348 FLOOD of Ogyges.ASHER founds Asyria. KNEF is a Universal Creator. (Eusebius.) I MMORTALITY,REVELATIONS from God, M E - MAYA TEMPSYCHOSIS,.and PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY to God Do. Benesis. (Usher and Vulgate.) , Primeval Mother, same as Anat, Beltis, or Ishtar. It is taught that God hates sin and loves rigtheousness, and Chinese Annals of the Tortiose said to be1000 years old.—Cuniform writing. that self-denial, ascetiicism, and sacrifice please him. CHINA has a Board of Astronomers under EmperorYAO . EmperorYAO receives aLong-robed People from South. Some say future bliss is final ABSORPTION INTO HIS SPIRIT,]or acceptance by him. THEBES built by KingOSMANOYAS. Pharoahs in Memphis (Josephus.) KALDIAN Phallic Faith. 2300 2300 KUDUR NANHUNDI King. Elam ravages Erek—takes Gods. 2286 XIOS BEL - SUN SUNand PHALLIC Worship everywhere. Jacob goes to Egypt. Fourteenth Dynasty. Capital ofHYKSOS kings. ASHER ORMAZD RIGVEDA 2280 Asyrian Historical Era. Date of a Table stating Babylon to have been conquered by Medes .—Merchant Ships of a hundred oars crowd the Eastern seas. (Kuths?) NEITH APIS REMBA AUM Rise ofAVATARS or Incarnations of God.2259 Prayers for Dead in Egypt. (Bunsen.) The DEVAS or Gods of 2250 BABYLONflourishes.* Tower of BABEL . Izdubar or Nimrod restores Kaldian Kingdom. A Hell for eternal punishment unknown. (Sanskrit Texts, v.302 .) The Creator cures and accepts the Vedas 2234 1903 AMON NEU OR NUMIS, THE RAMHEADED Astronomical Observations for years—KALISTHENES toALEXANDER . [(Smith). OM his children and is their friend.PUT a place of punishment. SOORYA Sun. NINEVEH built byASHER . SOMA Moon. DAGON CHNOPHIS PÁVANA or BÁVANA Berosus puts Zoroaster here. AGNI Fire. FromAMON-OUPHIS springs FIRE or PHTA , with a descendant HORUS . Aryans again descending on India. VACH Speech. MISRAIM founds Priestly Rule.AMENES , King of Memphis. AMON MOUT CHONS ZOROASTER USIIAS Dawn. 2200 MAROOTS Storm. 2200 An Egyptian Inscription of time ofSESOURTESEN III. SHEMITES of Arabia moving North-East and West. PRITHVI Earth. ST VAYOO Wind. 2188 City ofMEMPHIS .NINUS , King of Nineveh. THE MÀTCH or FISH 1 AVATÁR TheSOLARITES in Mesopotamia trying to destroy DRAGONITES. PYRAMIDS SAN ZOAN AP or AB Water. Egyptian by KingsSOOFIS andJOOESOOFIS . or , Capital of THEMI SIVAIK RA HAKE or Diospolites rise. (Usher.) Also Herakleopolites of Fourth and Fifth Egyptian Dynasties. NADY Stream, Fifteenth Dynasty. Great inroads of Arabian Shemites. PHREworshipped in Egypt, as RA the Rising and ATMOU the Setting Sun. VRITRA Darkness. 2134 BABYLON begins Astronomical Tables, which extend to331 B.C. SATURN AHI Clouds. 13th October 2127 , the Chinese record an Eclipse. ASVINS The Twins. 2124 ELUS INUS YIMA ,, conquered byB , Son ofN . Koothites settling in Ireland. NISROCH ASHTAROTH YÁMA DYAUSand PRITHVI —Heaven and Earth— OURANOS and GAIA , Parents of the Gods. PURJUNYA Rain. HERAKLES andDIONYSUS conquer India, says Metasthenes. NEBO SIKYONIA BACCHUS OSIRIS TVASHRTI or VULCAN established. The cow Timou worshipped as Venus. and wear tiger-skins and have their cars drawn by tigers. ARYANS call Indians Dasyus. 2100 Kingdoms of Subartu and Martu (in Syria). Gutim or Goim mentioned. BAAL-ZEBUB ATHYR or VENUS The 3dBOODHA , son of Jaina, said to visit Magada. 2080 2100 Egypt’s Dynasties of Xoites and Shepherd Kings prominent.—Memphite Dyn. falls. TMOUTHE SACRED COW BRÀHM A SOLAR GOD Egypt teaches of a Hell or Hades—Amentes. This or earlier, probable age of Babylonian Flood legends as read on tablets. 2059 NINUS takes Babylon. Asyrian Empire.FIRST PYRAMID . Chinese Creed becomes Monotheisitc. (Rev. C. Gutzlaff.) HERAKLES perished in Spain. (Sallust.)—TAAUTANUS writes Ten Books of Religious Laws. AMENTES or HADES BRAHMA VISHNOO GREEKS say Dionysus now conquers Ethiopia and India, going by water. ARYANS SEMIRAMIS 2017 QueenSEMIRAMIS , wife of Ninus, invades India. (Sir R. Phillips and others.) Her army abounding all over Northern India. Sami-Rãmeses of India, the possible of Asia Minor. SIVA TREE OF LIFE said to be two millions strong.—Probably time ofZOROASTER . (Haug.) RUDRA or SIVA is Egyptian Khem, his symbol the Lingam. Anoo of Babylon has a Sacred Grove and . NEBO NINUP RIMMON AGNI,, Phta. Kaldia speaks of a god NER who dwells in Hades. Sankuniathon, the Historian. (Manetho.)ABRAM . (Vulgate.)UREK , a King of Kaldia, BRAHMA ARYANS 1850 ,, Knef. move down from Panjab among Central Indian and Dravidian Races of South India. Sumir capital Ur, and which remained so to . Very many tablets relate events beyond andAkad form one Babylonian empire. Babylonian Bel is also called Elu, who has as Sakti (Queen) Ishtar. She is this period. Southern Kaldia calledSUMIR . NEPTE also called wife of Dumuzi or Tamuz (Sun) King or Erek. (Geo. Smith.) 2000 2000 TYRE celebrated for its dyes. (Phillips.) WATER VISWA-DEVAS, certain Gods or Genii. FIRE EARTH OSIRISas Judge of Dead is shown as PLUTO or HADES or theSHADES —Winter. 1913 KOORMA or TURTLE SECOND AVATÁR KEDERLAOMER, King ofELAM , according to Jews, but unknown to Tablets. BELUS URANIA ADONIS AllARYANS worshipping their Ancestors, and offering sacrifices, food, and oblations at their shrines or graves. Knef, Neith, and Snake-worship at Esne. EGYPT conquers Asyria and holds to14 th century. VENUS NEITH Do. burning the dead and putting ashes in urns. Sacred wood used for the pyres; black cows and goats are sacrificed. Tuoth-de-Danaans settle in Ireland. (Keane and others.) 1900 HEAVEN EARTH LOVE VIAKUNTA A HEAVEN of VISHNOO HASTINAPOOR, capital of a powerful ARYAN Kingdom. (Upham.) 1900 ABRAM circumcised. (Usher.) Rise of Phenicians. SAKTIS or Sodom and Gomorrha destroyed. (Usher.) Babylonian Festival ofSAKEA , in which masters serve their servants. 1856 ARGOSbuilt by Inakus. ASYRIAN MYLITA. ARABIAN ALITA . MYLITA MITRA ALITTA CONSORTS OF GODS Isma-Dagon, First King of Asyria,1850-1820 . (Tablets.) Egyptians say the dead go toAMENTI , where OSIRIS now presides. 1822 MEMNON of Egypt invents Letters. Karak, capital of Kaldia. DAGON BUBASTIS VARÁHA EGYPT —First King of Fifth Theban Dynastry—history becomes accurate. or FISH or VISHNOOand SIVA both worship the Lingam and Yoni. Anoo and Anat, Bel and Beltis, everywhere prominent. SAMSI VOOL I, Asyria,1820-1800 . Builds temple at Asher to Anoo and Vool. VEDA BOAR THIRD AVATÁR JEWISH EXODUS. (Josephus.) KingTOTHMOSIS . ABRAM (Usher) ; but no such OSIRIS ISIS, HORUS, VEDICor KANDAS Era ends. MANTRA Era begins, with Moral, Social, and Ecclesiastical Laws. name found on Tablets till677 B.C ., (Smith) 1800 or ORUS (II.)YAGUR-VEDA —Hymns for Sacrifices. The SAMA-VEDA (III.) SAMSI VOOL II, Asyria. Kuthites or Aithiopians moving everywhere. 1800 1796 OGYGES, King of Atika. 1778 EXODUS. (Mill. of Facts.) VEDAS in their present form, according to Prof. Whitney. 1768 Flood of Ogyges of Atika. AYOODYA, a great city. Probable time of Ramâyana scenes, also of wars at Hastinapoor, mentioned in Mahâbhârâta. ILU-BA, King of Asyria (Tablets) builds a “House of Salvation.” ATARVA-VEDA—for Bishops—also for Prayers and Sacrifices. 1740 Egyptian Tombs with Doric Pillars. Beni-hassan. Egypt shuts up all her land. Great Festivals at Winter Solstice common, Parents Worshipped by Children; all Superiors by Inferiors; cattle and tools THOTHMES, King of Egypt. Abysinians from Sind.THEBES and KARNAK . adorned and honoured. End of Hyksos—Seventeenth Dynasty. NÁRASIMVA the FOURTH AVATÁR Great Festivals at Vernal Solstice common. Devoted to rejoicings and lasciviousness. ZOROSTRIANSsettling in IRAN . AITHIOPIANS pressing hard on lower Egypt. RIVERS are adored as Gods, and people go to be purified by bathing in or being sprinkled by their waters. They are female, HALF MAN and HALF LION 1700 BEL-KAP-KAPU, King of Asyria. Larsa becomes capital of Babylonia. and denote fertility. 1700 Temple at Edfou toAPOLLO . Eighteenth Egyptian Dynasty. Amen-Ophis or Ahmes.. Babylonian inscriptions now become much bolder and clearer. Pelasgi worshipDOHEUS , VULCAN , &c. NYSA or NUSA IS HEAVEN THE LINGA in ARGA REMBAis the Venus of INDRA’S Heaven, same as ISIS , ADASI orBEL-BANI , King of Asyria. SKANDA PAVANA [Note.—For Julian Year add or ASTARTE ISHTÁR or SRI-LINGA is the God of War. is Pan. subtract4174 from Christian. 1640 ABELUS ruling over Babylon. ZEND KOOVERA, Wealth. A.U.C., or Year of Rome, is ANUBIS KERBEROS MAHA-DEVA MEROO 753 B.C. First Olympiad was KABOORA is in Egypt , and in Greece . ASHÉRA ASTORETH AVESTA is the Hill of God—Heaven. Sargon found in a cradle of bulrushes on Euphrates. 776 CHINA SIVA ISWARA ESWARA OSIRIS B.C., and one occurs every 1634 —Reign ofTOIWOO . Seventy-six Kingdoms send Embassy. LINGAM , commonly called or , the Supreme God, same as . four years.] KERKOPS foundsATHENS . Minos’ Laws.SARGINA orSARGON , King of Akad. JANUS SABAOTH HOMA, called Painless Tree of Life and Knowledge. Akadian ceases to be a spoken language in Babylonia: Records being translated into Shemitic. (Sayce.) 1600 ASHER-ZAKIR-ESIR orNINUP-TUGUL-ASSURI, King of Asyria, “Lord of all Lands.” JUPITER AM-ON ESWÁRA AND ISA 1600 1574 –T1622 HOTHMES III. (Brugsch.) 1300 Zoroastrianism called Magianism in Persia. Date of Arundel Tables. HERA AGATHODEMON KAILÁSA the HINDOO Babylon ruled from this till by foreigners, usually called Arabs, and Kings of Sumir and Akad, or Lower and Upper Baby- 1550 ISHMA-EL, son of Abuha, is name of a witness in Babylon. (Geo. Smith.) lonia. Capitals still Ur, Karak, Larsa, andAkad. Only in this century is Shemitic language in use. (Sayce.) TYRE TATARY IO- DIONYSUS HEAVEN built. has Arts and Commerical Laws. TheZENDAVASTA , containing the YASNA , VESPERED , VINDIDA . Zohok or Dozook of Kabool Valleymentioned. IRIHA VOOL orASHER-NADIN-AHI , King of Asyria. Hamurabi conquers Babylon and holds JUNO 1532 ARES POSEIDON [for250 years. and reign in Greece. (Parian Chron.) ADONIS THEBESand MEMPHIS not mentioned in Zendavesta ; neither Persis nor Persians. 1529 ARYANSall over Persia. FLOOD of Deukalion. Stories of Moses. MILKOM 1510 AMOON-MAI RAMESES—HELLEN King of Greece, meaning rule of Solarites. MOLEK or TOTH or MERCURY ASMODEUS Egypt uses the civil year of365 days, called Tho-this, or Dog-star. CADMUS buildsTHEBES and gives letters. SESOSTRIS or TOTHMES. MELKARTH RA or RAM of Z. AVESTA AESH is MADEVA Abydos Tablet shows offerings made to ancestors. 1500 AHSER NIRARI I,or ABU-DAN , King of Asyria. 1500 1480 Danaus atARGOS . Merepthah, King of Egypt. MOSES . Nineteenth Dynasty, Egypt. Hebrews said to leave Egypt. Hellenes of Greece believe in One Universal Deity. (Pritchard, Egyptian Mythology,36 .) 1460 THEMIS. EDUTH JAVHEH, EDUTH or THE “TESTIMONY” RAMESES’ Conquests. Oracle of (“Testimony”), symbol of Deity in 1434 24 ARYAN 1450 UTICAand CADIZ built by Phenicians. IS , Capital of Egypt. [Jewish Ark. a SYMBOL of . Death of th Jain Tirtankâra. Vindidad says King Jamshed built his city in a land of six months light and six DORIANS.ASHER-BEL-NISISU , King of Asyria,1450-1430 . ALEIM or months darkness. Deu-kal-ion called father of Greek Hellenes. 1430 YAHVEH AMENOPHIS II., King of Egypt. ELOHIM WAMÁNA UPANISHADS. Some writers place VEDAS in their present form as low as this. 1426 JARASANDA, King of Magada.AYOODYA of Rama destroyed. FIFTH AVATÁR BUZUR-ASHER, King of Asyria,1420-1400 . the CERES, SIDI (THE DWARF) Pandoo and Kooroo War. (Cunningham.) CERES PERSIANS VENUS URANIA to Greece. sacrifice to and . MALE & FEMALE VENUS, BACCHUS BRAHMÁNAS. THEBES and its Religions in full vigour from1600 to 1100 . Gladstone. 18 th and 19t h Dynasties. 1400 SAHA-DEVA, King of Behar or Magada during War of Pandoos and Kooroos. 1400 ASHER-UBALID, King of Asyria,1400-1370 . DYAUS Some place Wars ofPANDOOS and KOOROOS described in Mahâbhârata of3 d century. KITA attacking Egypt. (Gladstone.) LOGOS OPS or RHEA 1355 MARIS orMÈNOPHERES, King of Egypt. Rameses II.,1394-1328 or 1407-1341 . An Egyptian poem likens a chief to the great Asyrian hunter Kazartu. (Smith.) SIDON 1370-1350 SKY , the flourishing capital of Phenicians.BEL-NIRARI , King of Aysria, . CHEMOSH CHIUN or KIUN. Pandoo and Kooroo War. (Professor Wilson.) [Note.—The same events, books, or persons, often Ethiopia conquered by Egypt. BUDIL, King of Asyria,1350-1330 . JEWISH EXODUS.MEREPTHAH , the Egyptian King. (Gladstone.) appear several times and at wide intervals, 1320 which merely shows that some good reasons Lybians and Akaians attacking Egypt. (Gladstone.) Trojan War. VOOL NIRARI I., POOROOSHOO-RAM SIXTH AVATÁR SanskritARYANS to EUROPE .and Lunar to India. BABYLON now under Asyria. [1330 -1300 . have been advanced by different authors. This ZEUS VULCAN BRAHMANISIM proselytising East Coast of India. An oppressive Phallic faith. is especially the case as to the Indian Epics, HERAKLES. Temples toVULCAN . Medinel Abou of Egypt. Abrama, the Flood, &c.] 1300-1270 HERAKLES or HERCULES Mahâbhârata or Wars of LunarARYANS . ELEUSINIAN MYSTERIES at Athens. 1300 SHALMANESER I., King of Asyria, , builds a palace. Nineveh. 1300 1300 1250 –.RAMESES II, according to many authors. SHADAI “THE SHEDDER” or the HINDOO INDRA Fervant worship of Asher all over Euphrates and Tigris Valleys. His temple is called “The Mountain of the World,” and is Rama-ites putting down Dravidians. Dominance of Solar Faiths. APOLLO enriched by Shalmaneser. Oracle of in Greece. Phenicians flourish. Twentieth Egyptian Dynasty. THE SAKOTH BENOTH THE TRINITY or TRIMOORTI RAMA SOLARITES 1260 THESEUS reigns in Athens. Pythian Games instituted. RO-T-AMENTI Probable time of Conquest of Lanka or Ceylon by or . TIGULTI-NINIP I., 1270-1240. Asyria conquers Egypt. Accurate Egyptian history. OSIRIS or GANESAis now the God of Wisdom—the Eastern JANUS —a Male Sophia, son of Parvati, the Hindoo Isis. 1234 ASER, or Athens dedicated to Athene. OSER Egypt, Greece, and allAsia burningSACRED FIRE . Lunar Zodiac—INDIA . HELEN carried to TROY .BEL-KUDUR-UZUR ,1240-1220 . A-ESH 1218 TROJAN WAR. (Parian Chron.) Gladstone says1285 to 1345 . Ninip-bal Asher. OSIRIS, called Ro-t-amenti, Judge of Dead and Hell; the Greek Radamanthus. SHANG Dynasty destroyed—King of China to Korea.SETHOS I. of Egypt. RAMA the SEVENTH AVATÁR RAMAYANA Epic. Vindidad anterior to this. (Haug.) 1200 ADAM 1200 ASHERDAN I., 1200-1170. Hittites attacking Asyria. Egypt building Temples and Monuments atAbydos 1184 TROY captured. Similar War in every Aryan land. (Cox.) GAROODA, an Eagle-headed Deity—the Vehicleof Vishnoo. SIDON fallen. (Gladstone).MUTAGIL-NUSKU , King of Asyria,1170-1150 . SET or SETH EgyptianTHEBES still flourishing (Gladstone). AYODYA, Capital in Oud.—“The Blessed.”ASHER-RISILIM, 1150-1120 . Human Sacrifice everywhere.EOLIAN Colonies migrating. Temple ofAnoo and Voolrestored atAsher. HINDOOS give Astronomical Calculations. KingDAVID rising. OAKS ARYANS 1107 THSIN Dynasty begins in Shansi (China); ends677B.C.TIGLATH-PILESER I., 1120-1100 . Worship of . Western use only Oak to burn their dead. CHINESE 1110 1100 under KingTCHEOU observe obliquity of Ecliptic. “The Long-Robed People” again send Embassy to China. Return of Heraklidæ. 1100 Fo formed present Chinese Alphabet, and book ofY or Transformation. Kymri invade Asia. (Eusebius.) DEMETER Abbott’s Theban Papyrus of16 thYearofRAMESES IX mentions KingANTEFAA and his dogs as on a tomb about 3000 B.C. Chinese write Work on Trigonometry. Great grammarian Paout-she. ASHERA CERES SARASWATI THE HOLY RIVER or CONSORT OF BRAHMA Many Egyptians called after Nimrod. (Smith.) 1070 DEHLIas INDRAPRESTA .KODRUS, King of Athens, dies. NITA-SASTRAS SAMSI VOOL III., 1080-1060. YONI PYTHON DEVA-MATRI OR THE HEAVENLY MOTHER Kingdom of Lacedemon. The , or Hindoo Works on Morals, &c. SAMUEL, the Hebrew Judge and Priest.DAVID, King of Israel, according to Jews. PRIAPUS SERPAIS, or the Sun of Taurus, now presides overAMENTI orHADES —SanskritAdhas. 1022 CHING Dynasty rules in Honan, and on to477 B.C.ASHER-RUBER, King of Asyria. EVE KÂMA, LOVE HESIOD, says Herodotus. Some IONIANS leave Greece for Asia Minor. ADÁMA ATARKANDA of Ramâyâna possibly about this time. HOMER. Solomon’s Temple finished.ASHER NIMATI , King of Asyria. LAKSMI or SRI AITHEROS PHANES-CHAOS MAHABÁRATA, by Vyasa,speaks of NIHILISM . TUMULI with Urns ofAshes of Dead, first mentioned by HOMER . 1000 Asyrians carving the Sacred Tree Legends. KRISHNA THE EIGHTH AVATÁR 1000 Persia mentioned for first time on Asyrian monuments. SERAPIS THE SOORYA-APIS No Jewish Records of this or a prior age, though David and Solomon are supposed to have existed. ARYAN Language and People in Valleys of Indus and Ganges. KÁLIYA or NÁGA RAMA. (Bentley.) Woods and Groves called Bâns and Up-bâns. 986 SAMOSbuilt. Some PSALMS of the HEBREWS . THE VERNAL TAURUS HINDOOS colonising Pegu, and calling places after Râma. CHINA—EmperorMOOWANG of Chen Dynasty,1001 , 946 . Visits West. TYPHON or THAMMUZ JAMSHID,MKing of Persia, married a Daughter ofOOWANG, Emperor of China. Wars with Serpent Races. Troica Poems ascribed to Homer.ASHERDAN , King of Asyria,930-913 . BACCHUS NAKA KALIYA, the Great Serpent, slain by KRISHNA , or a triumph of Solar Faith. SPARTAhas Laws by LYKURGUS. VOOL NIRARI II., King of Asyria,913-891 . PUT, the Hindoo Place of Tormet, from which the PUTRA, or Son, can alone release a parent. Samen Breach, a Keltic Chief, settles in Ireland (Samen = Sun). HEKATE HERCULES Asyrian Empire tottering. 900 900 City of Kalah rises to greater importance. CODE OF MANOO describes Hindoo Society of this century, and therefore held to have been written. PHIDON, King of Argos, coins Money and gives Weights and Measures. India has intercourse with Kathay or Western China.SANSKRIT Language waning. (Muir.) 886 CARTHAGE founded byDIDO.A Phenecians.SHERDAIN PAL rules Asyria. AHSER NAZIR PAL,S885.HALMANESER II., 860-825 . HERMES ARTEMIS DIANA Poem ofHARI-VANSA or Pedigree of KRISHNA . Jonah. Great Temple to Ishtar, Nineveh. 820 NINEVEH destroyed by Arbakes. King SARDANAPALUS. Greeks say the Good go to Elysian Fields of Bliss. Mecedonia a Kingdom. Damascus real Capital of WesternAsyria. Manoo says nothing of India south of Narbada. SAMSI VOOL IV., 825-812. THEMIS MINERVA NEITH Chinese KingHWANSTENG . Stone Pillars carved at Dibou, now in Confucian Temple, Pekin ; their age between827 and 782 . Praswanath,23 d Tirtankar of Jains. KAPILA’S PHILOSOPHY. PUL, King of Asyria. [ramis.” Bull and Wheel common Images. Lydia a Kingdom. 812-783 800 IVALOOSH orVOOL NIRARI III., . His wife “Samaramat” thought to be “Semi- Temple toNINIP built at Kalah, and called BIT-SIDA after that at Borsipa. 800 783 SHALMANESER III. ASHERDAN III.,773-755 . RHEA MERODAK FIRST GREEK OLYMPIAD 776 765 15ROMULUS 753 THE MONAD THE DUADAND TRIAD Great Temple to built at Nineveh. , . th June—Total Solar Eclipse—Nineveh. , A.U.C. IAO JAH The Penates of Etruscans are a Trinity—Pales, Ceres, and Fortuna. (Servius.) 750 TEARKON,AKing of Ethiopia.SHER NIRARI II., 755-745 .ISAIAH writes. HALDI 745-727 722 Moozazir, Capital ofArarat. Great God on high rocky hill ; his Goddess is Bag-masti. TILGATH PILERER II,takes Damascus; reigns . SHALAMESER TO . HELIOS LIKENG Women attached to Temples, dance and offer themselves to the Gods and Worshippers. Babylonian Lunar Cycle of1805 years and 712 . LAWS MANOO SANKYA 722-705 of . (J. Fergusson.) Philosophy. Greeks and Latins offering Funeral Sacrifices. SENAKERIB,SKing of Asyria.ARGON, . Egyptian Sethos, Priest of Vulcan. ASerpent Race invading Northern India.SANSKRIT no longer spoken. Rape of Sabines. Katan, Founder of South Arabia. “Hittites” or Syrians captured. HEBREW SAMARIA 345 713 NUMA said to rule in Rome. Old forgot. All Syria underAsyria. Inhabitants changed about, and people of Egyptians told Herodotus that generations of men had existed betweenB.C . and ZEUS HADES Merodak the chief God ofAsyrian Empire, and Ishtar the Goddess. [lost sight of. 700 first Egyptian King. RAMAYANA probably written ; long oral. ANage King rules Magada.SARGON invades allArabia andArmenia. 700 SENAKERIB makes great sacrifices to Hea on sea-coast. POSEIDON VESTA--FIRE BOODHA THE 9th AVATÁR Continued interchanging of tribes byAsyrian monarchs to destroy nationalities. Olam-Fodla, Keltic King, settles in Ireland; re-establishes Taltine Games at Tara. Asyria possesses a great Imperial Library. 680 ESARHADON invades Judea ; reigns681-668 , and marches to Thebes; annexes Egypt. PLUTO TRIPITAKA THE ESARHADON restores Babylon and great Temples, and returns all her Gods fromAsyria. 670 SKYTHIANS moving South, West, and East, overrun all Asia Minor. Egyptian ports open. B JHAVHdestroysAsyrianArmy, say Jews. Indians say their RIGVEDA has1028 Hymns, only readable by the priests. 664 Egyptian History very correct, begins with26 th Dynasty.ASHERBANIPAL , 673-626 . SELENE, IO, TAO PSAMETIKUS ruling Egypt ; restores Ancient Laws and Religion. Elam conquered. O 668Date of anAsyrian Tablet going back to 1600 B.C . Sema Tsien’s History of China begins. 607 NINEVEH destroyed by Medes and Babylonians.ASHEREBILILI , last king. IUNA The First FourteenBOOKS of Jewish OLD TESTAMENT. Media, Babylon, and Egypt uniting againstAsyria. 603 PEGU—Monarchy. Nineveh IMPERIAL LIBRARY is now a debris of some10,000 Tablets. PHEBE O JAINPreceptor,24 Tirtankár. SYRIA all Phallic Worshippers. BOODHA’S birth, 623 ; death, 543 . JEREMIAH 600 —NEBUKADNEZAR—TARQUIN I. of Rome. ATHENA Egypt adopts the Demotic or EnkorialAlphabet. 600 589 586 JERUSALEM SOLON D Solar Eclipse. —Temple destroyed. . BOODHApreaching at GYA . LAOTSEE born,604 . All Europe burning Sacred Fire. JOEL written (Dr. Oort). LINGAMand LARES , with DIANA Worship at ROME . 585 Solar Eclipse ofTHALES . Earth, he says, is a sphere—636 , 546 . ASYRIANCuniform Edicts. ARYANS going south of NARBADA .AJATASATROO builds PATNA . 573 Fall of Tyre.568 Zedikia killed. Jews in Babylon. 560 Obelisk of Dura worshipped. 560 KANOJ TAO-TSE 538 BABYLON IAW H , Capital of Brahmanism. Bible promulgated.OOJEIN embraces Boodhism, and so do most Turanians. CYRUS destroys , makes Pesargadi his capital.AMASES , King of Egypt. J 551CONFUCIUS 478 721 480 528 EZRA.—CAMBYSES II.,529-522 , conquers Egypt.— THEBES destroyed. born; died, : wrote “Spring andAutumn,” and a History embracing from to . AJATASATRU, King of Magada,35 th. Boodhist Faiths spread West. 543BOODHISTSacred ERA : his death. TRIPITAKA compiled by 1 st Council.SINHALA’S Son conquers Sinhala or Ceylon. 523 Cambyses stabs Apis; Phallic worshippers roused all over Western Asia; King killed. A DARIUS I I. carves Behistan inscription ; coins gold and silver.Magiphonia or slaughter of Magi of Ekbatâna. PYTHAGORAS teaches Transmigation and Theism.DARIUS I.,521-486 , King of Persia, claims part of India—Panjab and Sind—as an eastern satrapy. YASKAVEDASwritten. Sanchi and Satdar Cahityas,480 . CONFUCIUS’ Lykeng. 500 I 500 Titanie Keltæ crossing Alps to Armorika. Belgæ on move west.493 League of Thirty Latin S 2 490 HERODOTUS NEHEMIAH2 ARISTIDES d King Mahâvânsoo Dynasty rules Ceylon from Vigitapoora, near Damhool. No pre-Bood. inscriptions found in Ceylon (Gold- .— and Ezra. nd Temple of Jerusalem. . [Cities. BELL & DRAGON 495 496 478 Solar Eclipse,GREECE .—Walls of JERUSALEM rebuilt.XERXES , K. of Persia,485-465 . Cuniform writing ceasing. Athens dedicates a Temple to Mercury. First Temple to Ceres at Rome. [schmidt.) M 465—425 ARTA-XERXES I. (Long.) King of Persia succeeds. Ezra says he went to Jerusalem in N Cyrus.—Behistan Inscription.ANAXAGORAS teaches ONE GOD ,500-428 Marathon, 490 . seventh year of Arta-Xerxes. Magada ceases to be an independent kingdom. GREEKS22 479 CTESIAS 450 Meton, Greek Astronomer.—PHIDIAS . Athenian fleet destroys Phenician. win Battles of Platea and Mykale, d September . writes of Persia and India in Ionic dialect. NUMA’SReligious Laws : no Idols allowed.— SOKRATES .— ANAXAGORAS . DELPHIC ORACLE S TARQUIN II. putsSYBILLINE Books in Capitol.XERXES draws troops from India. (Herod.) 450 292 Ezra writes Old Test., which his followers continue doing to . “Simon the Just.” 453 Vaisala,SecondBOODHIST Synod.—JainKALPA SOOTRA written ; part of SOOTRAS or JAIN Bible. GRECIANTemple to THESEUS. — PROTAGORAS .DARIUS NOTHUS reigns at Soosa, APOLLO & PYTHON RTA ERXES 405-359 424-405 425 NANDA, First of Ten Nanda Kings of Magada.PATNA finished byUDAYA . Ramayana current. A -X II. Mnemon, . [ . SOOTRA 400 Andrasimoondoo, Capital of Ceylon.—PLATO . HOMER of present ILIAD . (Paley.) ODIN THOR FRIGA GROVE Worship everywhere. Mahâbârata current. Peepal Tree planted in Ceylon by KingDUGDHA CAMINI . 400 385 NANDAS Dynasty.—ROME taken by Gauls,390 . FREYIA Probable date of Barahut. Boodhist Sculptures quoting words of Tripitaka. GreekAlphabet gets its24 letters. 371 THEBANSdefeat SPARTA at LEUKTRA .—KOOSAI seizes the Kaba of Meka. BOODHISTImages dressed. YEMEN sacrificing to Sun, Moon, Stars, and allArabia kissing the Black Stone of MEKA . 335 THEBES of Egypt destroyed byALEXANDER.ARTAXERXE s III., Oleus,359-338 . MOON SEA JAIN BOODHA JAIN ESA360 MENCIUS ARISTOTLE MAGI NEPTUNE Images naked. called . preaching Confucianism. writes that are more ancient than Egyptians. DRUIDS 283 338 –A7 RSES,DKg. of Persia.336-331ARIUS III., Codomanus. 333 Darius loses battle of Issus. One Siceitus writes fromAlexander’sArmy. firm believers in a Supreme Being. (Higgins, C. D., .) 331 ARBELA. End of Aka-Menidæ.326 ALEXANDER in India—blots out Asyria. MANETHO, Egyptian Priest, names Egyptian Dynasties5000 years back. 340 Siamese Era of T’A-KOODAM or Descent of Boodha. Seleukus Niktator.317 GREEKS expelled India, Patna capital. PTOLMEYPHIL PYRRHO330 CHRONICLES 150 GOD & MATTER called CO-ETERNAL has Vulgate translated. , Sceptic. Hebrew written. Megasthenes, ambassador of Seleukos, gives list of Indian Kings. 325 1 49 312 Seleukidan Era begins.309 Final rescension ofTRIPITAKA . 3 d Boodhist Council. CHANDRAGOOPTA’S succession to throne of Magada is st of Mauryan Dynasty, and th from Pandoo War. EPICURUS ZENDAVESTA THATOON 300 preaching. The great Priest Mehindoo at Anooradapoora. Boodhist’s Trinity. into Greek. , in Pegu, falls. 300 Berosus, Kaldian Priest, writes,330-260 . 292 or 283 Simon the Just and others complete O.T. 291 CHANDRAGOOPTA dies; succeeded by his sonBINDOOSAN . 284 PALMYRA flourishes under Odenatus, and QueenZENOBIA is now destroyed by Rome. DURMASH SANGAS PARIANChronicle, date of.—Mencius of China writes4 th. SHOO . BOODHISMdominant in India. Ataka written in Pali. Palmyra underZENOBIA has a great SUN Temple. 250 ASOKA,52 d from Pandoo and Kooroo War.— 241 Third BOODHIST Council at Patna. BUDASH ZENOteaches STOICISM. EUCLID writes.274ASOKA , Viceroy OUJAIN ; and 263 , King of Magada. Kingdom of Parthia.247-214 TIRIDATES I. of Arsakidæ. Matter 250Rock Inscriptions ; Pillars, 236. 242BOODHIST 3 d Synod. 241 BOODHISTS in Thatoon.250 ARSAKES , 1 st ofArsakidæ. 246 221 CHINESE TATARS SEPTUAG’T. () to conquering .—Topes in Ceylon.—PTOLMEY of Egypt conquers O.T. JEWISH ()Mind POORANANS RAMÁYANA MAHÁBÁRATA 240 242 MAHENDRA, son of Asoka, to Ceylon. [Bactria. Various , and some say, Parts of and later written. Epic of Lunar Race. 222 ASOKA LATS216 HANNIBAL BOODHIST dies.— erected. . Their Concretion Mission to China and Pegu. Asoka’s Fourth Son, Rahanman, toAva. 242 Boodhist 3d Synod. CHINESE YOONAN () OLD TESTAMENT SEPTUAGINT DHAMAPADA 200 annex and advance to Oxus.—Great Wall. into Greek . , Boodhist Ethics.ASOKA’S Son—SOOJASAS , reigns in Patna. 200 214 –A196RTABANES I. PRIAPATIUS,.P 196-181HRAATES I.,to 174 . 174-136 MITHRIDATES I. 180 ECCLESIASTICUS 128 Asoka’s Hindoo Son,JALAKA , reigns in Kashmeer ; his other Son,KOONALA , in Panjab. written. PHRAATES II. to . Belgæ of Britain now called Keltæ. 140 186 ISAIAH Chinese first learn ofINDIA or YINTOO .—EmperorWOOTE of Han Dynasty. PUCHACA MAE VIVASWAT or VIVANVAT to China under EmperorHIASWATY , Hun Dynasty. Second Sanchi Tope. Book of known in Egypt. 181 NUMA’S Laws resuscitated at Rome. SON OF SOMA BO TREE Worship, Ceylon and Gaia. In Britain Druids retire to Wales, Mona, and Islands. 169 Jerusalem Temple plundered by Antiochus Epiphanes and Statue of Jupiter Olympus set up. the 157 Nagas of East Coast, India, gathering Boodhist Relics.JUDAS MAKABEUS . PALI ceasing to be spoken. 166 Makabees restore Jerusalem Temple. 122China tries to reach India, but fails. Menander rules Panjab, Kabol, and Sind, 165 to 130 . (Sooráshtra.) 147 ROMEdestroys PHENICIA .—Hipparchus and Zodiacal Astronomy. GOD OF PERU YÁMA the SON ATRABANES II.,128-124 . Religion being still hereditary, so is Property ; hence wills unknown, those performing funeral rites inheriting. 120 BACTRIANKingdom overthrown by SKYTHIANS . OF YIMA Firdusis’JEMSHED or YIMA. Firidoon has GURSHAP for Kersapa. Athwya and Thraetona are Sons of Soma. 100 ROMEworships MITHRA .MITHRADATES II.,124 . MITHRA SomeUPA-POORÁNAS inculating Brahmanism.KÁÁLID SA writes the Sakoontâla. 100 92 KATAK, BOODHIST Caves.—Saka seizes Sistan and Korasan. 92Ceylon Boodhist Bible written. 76 TheLALITA-VISTARA , (Pali) Pita Katya, and Commentaries. Atakáta by Mahendra. CICERO.— SALLUST .— JULIUS CÆSAR invades South Britain ; assassinated,44 . 76-65SANATROCES, King ofArsakidæ.PHRAATES III., 66-60 .MITHRADATES III., to 56 .ORODES I., to 37 . 56 OUJEIN, Boodhist Buildings.— LIVY .— HINDOO Era of Samvat or Vikram-aditya,56-58 . KRISAVA KERBAS KingKADAFISES , aSKYTHIAN Boodhist, builds Kanikpoor, Kashmeer ; rules Western India. VIRGIL.— HORACE .— GAUL conquered. Serpent worship very Languid. KANISHKA succeedsKADFISES , who ruled to33 b.c. 21 The Third Jewish Temple, called Herod’s, built.DIODORUS . OVID. 59 China conquers all Eartern Toorkestan. Vikramaditya, King of Oujain.52 Consul Crassus plunders Syrian Temples. The original copies ofNUMA’S Laws unreadable. BOODHISM in Gobi. Parthia holds for a time Syria andAsia Minor. 37 PHRA-ATES IV., to ? Phra-atakes,ORODES II.VONONES I.AUGUSTUS is Emperor. NAGER JOONA converts King of East Panjab,MILINDOO , to Boodhism. Dagoba, Wheel and Tree Worship vigorous. 4 CHRIST, 2 Thousands of Indian Boodhists to China, Java, Siam,Anam, &c.15 B.C. , China makes Taoism a State Faith. O Year of Birth and Death uncertain.—HEROD died, . B.C O 14 TIBERIAS succeedsAUGUSTUS .16ARTABANUS III., King of Parthian Empire; dies, 42 . 33 Some Jews commit atrocities in Babylonia, and many are therefore murdered. 27 –35 Pontius Pilate Procurator. L. Vitellius, Consul of Syria.CALIGULA,C 37.LAUDIUS , 41. APTYA 37 47 ARTABANUS, King of Parthia, throws incense on Sacred Fire, and images of RomanArmy on Euphrates. ROMANSfinally wipe out PHENICIANS .— PLINY elder.VARDANES I. of Parthia. 40 50,000 54 –69 Nero. 50 Claudius Cesar conquers Britain and Kelts to the Forth. JESUS CHRIST Jews massacred in Babylonia. 65 STRABO.— FOISM , with CONFUCIANISM and TAOISM , State Religions. ATHWYA 25b.c. to 50 a.c.,PHILO . 44 Apollonius visits India. Roman London founded. 69 VESPASIAN.—TITUS destroysJERUSALEM ,70 ;VOOLASGES I. sends him a crown of gold. SANCHI74 JAVANESE 73 DAWM OF CHRISTIANITY Tope of Bilsa Group. Boodhism Bhopal. Era Boodhistical. Alani Skyths descending onAsia Minor. Samoondri—Prome Era established.78 , Alaric invades Europe, theALANI having been so 69 79 81 81 96 98 98 117 successful. Boodhist Era,SAKA established.PAKORUS II.,78-107 . VESPASIAN, Emperor of Rome, from to .TITUS , to .DOMITIAN , to .NERVA , .TRAJAN , Jan. toAug. . 93 KARLI—Boodhist CAVE .— JOSEPHUS dies.—SALIVAHANA , King of Paitan-Godavain. Polycarp said to be Bishop of Smyrna.SANSKRIT understood only by a learned few. Clemens Romanus, Bishop of Rome. PLINY AYOODYA 100 younger.— said to be rebuilt. Some say Ezra’s IV. Book written. China conquering up to East of Caspian, and sends an officer to Rome. Aryans rising over Parthian Turanians. 100 107 SAMOODA reigns at Pagan, Capital of Barma.MITHRADATES IV., to113 . 115 Great Earthquake atAntioch. 109 IGNATIUS, Bishop of Antioch, martyred.—Egisippus, Ecclesiastical Historian. 130 TEMPLEof JERUSALEM rebuilt to JUPITER . Arrian the Historian. Papius, Bishop of Hierapolis. 116 TRAJAN overrunning Mesopotamia.130-149VOLOGASES II. ; VOLOGASES III to 191 . FATHER AND SON HOLY GHOST SATAN JAIN Faith in full vigour.133 SkythicAlani again descending onAsia Minor. 135 JUDEANS banished and580,000 destroyed.—ADRIAN , Emperor, 117-138 . Yields up Meso- 150 PTOLMEY’S Geography. 166 China examining Rome’s Astronomical Writings. Kosroes,113-130 [potamia. FIRDUSI’S ZOHAD-AZHI-LAKA-AHI, or Serpent Races, conquering Thraeton or more ancient Trita. BRAHMANS 138-161 164 RomanArmy brings first Pestilence to Europe from Babylon. JUSTIN MARTYR rule in Telingana.—ANTONINUS PIUS,A Emp, . M.URELIUS succeeds. CHRIST IS WORSHIPPED 166ROME 161-180 CHRISTIANS CELSUS PAUSANIAS sends Embassy to China. MarcusAurelius, . preaching in Europe. , a Roman Philosopher, and , a Greek Historian, writing. THRAETONIA Emperors D. JULIANUS andS. SEVERUS, 193-211 .CLEMENS of Alexandria finds Brahmans worshipping Herakles and Pan, 180 –192 COMMODUS, Emp.—Ireneus, Bishop of Lyons. THEOS LOGOS DOVE SPOUSE AHI SERPENT AZHI LAKA and Boodhists “Pyramids, in which are bones of a God.”170 Bishop of Sardis mentions Canonical Gospels. MITHRASWorship dies out at Rome.— HEERA of Irak founded by Arabians. MAHABHARTAwritten. (Cunningham.) TERTULLIAN .VOLOGASES V.to215 . 200 200 211 215-225 201EmperorSEVERUS overruns Babylonia ; removes 100,000 captives from Ctesiphon; annexesAdiabene. EmperorSEVERUS dies at York.ARTABANUS IV. Battle of Hormazd. [nidæ. 216 222 226 Boodhagosa’s works on History, Grammar, &c. Caracalla destroys Sacred Tombs atArbela, where Seth is entombed. China receives Coloured Glass from West. Hans Dynasty begins.ARDASHIR I. of Sasa- KROM DE BEL 217 Carcalla murdered when visiting a Temple of the Moon. Battle of Nisibis. Rome pays1 ½ million pounds. 240 SHAPOOR I.,founder of Sasanian Dynasty of Perisa, which ends650 ; HORMAZD I. succeds, 222INDO-SKYTHIAN 221-224 ORIGEN 254 55 294 273 Power declines.ANTONINUS HELIOGABALUS Emperor, . . St. Gregory. – EmperorDECIUS.V —Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage.ARARAN I. to II., . [ . 224 SKANDA GOOPTA reigning from Goojerat to Ganges. 260 Temple ofDIANA of Ephesus destroyed. Persia captures Roman Empeor; rules all Meso- ODIN 227 Roman Embassy to Cochin China and those parts.ROME pays Tribute to GOTHS . 270 EmperorsVALERIANUS andGALLIENUS ,256-271 ;CLAUDIUS , 271-273 . [potamia. THOR CHRISTIANSin Bactria. ZOROASTRIANISM revives in Persia. 272 SENA.—Boodhist Buildings, Ceylon.—Christians are persecuted. Serpent Worship driven from Persepolis by Fire Worship. 284 ROME sends a second Embassy to China.NARSES of Persia,294-303 . JuliusAfricanus’History. Manikeus martyred in Persia ; calls himself the promised Paraklete. Lucian, Presbyter ofAntioch. EUSEBIUS FRIG FREY Porphyry in India describes Boodhist Faith. Peter, Bishop ofAlexandria. Hesychius’New Greek Bible,Alexandria. 300 Dionysus’ Bassarica.— writing history of Christianity. FREYIA 300 303 –I.to.310HORMAZD.SHAPOOR I 381 PRI-APUS IS STILL EVERYWHERE WORSHIPPED Zoroastrians destroy the Images of Sun and Moon, and deified Kings and Seers ofArmenia. 307 DIOCLETIAN Emperor to287 . Dahta Vansa written. Ceylon receives Boodha’s Tooth. CHRISTIAN 319 FirstGOOPTA Era begins. He rules from Nepal to Western Ghâts. Last Boodhist Emperor. His Inscriptions on Rock 321 EmperorCONSTANTINE .325 NICENE COUNCIL .— DIKAN .— DANISHWER . CHRISTIANS 334 CHRISTIANSee in Bactria and Khorasan. DIPA-VANSOO written. (Müller.) [Oodagir. 329 CONSTANTINOPLE, Capital of Empire. Revival of Serpent-Worship. NOW SEPARATING NEW TEST Shapoor II. shuts up Christian Churches because the sect opresses others.341 Council of Ephesus. 330 Balk under Persian Sasinidæ.342 TIRIDATES King of Armenia, embraces Christianity when Bandehesh and Minokhired written, andMAHA-BANSO and present edition ofMANOO . AFGHANISTAN TOPES, and great collecting of Boodhist Records. [very old. FROM OLD FAITHS TUISKO One Theophilus Indicus from Sekotra speaks of Christian Churches in India. (Neander.) 360 CHANDRAGOOPTA, the last Boodhist Emperor. Lotus and Lingam emblems of Buddha. 363 EmperorJULIAN advances against Persia ; next year Rome yields up all Mesopotamia. CHRISTIANSdivide into EASTERN and WESTERN CHURCHES , Collect Writings. CHRIST’S DIVINITY 378 Visigoths destroy RomanArmy under Valens.AMRAVATI built. BRAHMANS from Matoora to Panjab. PALLADIUS,SHermit and Christian Bishop.—CHOLASTIKOS goes to India. PELEVIlanguage and PALI . Boodhagôsa to Ceylon ; translatesAtakâta into Pâli.ARDASHIR II.381-385 .SHAPOOR III. HEODISIUS DENIED & MAINTAINED 400 T ’ Final Decree abolishing “Heathenism.”—Empire divided. THE CHRISTIAN Council of Carthage declares the two Books of Esdras Canonical. 400 Emperor Chao sends Embassy to Boodhist King of Magada. FAHIAN, China to India,399 to 413. 398-410 Normans and Goths overrunning Europe and sack Rome. Christians are now of importance in Persian Empire.420 Do. begin to persecute; burn a BIBLE OF OLD BELUS SERAPIS AND KRONOS NANKIN 404VARARAN IV.orKERMANSHAH succeeded byYEZDIGIRID I. 420 .YEZDIGIRID II. 448 . 407 Alans conquer Central Europe. Chinese Vessels numerous in Persian Gulf; the Capital. [Zoroastrian Capital. & NEW TEST. 409Vandalsand Sueves invade Italy ; and 429 , Vandalspass intoAfrica. 419 Visigoths settle in Spain. PANDOOInvasion from Kashmeer.— LEO , Pope of Rome. The BoohistMAHA VANSOO . DHAMAPADA 411 BOODHISM declares the World Round and Solid, and says there a millions of other worlds. The . ACopperplate mentions Wars of Bârata. AKalpa Sootra by Badrabahoo. 451 455 SOPHIA or VIRGIN WITH A GENERAL CHAOS CHANDRAGOOPTA II., the Great Boodhist King.—400 to 430 — calls himself Vikram-Aditya of Samvat Era, 57 B.C. – Invasion of Europe by Atala’s Huns and their return. Coinage Common. [Bards. ZENDAVESTA 458 453 Ostro-Goths invade Italy; and in455 Vandals through Africa. Many Keltic and Welsh Translation of . Moses of Khorene writes.HORMAZD III. andFIRUZ . 450 448 468 OF BELIEFS 450 BabylonianGEMARA — TALMUD . SANSHIN preaches a Reformed Faith in China.484-488PALASH ;KOBAD to 498 . Romans leave Britain; and , Saxons invade. Council of Laodicea settles Christian BRAHMANISM 430 440 452 476 ROMAN EMPIRE (Western) ends;ODOACEE , King of Italy. [Canonical Books. again becomes dominant in India.KOOMARA , .SKANDAGOOPTA , to . Nonas writes his Dionysiaca.—Hesychios lives.499 Boodhist Priest discovers America. CLOVIS, King of Franks, becomesCHRISTIAN . Boodhagosa’s Commentaries on Tripitaka. VIRAF & ZARVAN GREEK CHURCH ROMISH 498 531 500 BOODHA GOOPTA, a Boodhist King of Magada, sends Embassy to China. [(Leland). MITHRAS now wholly separates from .JAMASP , to . Temple of Zeus at Olympia burned. 500 Keltic Bards, Taliesen, Merddin. The Triads, Llywarch. A Copper-plate mentions the JerusalemGEMARA .502 SOONG-YOON , Chinese Boodhist, to India. A CHRISTIAN Era spoken of. Mahâ-Bhârata. Tatars,Turanians, and Skythians Boodhists. FIRE SUN TOTH TOT TA TAO 518HOEISENG 531-579 539 to India, collects Boodhist Literature.KOSROE I. orNUSHERWAN . Boodhist Comm. Era begins, and sacred line, “Om manipadmi hum ,” or, “Oh the Jewel in LATIN BOODHISM the Lotus,” common. Mazdak, communist and athiest, and sect destroyed in Persia by still commonly spoken. , with Fire Worship, at Balk. Kosree Noosherwan. He has Plato andAristotle translated from Greek, and Hitopadesa I-ER I-AR or I-AL ALLAH 530-550Cosmas writes his Cosmos that earth is flat and the Sky is Heaven. 573 Pegu built by Emigrants from Thatoon. from Indian languages. 568LOMBARDS GEPIDÆ 573 70,000 547 destroy . Parthians move to Crete. Angles invade Britain. 587 569 MAHOMED born ; died644 . FIEDNEIMD THAO Sitang or Tsit-toung built by King of Pegu. Athanasian Creed must have now existed. 596 ST. PAUL’S, LONDON,building on a Temple of DIANA . HEGIRA,16 thJULY 622 .SILADITYA of Balabi protects JAINS . SAMARKAND, the Athens of the East. Saganian Scultures often in Pelevi. King of Byzantium,MAURICE .THEOPHYLACHUS , Historian.579-591 HORMAZD IV. 600 600 591-628 KOSROE II. succeeds as King of Perisa. Magada Empire overthrown by Sil-Aditya, who dies645 . 607 Harsha B. Era. 629 615 EmperorHERACLIUS restores Holy Cross to Jerusalem. Is commanded by Mahomed to renounce Christianity. Kosroe II. ravages Syria and Egypt ; vows he “will put down the worship of a crucified 635NESTORIANChurch in China. HWEN-TSANG to India, 629-645 . Droovasena reigns, 632-650 . God.” Receives letter from Mahomed to “worship one God,” and not the Sun. 638 628 –632 KOHAB II. 636 Omar Kalif enters Jerusalem as conqueror. Boodhism introduced into Siam (Crawford.) 638 632-641 HARSHA VARDHANA, King of Northern India, rules as a Boodhist King at Kanoj.643 His Great Procession to Kanoj; Dies, 648 . Saracens driving out last Sasanian King.YEZDIGIRID III. falls—last of Sasanidæ. AJANTA MAHOMEDANS 640 Egypt, Syria, and Persia areISLAMITES —Orisa BRAHMANICAL . built. conquer Persia under GeneralKALEB.ABOO BEKR , Kalif. 648 BENAREShas100 Siva Temples to30 Boodhist Monasteries. Kalinga has few Boodhists. MAHOMEDANS preaching in China. SIL-ADITYA, King of Malwa, conquers Magada ; dies —a Boodhist. Tolteks occupy Ana- SARNAT 650 Chinese Emperor,YUAN TSANG , seeks aid ofMAHOMEDANS . [huak. , Boodhist Stoopa Benares. 680 Council of Constantinople, last of six Ecumenical. 700 MAHOMEDANS settle in Yoonan.—King of Kabol a Turk.—Ganzi a Boodhist. India—PRAKRIT Languages only current. BEDE ,672-735 , writing Eclesiastical History. 704 707 700 ALFRED resists a Papal Mandate. Mahomedans masters of Africa. KORAN 712 Saracens and Moors extirpate Visigoths from Spain. Debal, Chief Port of Sind.SUN Worshipped over all Western India. 715 Winifred, a monk of Wessex, under the name of Boniface, goes on his first mission to Germany. YAH 730 BOODHIST 721 Fifty-sixCHINESE MONKS toINDIA , and write Itineraries. triumphs in Barma. Egbert, abbot of Iona, translates the Four Gospels into Anglo-Saxon. 749 Africa has now rejected Christianity and become Mahomedan. 732 CHARLES MARTEL DEFEATS SARACENS in Valley of Loire. IAH Arabs and Persians in Chinese Ports.—Arabs invade Sind. 757 Brahmanabad, Sind, destroyed by Earthquake.SIVAISM greatly revives in India by Preaching of Sankara-Acharya. 746 A Brahman King of Pegu build’s Rangoon or Kama’s City. GOD 770 The First Boodhist King ofBARMA . CHRISTIANITY preached to Germans. 748 CHRISTIAN ERA first used in books.755 Temporal Dominion of the Pope commences. 771-784 786 HAROON AL RASHID ALLAH CHARLEMAGNE Christianising Europe ; checks Normans, who are now settling in France and Germany. 774 Lombards overthrown. , Kalif. DAKIKI BENARES TOPES SARANAT ODEN WODEN TA-AL Zoroastrian Poet, . gives Brahman King to Central India. 800 at , near Benares. 800 CHARLEMAGNE crowned Emperor of the West by Pope Leo at Rome. ManyPOORANAS said to have been written. Thuringian Germany burned their dead up to this, when a law of Charlemagne 827 Almagest of Ptolmey translated into Arabic. DI GOTH stopped it 842 The Lia-fail, or “Stone of the King,” removed by Kenneth II. to Scone. DEVA China proscribesNESTORIANS . 862 Establishment of Novogorod by Ruric the Pirate. Beginning of Russian Empire. DIE TOOTLE 850 BRAHMAN Dynasty begins to reign in Kábol. CAVESat ELORA , called India Sooba. VariousTANTRAS reviving Phallic Ideas and Faiths in India. ALPHONSO the Great. Europe priest-ridden—THE DARK AGES . TLOQE ALFRED 872-901 DIETH GOT Jain Priest Jaina Siva. 900 of England has established Saxon Dominion ; reigns . 900 939 Bible translated into Saxon JAINISM revived underAMOGAVERSHA , King of Konjeveram. 950 No town in or about Persia without its Fire Shrine. (Ibn Hankal.) DEUS

ANISM Christianity strives to keep Europe in darkness, and shut out all learning.TATARS ravage China,911 th to th centuries. 958 Law issued in England for Prayer on Saturdays. 970 MAHOMEDANISM Arab Geographers write of Western India. Modern Arabic invented by Maläk. GUD AS King of Kashgar embraces . Eric “the Red” settles with Northmen in W.Greenland. Many Normans becoming Christians 976 JAIPAL, Hindoo King of Lahore, conquered bySOOBOOKTOOGREEN of Gazni. 964CHINIE, from China to India, with 300 Pilgrims. 977 MAHMOOD of Gazni succeeds. KODA MSS OLD TESTAMENT. Paper long known to Chinese—made from Cotton. 1000 Date of Present Oldest Hebrew . of 1000 Northmen discover America to Hope Bay. 1001 India invaded by Mahomed of Gazni ; its authentic and continued history begins. 1007 Fulbert, Bishop of Chartres, establishes a School of Theology. PAZEND Language. CAVESat AJANTA .—CANUTE , King of England. 1025 JAIN Toorkistan tries for Empire. Temple of Samnat destroyed by MAHMOOD. FIRDUSI’S SHA-NAME 1032 JAINTemple, ABOO of Vimalasa.— HILDEBRAND Pope. BOOG . Aboo-Rihan’s History.

1033 “Truce of God,” for Regulation of the Seasons, &c., published in France. JAINISM 1074 BOODHISM in Java, and Fall of First Java Kingdom. 1051 Anahuak abandoned by Tolteks.TURKS take BAGDAD . King of Bohemia obliged to pay tribute to the Holy See. 1066 HAROLD, King of Saxons, conquered byWILLIAM the Norman. SHEE 1080 ANAURATA, Barmese King of Pagán, destroys Pegu—Capital, Thátoon—In subjection200 years. 1092 ALEK HAH BOK

Death ofM S ; Fall of Toorkestan Empire. HINDOOISM TAOISM CRUSADES KIVA or Khorasim a great kingdom. First . Basein, great port for Ceylon.

1100 SOONEES 1100 1110 Learning revived at Cambridge.1118 The Order of Knights-Templars instituted. Siberians said to be Remnants of EuropeanAborigines. (Lubbock.) 1125 BOODHISM MEXICO founded.—CHARLES IV. of France. H 1133 1169 1139 TANJORE Temple—Chola Dynasty.—Portugal a Monarchy. Popular respresentation inArragon and in in Castille.

ZOROASTRIANISM 1153 MONGOLS invade China through Yoonan. 1144 Hemachandra, a Jain Writer of Goojerat. EDRISA, Arabian Philosopher, says Earth is27,000 miles in circumference. GREEK CHURCH

CONFUCI 1170 Chichemecas take Anahuak. C 1147 SecondCRUSADE . 1172 IRELAND conquered. 1187 JERUSALEM taken bySALADEEN . Kanoj Patan Kingdom falling. GHENGIS KHAN, 1163to 1226 . His movements force Siberians into North America.

R JAPAN MOSELMS 1200 MARCO POLO travelling. The great Tschu in China. heard of through Marco Polo. conquer Bengal ; Nadya the Capital. 1200 1203 FOURTH CRUSADE. Law issued in Scotland for Prayer on Saturdays. 1215 Magna Charta. Laterna Council at Rome affirmsCHRIST’S Divinity. 1204 Inquisition established.—JOHN , King of England, offers aid to Saracens. 1220 Khiva and Persia conquered byMONGOLS . 1238 MOSLEMS U Russia conquered by Tatars.— now supreme in India. Sriharsha writesNAISHADA .ALTAMASH , Emperor of India. ArabianAbdoolfeda writes Universal History. 1258 KABLAI KHAN rules in Yoonan. Pekin new capital. [land. ROGER BACON. Telescope. Alphonso, King of Castile, spends£ 80,000 onAstronomical Tables. BAGDAD KALIFAT MONGOLS 1264

and destroyed by . Popular Representation in Eng- H 1263 First Church built in Nazareth. 1280 CHINA MONGOLS Pagan destroyed byKABLAI KHAN .— again conquered by . 1290 TheJOOTAKAS of Boodhism translated from Pali into Ceylonese. Martaban made Capital of Pegu, which, with Pagan Capital of Barma is destroyed. 1300-1307 Rashi Doodeen, Vizier of Persia, writes.

1300 C 1300 EDWARD I. removes the Lia-fail, or “Stone of the King,” to Westminister. 1316-1330 Travels of Friar and Oderic to India and China.DANTE writing La Divina Commedia ;b.1265 ; d. 1321 . 1302 1325 MEXICO Pope excommunicates PHILIP , King of France. built.—Gunpowder. 1330 Bengal annexed to Delhi by Mahomed Tooklook. Paper from Rags. 1345 Ibn Batula to China.—Mahd. Toglak conquers Bengal and the Karnatik. BOODHISMsupplanting OPHIOLATRY inAnam. 1364 AVA, the Capital of Barma.— MAHOMEDANS in Rangoon. 1370 Kambodia conquered bySIAM .—Cannon used.—TIMOOR, 1335-1405 . N 1330-1340 Pigolotti writes regarding Routes to Kathay. Hafiz the Poet flourishing. Siberians reach West Greenland, driven on by Red Indians. 1338-1353John de Marignotti travels. The Golden Bull. 1361 TURKS takeAdrianople. 1378 38 Schism of Double Popes, which continues years. ZENDAVESTA.translated into Sanskrit.CHAUCER . WYCLIFFE . BOCCACIO . 1398 Kathay sends Embassy toTIMOOR . A TREE, SERPENT and FIRE Worship, with CHRISTIANITY in Europe. 1400 SecondJAVA Empire falls. 1400 1401 Statute for Burning of Heretics passed. Henry IV. GOORU Spread of Protestant principles in England. 1405 Pegu rules Arakan, and Prome employed Europeans. M VEDAStranslated by Sayna. JOHN HUSS , in1407 , interdicted by France. JAIN Temple of Sad rebuilt by Kamboo Rana of Ooderpore. NANUK 1439 JAIN Joan ofArc. Europe hearing of Pegu. Samarkand—EmperorALAK BEG studiesAstronomy. Tower, Chitore, built by Kamboo Rana. 1452TURKS 450 1449 Portuguese Mission toJAPAN .—PRINTING in Europe. O Guinea discovered by Portuguses. take Constantinople, which has Christian Churches. The Bible is printed by Gutenberg at Mayence,1450-56 . Gaur, the Capital of Bengal. King of Herat sends Embassy to China.1453 VaticanLibrary. 1460 THOMAS-A-KEMPIS, COLUMBUS, CAXTON, THE MEDICIS. “FEASTS OF LIGHTS” 1474 1486 very Holy in China, in February and March. Verd Islands discovered by Portuguese. Cape of Good Hope discovered by B. Diaz. PROTESTT. 1489 1492 1497 1497 Cabot finds Esquimaux in Labrador. R GRANTH Maps ofAmerican Coast. West Indies discovered. Vascode Gama to East Indies. 1500 COPERNICUS.—Saracens out of Spain.— MACHIAVELLI . BIBLE CHRISTIANS denouncing Serpent Worship in Europe.1499 Amerigo Vespuccidiscovers SouthAmerica. 1500 1515 Copernicus observes the Vernal Equinox. JAINTemples of Satroonjáya and Pàlitána.1526 WILLIAM TYNDALE translates New Testament—Put to death.

Tatars driven out of Kiva.—UZBEG’S Rule.—Portuguese Settlements in Malaka. JEWS,&c. THE GRANTH POORANA 1526 1521 MEXICO plundered.—Portuguese visit China. or One said to have been written.BABER , Emperor of India, . 1525 Socinians denyTRINITY .—Spanish Conquest of Peru. XAVIERdies, Makao,1552 . CALVIN burns Servetus. 1531 England abolishes PapalAuthority. 1545 COUNCILOFTRENT . 1536 SEIK Portuguese get Makao.—Kabol independent. Demand for Open Bibles.AKBAR, 1556-1605 . Celebes worship Sun. 1568 MAHOMEDANS conquer Bengal and Orissa ERASMUS LUTHER TASSO French Voyage to India and China.— .— .— . BIBLE 1570 Spaniards discoverAngkor, Boodhist Capital, of Kamboia. Bartholemew Massacre,1572 . 1565 Spaniards to Phillipines.—MARY , Queen of Scots. 1575 ROME sends Priests to China. 1592 JAPAN conquers Korea and holds it six years.—CALVIN. Newspapers. CHRISTIANITY 1638 GOORU GOVIND 1662-1667 [sic .] Benedict goes fromAgra to Kathay. Holland seizes Portuguese Eastern Settlements. 1600 Dutch to China.— now introduced into Japan and expelled in . 1600 1605 Discovery of Australia by the Portuguese. 1619 Act to Burn Witches passed (Bacon). CATHERINE DE MEDICI. 1607 A New Translation of the Bible begun. Cochin China massacres English and Dutch Traders. English Settlement at Madras. SHAKESPEARE.— LORD BACON. —Logarithms.— DESCARTES. — KEPLER. 1622 PopeGREGORYXV , institutes Laws for Propagation of CHRISTIANITY . 1644 CHINA:Mings fall, Manchoos succeed. GALILEO. — HAMPDEN. —Barometers. 1667 Royal Society of London. Bayle, Historian. Judge Hale condemning Witches. 1649 CHARLES I. beheaded.—HARVEY. — BUNYAN. — CARDINAL MAZARIN. 1678 1658 Kingdom of Kiva falls.—CROMWELL dies.— MILTON , 1608-1674. Khiva, Bokhara, and Khokan become Khanates. Habeas Corpus. 1667 Earthquake at Pekin,300,000 killed.—East India Company as “Tea-Traders,” 1680 . 1685Revocation of Edict of Nantes. 1688 English Revolution. Russia aids Kiva.—JAMES II. dies.—AURANGAZEB , Emperor,1618-1707 . ROME

PROTESTNATS sends Missions everywhere. 1700 1700 LOCKE, KANT, GIBBON, BURNS, HUME, ISAAC NEWTON, VOLTAIRE. CHARLES XII. of Sweden. 1704 Beginning of Protestant Missions to India. 1724China expels Jesuits.—Pekin Earthquake, 1731 , loss, 180,000 persons. 1728 Academy of St. Petersburg. 1725 PETER the Great dies.—ABDOOL WAHAB . SWEDENBORG. 1736 Naweb ofArcot wipes out Southern Hindoo Kingdoms.—Göttingen Universty. 1750 ALOMPRA, King of Barma, conquers Pegu,1757-58 .—BUFFON. 1770 AMERICAN War. Population2,000,000 whites, and half-a-million blacks. 1730 KOULI KHAN, King of Persia, conquers Moguls. 1782 Independence recognized. 1753 British Museum. Birth of real and accurateAstronomy in Europe. 1793 Macarthy received by Emperor at Pekin.—French Revolution ; Louis XVI. beheaded. BONAPARTE CUVIER. FICHTE. THEOS BRAHM 1774-9Oxygen and Hydrogen discovered. 1788 Galvanism.—J. Bryant’s Mythological History. 1798 Vaccination. 1800 conquers at Marengo.— — 1800 1812 CHINESEEdict against CHRISTIANITY. 1812 KOREANSmassacre CHRISTIANS. MIRACLES AND REVELATIONS BECOMING DISCREDITED. 1804BONAPARTE Emperor. Moscow burned, 1812 .l Steamers, 1813 . [Bill. HONG-KONG taken : Emperor closes China. 1841 Canton ransomed. Champollion. GREAT RENAISSANCE OF LEARNING. P H Y S I C A L A E S C I E N C E S R E , N D M O 1815BONAPARTE defeated atWaterloo. 1829 Catholic Disabilities removed. 1830 George IV.dies. 1832 English Reform Taylor urgesTHEISM. — COMPTE . 1842 Shanghai taken; Five Cities opened. R AT A N D T U R A L 1854 C U T R U N A T H O . 1837 Queen Victoria Crowned. 1826 First American Railroad. Japan treats with Europe. A C C E R O F W I L D F A 1840 1860 Capture of Peking. , S E U L A R A P P R N M , I T H 1851 TA-PINGS 1833 STRAUSS,RENAN. I S M I S M E H E N S I O I S S Rise of , who preach Doctrines of Christianity ten years—Leader, Tien-le. Slaves Emancipated—Railways. 1858Treaty of Tien-sin; Toleration of Christianity. 1861 Canton given back. E , M E D A T E T H BRAHMO SOMAJESor THEIST Churches springing up all over India. 1873 Kiva a Tributary to Russia. R I A L I S M , ALLREVELATIONSbeing called in question, and ACCURATE HISTORICALCRITICISM insisted on by the educated. 1900 AND SUPERSTITIONS 1900 Accompaniment to General Forlong’s“” Rivers of Life. All Rights reserved. Entered at Stationers’ Hall.

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