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 WORSHIP OF FETISHES & CHARMS EVERYWHERE and 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 10,000 12,000 13,000 to years. Egypt claimsB.C. says Herodotus, who was shown DATA TOWARDS CALCULATING THE AGE OF THE WORLD, FROM NATURAL PHENOMENA, &c. effigies of Priests going back34 3 generations from Sethos, Priest of Vulcan, 713 B.C .] TREE WORSHIP 8300 Priests ofSAIS give this as date of Memphic Kings (Plato).. LINGAM & YONI SERPENT Accumulation of Sand and Mud, Memphis(),...... Lyell Years required ,14,000 25,810 8150 Human remains in Coral, Florida (Professor Agassis). A Complete Revolution of Zodiac,...... ,,,, or Age of Egyptian Zodiac, calculated by position of signs, .....,,,,15,000 Aryans mostly residing in a common Fatherland, called in ZendARYANA-VAEDJO , in ,,,,with Capricorn in zenith ,...... ,,,,13,083 8000 SanskritUTURU-KURU , or table-land of Pamir (Upa-Meru).. ,,Indian ,,,,,,...... ,,,, Virgo 22,575 8000 PHALLIC FAITHS ,,Pottery under Second Cypress Forest, New Orleans ,.....,,,,28,000 Highlands of Northern Hemisphere becoming habitable. ,,Human Bones under Fourth do.. do. ,...... ,,,,57,600 ,,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,...... } 240,000 7300 Date ofINDIAN ZODIAC (Dupuis). To beginning of Glacia Period(),...... ,,,, J. Croll WORSHIP OF FERTILITY For the continuance of do., ...... ,,,,80,000 Do. do.(),...... ,,,, Lyell 200,000 Egyptians gave Herodotus a List of330 Kings going back .....,,,,17,000 EGYPT a lax confederation of provinces (Bunsen). Some sayMANETHO I., King of Progression of Perihelion(,),...... ,,,, Phillips 979 20,937 7000 Egypt, andALORUS I., King of Kaldia lived. ASHER and ISTAR Revolution of Poles,...... ,,,,2,700,000 7000 ProbableRHEMATIC Age, when a language existed, out of which came Turanian, Aryan, Growth of Coral Reefs of Florida,...... ,,,,135,000 158,400 and Shemtic tongues. ,,Tenth Cypress Forest, New Orleans ,...... ,,,, ISWAR & ISA Earth's Cycle of Eccentricity of Orbit round Sun,...... ,,,,515,610 FIRE 40 30,000 6521 Date of Egyptian Zodiac of Esne, says Drummond, but others6450 and 4639 . If Aryans of Bacria saw Southern Cross in latitude°.....,,,, , them . MAHA- DEVA “ 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. SIVA & SIVI 6200 The Zodiacal Year beginning Aquarius (Mill. of Facts). AM ON Social Organization of Iberians, &c. (Strabo). SUN CREATIVE VIGOR Age of flint implements (Dates and Data). 6000 OSIR & ISHA 6000 5800 CREATION, according toMANETHO .5688 CREATION (Josephus). Beginning of most ancient kings, as Alorus of Kaldia, taking Berosus’318 kings at an average of 24 years from Sargon of Asyria. 5641 MENES I. reigned in Egypt (M. Dufeu); Abydos or Abu-this his capital. HELIOS WARMTH OSIRIS & ISIS 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.) ASH says Syncellus. 5550 Date ofSYENE well being under the Tropic. WHEEL HESIRI MENAPIS 5700The so-calledFLOOD of Berosus, at the close of the reign of his 10 early kings. 5509 CREATION ERA fixed by Ecunemical Council of Constantinople in 381 A.C. 5508 Third month and twenty-fifth day is the very exact date ofCREATION given by Julius Africanus, the Greek Churches and 5493 362 ALA & ALITA Abysinian and Alexandrian Era of Creation. (Com. Alex,A.C. ) OF LIFE AISH FIRE of GOD many early Fathers, and called theERA OF CONSTANTINOPLE. Many say that at9 A.M . marked “the fall 5344 CREATION, say Hales, Poole, and Talmud.5390 Era adopted by Sept. Translators. ALPHA OMEGA of Adam,” and1 P.M , the promise of Christ . 5150 Babylonian Historical Era—a Tablet of2280 . (Sir H. Rawlinson, following Berossus.) ESH FIRE of the SUN 5369 History carried up to this by Indians whom Alexander 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, the Civilising Chief of Central Asia; from him possibly the Jewish ADAM. Josephus says he was4053 years before 4750 IS, Egyptian Capital of Second Dynasty.4714 Era from which Julian period is reckoned. the Exodus, but his figures taken in detail give5759 B.C . as CREATION. 4658 CREATION, say Samaritans.4682 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 HEPHESTUS I., King of Egypt. (Diog. Laertius, Phillips.) IL or EL ELOHIM remote and unknown period, with names that gradually developed in all lands and amongst all peoples. 4235 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 4235 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. 4004 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 4000 3950 IS, Capital of Fifth Dynasty. ADMI EVA Pelusium and Isthmus drying. FERTILITY Northern Hemisphere dry. (Phillips.) CREATIVE HEAT EGYPTIAN A& N 3890 MEMPHIS said by some to be founded byMENES . (Osburn.) The year4714 is 1 st year of Solar Cycle, or the BEGINNING OF REIGN OF MENESOFEGYPT. 3870 SETH’S birth. Elephantine or Sixth Egyptian Dynasty. DOMINICAL letter; of the Meteoric or Moon Cycle, Maritte-Bey says ....5004 SACRED theGOLDEN number; and the Cycle of Indication or Brugsch ,,....4455 3712 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 AGNUS-DEI 3400 Some writers place this as age of Great Pyramid. Memphis, a Capital of Seventh Dynasty. BET ELS SERPENS 3369 Date of the Chinese PatriarchTAE-HAOU , “the Resplendent One,” “Adam, or Great Male.” 3426 FLOOD IS 3043 Worship of Mountains, Rivers, Wells, and Caves. of Septuagint. (Phillips.) , a Capital of Eighth Dynasty, . HEPHAISTUS or the 3400 Some Writers here put Foundation of Egyptian Monrachy. or FORM or ABODE The sum of all MANETHONIAN DYNASTIES shows a 364 4655 5049 In Egypt Phthah, or Vulcan, or Hephestus. Fire-Worship. (Mill. of Facts). ILIOUN difference of years, varying from to . There were OF EL 26dynasties of 172 years each. Christian O.T. CHRONOLOGY ANCESTOR WORSHIP varies as much as2115 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 HELIOSAND OURANOS WORSHIP. An Inscription in Soosiana by Koothites. (Baldwin.) TABLET HINDOOS 3100 3180 KRONOS, a predecessor of early Menes, King of Egypt. (Mill. of Facts.) FERTILE FORCE PYTHON had determined mean motions of Saturn and (Mill. of Facts.) 3179 IS, a Capital of Tenth Dynasty. 3160 DAGON invents Plough. Sothic Cycle. ANIMAL WORSHIP EVERYWHERE Krishna, King of Dwaraka in Goozerat, said to have died. (William’s Indian Epics.) 3100 3146 Flood. (Josephus.)OSIRIS—TATUS or TOTH . 3130 Planets named—Hieroglyphs—Priests—Arts. Jupiter, Son ofKRONOS , reigns in Crete, and his brotherBELUS in . CREATIVE FORCE ARYANS in Southern India. (Strange’sLegends of Old Testament .) 3000 3101 HINDOO ERA 3100 of Kaliyoog begins—Hephestus or Fire. Egypt. 3100 OURANUS The Southern Cross hid to Northern Europe. TYPHON

Hindoo Tables, very accurate and ancient. (Strange.) & Greeks give Leaders of the Wars of Gods and Titans mostly 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 Time ofAUTEFAA , King of Egypt, who, along with dogs, appears on Tomb of10 th or 11 th Giants or Nephelim, says Old Testament. Half-brother, Mars. Belus of Babylon. Some say Wars ofPANDOOS and KOOROOS in Upper India. Son of Mars, Hercules. Typhon or Winder century B.C. Probable time of Zoroaster (Bunsen). Brother, Osiris. Son of Kronos. WARS OF JOVEVITES & TITANITES OF SOLAR AND LUNAR WORSHIPPERS 2950 NOAH’S birth. (Usher.) Tot or Ta-autus. 2998 FLOOD(Samaritan Bible.)2994 , THEBES, a Capital of Eleventh Dynasty. 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 . . . } 2850 CHINESEWorship of TORTOISE. Toth or Ta-autus . . Upper Egypt 2834 Jewish Writers say “Sons of God marry Daughters of Men.” NAGA or SERPENT Kaldians callANAT , Queen of Heaven, Mâya; Belat, wife of Bel, Mother or Neptune . Barytus. 2830 Eclipses recorded inCHINA — KRONOS and JUPITERversus ASTARTE and TYPHON BAITULIA of the Gods, and ISHTAR, the eldest Daughter of Heaven The above signififies Faiths and Races, Light and andBELUS . and Earth, Passion and Love. Kaldia has two accounts of Darkness, Summer and Winter, Osiris and Nox. or Creation. BELUSaccused of scaling Heaven. ATLAS , Son of Ouranos and Ge. ATMÁN or SPIRIT OF LIFE 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 say some. insults. Fabled Oanes. The Dragon of the Sea is called Karkar-, 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 2650 Rise of Thirteenth Egyptian Dynasty. CapitalABYDOS , some say IS . 2605 ABRAM’S birth, according to Samartian Bible and the Septuagint (Phillips.) KALDIA EVERYWHERE IN ONE FORM or ANOTHER 2640 CHINESE Cycle and Zodiac fixed. INDRA SKY, BRIGHTNESS ADAM is worshipped. (Gregorie.) 2600 ARYANSrising over TURANIANS , probably Cuthites or Aithiopians. THE 2600 SELF-EXISTENT 2576 ABRAM. (Josephus, from Mill. of Facts.). 2554 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 IGEGE ANUN ANAT BELTIS NÃTS or SPIRITS ABOVE AND ON EARTH Kaldians call the angels of heaven , and earthly angels -Naki. They say earth is peopled with genii, of which Sedu, 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, SANSKRITARYANS INDIA. INDRA Resen, Kala, Reho-Bothair, Gangana, Harish-Kalama, Amarda, &c. SOMA to is Soora-Pater, or Theön-hupatos—Sun, Father, or Ruler of Gods. 2500 HOMA 2500 Kaldians call , 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. KNEF PHTA INDRA MITHRA-SUN and Sipara, Judge of Heaven and Earth ; Nirgal of Kootha, God of War ; Ninip of Nippor, Destroyer of the Wicked. PHRE 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.” or Indra overcomes the Rakshasas, as does a later Jove the TITANS. 2440 KEM Egypt’s Dynasty of Elephantites rise. Worship of Elephas. THE HOLY SPIRIT OR BREATH “The Key-note of all Religions” now struck. (Müller’s A.S. Lit.,538 .) Date ofRIG-VEDA . (Haug.) HAMON Dravidian Indians, probably pushed south by Aryans, drive out aboriginal tribes. Both Dravidians and Central Indians EGYPT PHENICIA and mentioned in ancient histories. HEAVEN called SWERGA supposed to be of Central Asian extraction, but of a very remote date. 2400 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 Anoo, Bel, and Hea—Sky, Sun, and Fire—Water. [There is now springing up east and west a BELIEF IN ONE GOD,IMMORTALITY,REVELATIONS from God, ME- 2348 FLOOD of Ogyges.ASHER founds Asyria. KNEF is a Universal Creator. (Eusebius.) TEMPSYCHOSIS,.and PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY to God MAYA Do. Genesis. (Usher and Vulgate.) , Primeval Mother, same as Anat, Beltis, or Ishtar. It is taught that God hates sin and loves righteousness, 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 THEBES built by KingOSMANOYAS. Pharoahs in Memphis (Josephus.) KALDIAN Phallic Faith SPIRIT,]or acceptance by him. 2300 2300 KUDUR NANHUNDI King. Elam ravages Erek—takes Gods. BEL - SUN SUN PHALLIC 2286 Jacob goes to Egypt. Fourteenth Dynasty.XIOS Capital ofHYKSOS kings. ASHER ORMAZD and Worship everywhere. 2280 Asyrian Historical Era. Date of a Table stating Babylon to have been conquered by Medes RIGVEDA.—Merchant Ships of a hundred oars crowd the Eastern seas. NEITH APIS REMBA The DEVAS or Gods of (Kuths?) AUM Rise ofAVATARS or Incarnations of God.2259 Prayers for Dead in Egypt. (Bunsen.) the Vedas 2250 BABYLONflourishes.* . Izdubar or Nimrod restores Kaldian Kingdom. A Hell for eternal punishment unknown. (Sanskrit Texts, v.302 .) The Creator cures and accepts AMON NEU OR NUMIS, THE RAMHEADED SOORYA Sun. 2234 1903 ALISTHENES LEXANDER his children and is their friend.PUT a place of punishment. Astronomical Observations for years—K toA . [(Smith) OM SOMA Moon. NINEVEH built byASHER . DAGON CHNOPHIS PÁVANA or BÁVANA Berosus putsZOROASTER here. AGNI Fire. FromAMON-OUPHIS springs FIRE or PHTA , with a descendant HORUS . Aryans again descending on India. VACH Speech. AMON MOUT CHONS ZOROASTER USIIAS Dawn. 2200 MAROOTS Storm. 2200 An Egyptian Inscription of time ofSESOURTESEN III. ST SHEMITES of Arabia moving North-East and West. PRITHVI Earth. THE MÀTCH or FISH 1 AVATÁR VAYOO Wind. 2188 City ofMEMPHIS .NINUS , King of Nineveh. TheSOLARITES in Mesopotamia trying to destroy DRAGONITES. PYRAMIDS SAN ZOAN THEMI AP or AB Water. Egyptian by KingsSOOFIS andJOOESOOFIS . or , Capital of SIVAIK RA HAKE or Diospolites rise. (Usher.) Also Herakleopolites of Fourth and Fifth Egyptian Dynasties. NADY Stream, Fifteenth Dynasty. Great inroads of Arabian Shemites. . SATURN PHREworshipped in Egypt, as RA the Rising and ATMOU the Setting Sun. VRITRA Darkness. 2134 BABYLON begins Astronomical Tables, which extend to 331 B.C. AHI Clouds. YÁMA YIMA 13th October 2127 , the Chinese record an Eclipse. 2124 ,, conquered byBELUS , Son ofNINUS . Koothites settling in Ireland. NISROCH ASHTAROTH ASVINS The Twins. NEBO DYAUSand PRITHVI —Heaven and Earth— OURANOS and GAIA , Parents of the Gods. PURJUNYA Rain. HERAKLES andDIONYSUS conquer India, says Metasthenes. TVASHRTI or VULCAN SIKYONIA BACCHUSand OSIRIS wear tiger-skins and have their cars drawn by tigers. established. The cow Timou worshipped as Venus. 2100 Kingdoms of Subartu and Martu (in Syria). Gutim or Goim mentioned. -ZEBUB ATHYR or VENUS ARYANS call Indians Dasyus. 2100 BRÀHM A SOLAR GOD Egypt teaches of a Hell or Hades—Amentes. This or ealier, probable age of Babylonian Flood legends as read on tablets. 2080 TMOUTHE SACRED COW Egypt’s Dynasties of Xoites and Shepherd Kings prominent.—Memphite Dyn. falls Chinese Creed becomes Monotheistic. (Rev. C. Gutzlaff.) [Geo. Smith. 2059 NINUS takes Babylon. Asyrian Empire. FIRST PYRAMID. AMENTES or HADES BRAHMA VISHNOO GREEKS say Dionysus now conquers Ethiopia and India, going by water. HERAKLES perished in Spain. (Sallust.)—TAAUTANUS writes Ten Books of Religious Laws. ARYANS abounding all over Northern India. Sami-Rãmeses of India, the possibleSEMIRAMIS of Asia Minor. 2017 QueenSEMIRAMIS , wife of Ninus, invades India. (Sir R. Phillips and others.) Her army RUDRA or SIVA SIVA is Egyptian Khem, his symbol the Lingam. Anoo of Babylon has a Sacred Grove and TREE OF LIFE. said to be two millions strong.—Probable time ofZOROASTER . (Haug.) 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,, Knef. ARYANS move down from Panjab among Central Indian and Dravidian Races of South India. Sumir capital Ur, and which remained so to1850 . Very many tablets relate events beyond and Akad form one Babylonian empire. Babylonian Bel is also called Elu, who has as Sakti (Queen) Ishtar. She is this period. Southern Kaldia called SUMIR. NEPTE 2000 also called wife of Dumuzi or Tamuz (Sun) King of Erek. (Geo. Smith.) WATER 2000 TYRE celebrated for its dyes. (Phillips.) FIRE EARTH VISVA-DEVAS, certain Gods or Genii. OSIRISas Judge of Dead is shown as PLUTO or HADES or theSHADES —Winter. KOORMA or TURTLE SECOND AVATÁR URANIA ADONIS 1913 KEDERLAOMER, King ofELAM , according to Jews, but unknown to Tablets. BELUS AllARYANS worshipping their Ancestors, and offering sacrifices, food, and oblations at their shrines or graves. Knef, Neith, and Snake-worship at Esne. VENUS NEITH Do. burning the dead and putting ashes in urns. Sacred wood used for the pyres; black cows and goats are sacrificed. EGYPT conquers Asyria and holds to 14th century. 1900 Tuoth-de-Danaans settle in Ireland. (Keane and others.) 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 Gomorrah 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 Dynasty—history becomes accurate. or FISH or VISHOOand 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 in Talbets till677 B.C. (Smith). 1800 or ORUS YAGUR-VEDA SAMA-VEDA SAMSI VOOL II., Asyria. Kuthites or Aithiopians moving everywhere. (II.) —Hymns for Sacrifices. The (III.) 1800 1796 OGYGES, King of Atika. VEDAS in their present form, according to Prof. Whitney. 1778 EXODUS. (Mill. of Facts.) AYOODYA, a great city. Probable time of Ramââââ yana scenes, also of wars at Hastinapoor, mentioned in Mah bh r ta. 1768 Flood of Ogyges of Atika. ATARVA-VEDA—for Bishops—also for Prayers and Sacrifices. ILU-BA, King of Asyria (Tablets) builds a “House of Salvation.” Great Festivals at Winter Solstice common, Parents Worshipped by Children; all Superiors by Inferiors; cattle and tools 1740 Egyptian Tombs with Doric Pillars. Beni-hassan. Egypt shuts up all her land. adorned and honoured. THOTHMES, King of Egypt. Abysinians from Sind.THEBES and KARNAK. NÁRASIMVA the FOURTH AVATÁR End of Hyksos—Seventeenth Dynasty. 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, BEL-KAP-KAPU, King of Asyria. Larsa becomes capital of . HALF MAN and HALF LION and denote fertility. 1700 1700 Temple at Edfou toAPOLLO. Eighteenth Egyptian Dynasty. Amen-Ophis or Ahmes. Babylonian inscriptions now become much bolder and clearer. NYSA or NUSA IS HEAVEN THE LINGA in ARGA REMBA INDRA’S ISIS Pelasgi worshipDOHEUS , VULCAN , &c. is the Venus of Heaven, same as , [Note.—For Julian Year add or ISHTÁR SKANDAis the God of War. PAVANA is Pan. 4174 ADASI orBEL-BANI , King of Asyria. ASTARTE or SRI-LINGA subtract from Christian. ZEND KOOVERA, Wealth. A.U.C., or Year of Rome, is 1640 ABELUS ruling over Babylon MAHA-DEVA 753 ASHÉRA ASTORETH MEROO is the Hill of God—Heaven. Sargon found in a cradle of bulrushes on Euphrates. B.C. First Olympiad was KABOORA is in EgyptANUBIS , and in Greece KERBEROS. AVESTA 776 B.C., and one occurs every SIVA, commonly called ISWARA or ESWARA , the Supreme God, same as OSIRIS. four years.] 1634 CHINA—Reign ofTOIWOO . Seventy-six Kingdoms send Embassy. LINGAM JANUS SABAOTH HOMA, called Painless Tree of Life and Knowledge. ATHENS. KERKOPS founds Minos’ Laws.SARGINA orSARGON , King of Akad. Akadian ceases to be a spoken language in Babylonia: Records being translated into Shemitic. (Sayce.) 1600 JUPITER AM-ON ESWÁRA AND ISA 1600 1574 1622 –THOTHMES III. (Brugsch.) Babylon ruled from this till 1300 by foreigners, usually called Arabs, and Kings of Sumir and Akad, or Lower and Upper Baby- Zoroastrianism called Magianism in Persia. Date of Arundel Tables. HERA AGATHODEMON KAILÁSA the HINDOO lonia. Capitals still Ur, Karak, Larsa, and Akad. Only in this century is Shemitic language in use. (Sayce.) 1550 ISHMA-EL, son of Abuha, is name of a witness in Babylon. (Geo. Smith.) IO- DIONYSUS TYRE built.TATARY has Arts and Commerical Laws. HEAVEN TheZENDAVASTA , containing the YASNA , VESPERED , VINDIDAD. Zohok or Dozook of Kabool Valley mentioned. IRIHA VOOL orASHER-NADIN-AHI , King of Asyria. Hamurabi conquers Babylon and holds JUNO ADONIS THEBES MEMPHIS 1532 ARESand POSEIDON reign in Greece. (Parian Chron.) [for250 years. MILKOM and not mentioned in Zendavesta ; neither Persis nor Persians. 1529 ARYANS FLOOD all over Persia. of Deukalion. Stories of Moses. TOTH or MERCURY Egypt uses the civil year of365 days, called Tho-this, or Dog-star. 1510 AMOON-MAI RAMESES—HELLEN King of Greece, meaning rule of Solarites. MOLEK or ASMODEUS 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 ASHER NIRARI I,or ABU-DAN , King of Asyria. 1500 1480 ARGOS. MOSES. Danaus at Merepthah, King of Egypt. Nineteenth Dynasty, Egypt. Hebrews said to leave Egypt. Hellenes of Greece believe in One Universal Deity. (Pritchard, Egyptian Mythology,36 .) 1460 RAMESES’ Conquests. Oracle ofTHEMIS. EDUTH (“Testimony”), symbol of Deity in JAVHEH, EDUTH or THE “TESTIMONY” 1450 UTICA andCADIZ built by Phenicians. IS , Capital of Egypt. [Jewish Ark. a SYMBOL of 1434Death of 24 th Jain Tirtankâra. Vindidad saysARYAN 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 AMENOPHIS II., King of Egypt. YAHVEH ELOHIM UPANISHADS. VEDAS 1426 AYOODYA WAMÁNA FIFTH AVATÁR Some writers place in their present form as low as this. JARASANDA, King of Magada. of Rama destroyed. the BUZUR-ASHER, King of Asyria,1420-1400 . CERES, SIDI (THE DWARF) Pandoo and Kooroo War. (Cunningham.) CERESto Greece. PERSIANS sacrifice to VENUS and URANIA. MALE & FEMALE VENUS, BACCHUS BRAHMÂNAS. THEBES 1600 1100 18 19 1400 SAHA-DEVA, King of Behar or Magada during War of Pandoos and Kooroos. and its Religions in full vigour from to . (Gladstone.) th and th Dynasties. 1400 1400-1370 ASHER-UBALID, King of Asyria, . DYAUS Some place Wars ofPANDOOS and KOOROOS described in Mahââ bh rata of3 d century. KITA attacking Egypt. (Gladstone.) LOGOS OPS or RHEA An Egyptian poem likens a chief to the great Asyrian hunter Kazartu. (Smith.) 1355 MARIS orMÈNOPHERES, King of Egypt. Rameses II.,1394-1328 or 1407-1341 . SKY SIDON, the flourishing capital of Phenicians.BEL-NIRARI , King of Aysria,1370-1350 . CHEMOSH Pandoo and Kooroo War. (Professor Wilson.) [Note.—The same events, books, or persons, often CHIUN or KIUN. appear several times and at wide intervals, Ethiopia conquered by Egypt.BUDIL , King of Asyria,1350-1330 . JEWISH EXODUS. MEREPTHAH, the Egyptian King. (Gladstone.) 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. have been advanced by different authors. This BABYLON now under Asyria. [1330 -1300 . VULCAN is especially the case as to the Indian Epics, BRAHMANISIM proselytising East Coast of India. An oppressive Phallic faith. HERAKLES.Temples toVULCAN. Medinel Abou of Egypt. Abram, the Flood, &c.] 1300-1270 HERAKLES or HERCULES Mahââ bh rata 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 Fervent 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. enriched by Shalmaneser. Oracle ofAPOLLO in Greece. Phenicians flourish. Twentieth Egyptian Dynasty. THE SAKOTH BENOTH THE TRINITY or TRIMOORTI Probable time of Conquest of Lanka or Ceylon byRAMA or SOLARITES. 1260 THESEUS reigns in Athens. Pythian Games instituted. RO-T-AMENTI 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 all Asia burning SACRED FIRE. Lunar Zodiac—INDIA. HELEN carried to TROY. BEL-KUDUR-UZUR ,1240-1220 . A-ESH OSIRIS 1218 TROJAN WAR. (Parian Chron.) Gladstone says1285 to 1345 . Ninip-bal Asher. , called Ro-t-amenti, Judge of Dead and Hell; the Greek Radamanthus. SHANG RAMA the SEVENTH AVATÁR RAMAYANA 1200 Dynasty destroyed—King of China to Korea.SETHOS I. of Egypt. ADAM Epic. Vindidad anterior to this. (Haug.) 1200 Egypt building Temples and Monuments at Abydos. ASHERDAN I., 1200-1170. Hittites attacking Asyria. GAROODA, an Eagle-headed Deity—the Vehicle of Vishnoo. 1184 TROY captured. Similar War in every Aryan land. (Cox.) SIDON fallen. (Gladstone).MUTAGIL-NUSKU , King of Asyria,1170-1150 . SET or SETH EgyptianTHEBES still flourishing (Gladstone). AYODYA, 1150-1120 Capital in Oud.—“The Blessed.”ASHER-RISILIM, . Human Sacrifice everywhere.EOLIAN Colonies migrating. Temple of Anoo and Vool restored at Asher. HINDOOS give Astronomical Calculations. KingDAVID rising. Worship ofOAKS. Western ARYANS use only Oak to burn their dead. 1107 THSIN Dynasty begins in Shansi (China); ends677B.C.TIGLATH-PILESER I., 1120-1100 . CHINESE 1110 “The Long-Robed People” again send Embassy to China. Return of Heraklidæ. 1100 under KingTCHEOU observe obliquity of Ecliptic. 1100 Fo formed present Chinese Alphabet, and book ofY or Transformation. Abbott’s Theban Papyrus of16 th Year ofRAMESES IX mentions KingANTEFAA and his dogs as on a tomb about 3000 B.C. Kymri invade Asia. (Eusebius.) DEMETER 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 DELHIas INDRAPRESTA. KODRUS, King of Athens, dies. Kingdom of Lacedemon. TheNITA-SASTRAS , or Hindoo Works on Morals, &c. SAMSI VOOL III., 1080-1060. YONI PYTHON DEVA-MATRI OR THE HEAVENLY MOTHER SAMUEL, the Hebrew Judge and Priest.DAVID, King of Israel, according to Jews. SERPAIS, or the Sun of Taurus, now presides overAMENTI orHADES —Sanskrit Adhas. 1022 CHING Dynasty rules in Honan, and on to477 B.C.ASHER-RUBER, King of Asyria. PRIAPUS KÂMA, LOVE EVE ATARKANDA HESIOD, says Herodotus. Some IONIANS leave Greece for Asia Minor. ADÁMA of Ramâyâna possibly about this time. HOMER. LAKSMI or SRI Solomon’s Temple finished.ASHER NIMATI , King of Asyria. AITHEROS PHANES-CHAOS MAHABÁRATA, by Vyasa, speaks of NIHILISM. TUMULI with Urns of Ashes 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 RAMA. Language and People in Valleys of Indus and Ganges. TAURUS KÁLIYA or NÁGA (Bentley.) Woods and Groves called Bâns and Up-bâns. 986 SAMOSbuilt. Some PSALMS of the HEBREWS. THE VERNAL 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. PUT, the Hindoo Place of Tormet, from which the PUTRA , or Son, can alone release a parent. VOOL NIRARI II., King of Asyria,913-891 . 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. HERMES HARI-VANSA KRISHNA. AHSER NAZIR PAL,S885.HALMANESER II., 860-825 . ARTEMIS DIANA Poem of or Pedigree of 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 Western Asyria. 825-812 THEMIS Manoo says nothing of India south of Narbada.SAMSI VOOL IV., . MINERVA NEITH Chinese KingHWANSTENG . Stone Pillars carved at Dibou, now in Confucian Temple, Pekin ; their age between827 and 782 . Praswanath, 23d Tirtankar of Jains. KAPILA’S PHILOSOPHY. Bull and Wheel common Images. Lydia a Kingdom. PUL, King of Asyria. [ramis” NINIP BIT-SIDA 800 IVALOOSH orVOOL NIRARI III., 812-783. His wife “Samaramat” thought to be “Semi- Temple to built at Kalah, and called after that at Borsipa. 800 RHEA MERODAK FIRST GREEK OLYMPIAD 776 783 SHALMANESER III. ASHERDAN III.,773-755 . THE MONAD THE DUADAND TRIAD Great Temple to built at Nineveh. , . 765 15th June—Total Solar Eclipse—Nineveh.ROMULUS , 753 A.U.C. JAH The Penates of Etruscans are a Trinity—Pales, Ceres, and Fortuna. (Servius.) IAO HALDI 750 TEARKON,AKing of Ethiopia.SHER NIRARI II., 755-745 .ISAIAH writes. Moozazir, Capital of Ararat. Great God on high rocky hill ; his Goddess is Bag-masti. TILGATH PILESER II,takes Damascus; reigns745-727 . SHALAMESER TO 722 . HELIOS LIKENG Women attached to Temples, dance and offer themselves to the Gods and Worshippers. Babylonian Lunar Cycle of1805 years and 712 . LAWSof MANOO. (J. Fergusson.) SANKYA Philosophy. Greeks and Latins offering Funeral Sacrifices. SANSKRIT SENAKERIB,SKing of Asyria.ARGON, 722-705 . Egyptian Sethos, Priest of Vulcan. A Serpent Race invading Northern India. no longer spoken. Rape of Sabines. Katan, Founder of South Arabia. “Hittites” or Syrians captured. NUMA said to rule in Rome. OldHEBREW forgot. All Syria under Asyria. Inhabitants changed about, and people of SAMARIA Egyptians told Herodotus that345 generations of men had existed between 713 B.C . and ZEUS HADES Merodak the chief God of Asyrian Empire, and Ishtar the Goddess. [lost sight of. RAMAYANA 700 first Egyptian King. probably written ; long oral. A Naga King rules Magada.SARGON invades all Arabia and Armenia. 700 SENAKERIB makes great sacrifices to Hea on sea-coast. POSEIDON VESTA--FIRE BOODHA THE 9th AVATÁR Continued interchanging of tribes by Asyrian monarchs to destroy nationalities. Olam-Fodla, Keltic King, settles in Ireland; re-establishes Taltine Games at Tara. TRIPITAKA Asyria possesses a great Imperial Library. 680 PLUTO ESARHADON invades Judea; reigns681-668 , and marches to Thebes; annexes Egypt. THE ESARHADON restores Babylon and great Temples, and returns all her Gods from Asyria. 670 SKYTHIANS B moving South, West, and East, overrun all Asia Minor. Egyptian ports open. TAO JHAVHdestroys Asyrian Army, say Jews. Indians say their RIGVEDA has1028 Hymns, only readable by the priests. 664 Egyptian History very correct, begins with 26th Dynasty.ASHERBANIPAL ,673-626 . SELENE, IO, O 668Date of an Asyrian Tablet going back to 1600 B.C . Sema Tsien’s History of China begins. PSAMETIKUS ruling Egypt ; restores Ancient Laws and Religion. Elam conquered. IUNA The First FourteenBOOKS of Jewish OLD TESTAMENT. Media, Babylon, and Egypt uniting against Asyria. 607 NINEVEH destroyed by Medes and Babylonians.ASHEREBILILI , last king. 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 . 600 JEREMIAH—NEBUKADNEZAR—TARQUIN I. of Rome. ATHENA Egypt adopts the Demotic or Enkorial Alphabet. 600 D 589 Solar Eclipse.586 JERUSALEM —Temple destroyed. SOLON. BOODHApreaching atGYA. LAOTSEE born,604 . All Europe burning Sacred Fire. JOEL written (Dr. Oort). LINGAMand LARES , with DIANA Worship at ROME. ASYRIANCuniform Edicts. ARYANS going south of NARBADA.AJATASATROO builds PATNA. 585 Solar Eclipse ofTHALES. Earth, he says, is a sphere—636 , 546 . 573 Fall of Tyre.568 Zedikia killed. Jews in Babylon. 560 Obelisk of Dura worshipped. 560 KANOJ, Capital of Brahmanism. TAO-TSE Bible promulgated.OOJEIN embraces Boodhism, and so do most Turanians. 538 IAW H CYRUS destroysBABYLON , makes Pesargadi his capital.AMASES , King of Egypt. J 551CONFUCIUS born; died, 478 : wrote “Spring and Autumn,” and a History embracing from 721 to 480 . 528 EZRA.—CAMBYSES II.,529-522 , conquers Egypt.— THEBES destroyed. 543BOODHISTSacred ERA : his death. TRIPITAKA compiled by 1 st Council.SINHALA’S Son conquers Sinhala or Ceylon. AJATASATRU, King of Magada,35 th. Boodhist Faiths spread West. 523 Cambyses stabs Apis; Phallic worshippers roused all over Western Asia; King killed. A DARIUS I. carves Behistan inscription ; coins gold and silver.Magiphonia or slaughter of Magi of Ekbatâna. PYTHAGORAS 521-486 I teaches Transmigation and Theism.DARIUS I., , King of Persia, YASKAVEDASwritten. Sanchi and Satdar Cahityas,480 . CONFUCIUS’ Lykeng. 500 500 Titanic Keltæ crossing Alps to Armorika. Belgæ on move west.493 League of Thirty Latin I S 2d King Mahâvânsoo Dynasty rules Ceylon from Vigitapoora, near Damhool. No pre-Bood. inscriptions found in Ceylon (Gold- 490 HERODOTUS.— NEHEMIAH and Ezra.2 nd Temple of Jerusalem. ARISTIDES. [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 -25 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. GREEKSwin Battles of Platea and Mykale,22 d September 479 . CTESIAS writes of Persia and India in Ionic dialect. 450 Meton, Greek Astronomer.—PHIDIAS. Athenian fleet destroys Phenician.

S SYBILLINE NUMA’SReligious Laws : no Idols allowed.— SOKRATES.. — ANAXAGORAS DELPHIC ORACLE TARQUIN II. puts Books in Capitol.XERXES draws troops from India. (Herod.) 450 Ezra writes Old Test., which his followers continue doing to292 . “Simon the Just.” 453 Vaisala, SecondBOODHIST Synod.—JainKALPA SOOTRA written ; part of SOOTRAS or JAIN Bible. GRECIAN THESEUS. PROTAGORAS. Temple to —DARIUS NOTHUS reigns at Soosa, APOLLO & PYTHON 425 NANDA, First of Ten Nanda Kings of Magada.PATNA finished byUDAYA . Ramayana current. 405-359 424-405 ARTA-XERXES II. Mnemon, . [ . SOOTRA GROVE 400 Andrasimoondoo, Capital of Ceylon.—PLATO. HOMER of present ILIAD. (Paley.) ODIN THOR FRIGA 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. Greek Alphabet gets its24 letters. 371 THEBANSdefeat SPARTA at LEUKTRA. —KOOSAI seizes the Kaba of Meka. BOODHIST YEMEN MEKA. 335 THEBES 359-338 Images dressed. sacrificing to Sun, Moon, Stars, and all Arabia kissing the Black Stone of of Egypt destroyed byALEXANDER.ARTAXERXES III., Oleus, . MOON SEA JAIN BOODHA JAIN ESA.360 MENCIUS 338 ARISTOTLEwrites that MAGI are more ancient than Egyptians. NEPTUNE Images naked. called preaching Confucianism. DRUIDS 283 331 -7 ARSES,DKg. of Persia.336-331ARIUS III., Codomanus. 333 Darius loses battle of Issus. One Siceitus writes from Alexander’s Army. firm believers in a Supreme Being. (Higgins, C. D., .) ARBELA. End of Aka-Menidæ.326 ALEXANDER in India—blots out Asyria. MANETHO, Egyptian Priest, names Egyptian Dynasties5000 years back. 340 Siamese Era ofT’A-KOODAM or Descent of Boodha. Seleukus Niktator.317 GREEKS expelled India, Patna capital. PTOLMEY PHIL.has Vulgate translated. PYRRHO , Sceptic.330 Hebrew CHRONICLES written. 150 GOD & MATTER called CO-ETERNAL Megasthenes, ambassador of Seleukos, gives list of Indian Kings. 325CHANDRAGOOPTA’S succession to throne of Magada is 1 st of Mauryan Dynasty, and 49 th from Pandoo War. 312 Seleukidan Era begins.309 Final rescension ofTRIPITAKA . 3 d Boodhist Council. Boodhist’s Trinity.ZENDAVESTA into Greek. THATOON , in Pegu, falls. 300 300 330-260 292 283 Berosus, Kaldian Priest, writes, . or 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 BOODHISM dominant in India. Ataka written in Pali. Palmyra underZENOBIA has a greatSUN Temple. PARIANChronicle, date of.—Mencius of China writes4 th. SHOO. 250 ASOKA52 241 BOODHIST ZENOteaches STOICISM. EUCLID writes.274ASOKA , Viceroy OUJAIN ; and 263 , King of Magada. , d from Pandoo and Kooroo War.— Third Council at Patna. BUDASH Kingdom of Parthia.247-214 TIRIDATES I. of Arsakidæ. 250Rock Inscriptions ; Pillars, 236 . 242BOODHIST 3 d Synod. 241 BOODHISTS in Thatoon.250 ARSAKES , 1 st of Arsakidæ. Matter 245 221 CHINESE TATARS. SEPTUAG’T. () to conquering —Topes in Ceylon.—PTOLMEY of Egypt conquers O.T. JEWISH ()Mind VariousPOORANANS, and some say, Parts of RAMÁYANA and later MAHÁBÁRATA written.240 Epic of Lunar Race. 242 MAHENDRA , son of Asoka, to Ceylon. [Bactria. BOODHIST 242 3 ASOKA LATS216 HANNIBAL. Mission to China and Pegu. Asoka’s Fourth Son, Rahanman, to Ava. Boodhist d Synod. dies.— erected. Their Concretion () OLD TESTAMENT SEPTUAGINT. DHAMAPADA 200 CHINESEannex YOONAN and advance to Oxus.—Great Wall. into Greek , Boodhist Ethics.ASOKA’S Son—SOOJASAS , reigns in Patna. 200 214 -196ARTABANES I. PRIAPATIUS,.P 196-181HRAATES I.,to 174 . 174-136 MITHRIDATES I. Asoka’s Hindoo Son,JALAKA , reigns in Kashmeer ; his other Son,KOONALA , in Panjab.180 ECCLESIASTICUS written. PHRAATES II. to128 . Belgæ of Britain now called Keltæ. 140to 186 China under EmperorHIASWATY , Hun Dynasty. Second Sanchi Tope. Book ofISAIAH known in Egypt. Chinese first learn ofINDIA or YINTOO. —EmperorWOOTE of Han Dynasty. VIVASWAT or VIVANVAT PUCHACA MAE BO TREE 181 NUMA’S Laws resuscitated at Rome. SON OF SOMA 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. 122 China tries to reach India, but fails. Menander rules Panjab, Kabol, and Sind,165 to 130 . (Sooráshtra.) 147 ROME PHENICIA. GOD OF PERU YÁMA the SON destroys —Hipparchus and Zodiacal Astronomy. Religion being still hereditary, so is Property ; hence wills unknown, those performing funeral rites inheriting. ATRABANES II.,128-124 . JEMSHED YIMA. GURSHAP 120 BACTRIANKingdom overthrown by SKYTHIANS. OF YIMA Firdusis’ or Firidoon has for Kersapa. Athwya and Thraetona are Sons of Soma. 100 ROMEworships MITHRA. MITHRADATES II.,124 . MITHRA SomeUPA-POORÁNAS inculating Brahmanism.KÁLIDÁSA writes the Sakoontâla. 100 92 KATAK, BOODHIST Caves.—Saka seizes Sistan and Korasan. 92Ceylon Boodhist Bible written. 76 TheLALITA-VISTARA , (Páli) Pita Katya, and Commentaries. Atakáta by Mahendra. CICERO.— SALLUST. — JULIUS CÆSAR invades South Britain; assassinated,44 . 76-65SANATROCES, King of Arsakidæ.PHRAATES III., 66-60 .MITHRADATES III., to 56 .ORODES I., to 37 . 56 OUJEIN, Boohist 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 to 33 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 and Asia 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, Year of Birth and Death uncertain.—HEROD died,2 . B.C O Thousands of Indian Boodhists to China, Java, Siam, Anam, &c.15 B.C. , China makes Taoism a State Faith. 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 -35Pontius Pilate Procurator. L. Vitellius, Consul of Syria.CALIGULA,C 37 .LAUDIUS , 41. APTYA 37 ARTABANUS, King of Parthia, throws incense on Sacred Fire, and images of Roman Army on Euphrates. 47 ROMANSfinally wipe out PHENICIANS. — PLINY elder.VARDANES I. of Parthia. 40 50,000 54 -69Nero. 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.CA. to 50.C .,PHILO . 44 Apollonius visits India. Roman London founded. 69 VESPASIAN.—TITUS destroysJERUSALEM ,70 ;VOOLASGES I. sends him a crown of gold. DAWN OF CHRISTIANITY SANCHITope of Bilsa Group. Boodhism Bhopal.74 JAVANESE Era Boodhistical. Alani Skyths descending on Asia Minor. 73 Samoondri—Prome Era established.78 , Alaric invades Europe, theALANI having been so VESPASIAN, Emperor of Rome, from69 to 79 .TITUS , to 81 .DOMITIAN , 81 to 96 .NERVA , 98 .TRAJAN , Jan. 98 to Aug. 117 . successful. Boodhist Era,SAKA established.PAKORUS II.,78-107 . Polycarp said to be Bishop of Smyrna.SANSKRIT understood only by a learned few. Clemens Romanus, Bishop of Rome. 93 KARLI—Boodhist CAVE. — JOSEPHUS dies.—SALIVAHANA , King of Paitan-Godavain. 100 PLINYyounger.— AYOODYA 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 at Antioch. 109 IGNATIUS, Bishop of Antioch, martyred.—Egisippus, Ecclesiastical Historian. 130 TEMPLEof JERUSALEM rebuilt to JUPITER. Arrian the Historian. Papius, Bishop of Hierapolis. JAIN 133 116 TRAJAN overrunning Mesopotamia.130-149VOLOGASES II. ; VOLOGASES III to 191 . Faith in full vigour. Skythic Alani again descending on Asia Minor. FATHER AND SON HOLY GHOST SATAN 150 PTOLMEY’S 135 JUDEANS banished and580,000 destroyed.—ADRIAN , Emperor, 117-138 . Yields up Meso- Geography. FIRDUSI’S ZOHAD-AZHI-LAKA-AHI 166 113-130 , or Serpent Races, conquering Thraeton or more ancient Trita. China examining Rome’s Astronomical Writings. Kosroes, [potamia. 164 JUSTIN MARTYR. BRAHMANS 138-161 CHRIST IS WORSHIPPED Roman Army brings first Pestilence to Europe from Babylon. rule in Telingana.—ANTONINUS PIUS,A Emp, . M.URELIUS succeeds. 166ROME sends Embassy to China. Marcus Aurelius, 161-180 . CHRISTIANS preaching in Europe. CELSUS PAUSANIAS , 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 201EmperorSEVERUS overruns Babylonia ; removes 100,000 captives from Ctesiphon; annexes Adiabene. 211 EmperorSEVERUS dies at York.ARTABANUS IV.215-225 Battle of Hormazd. [nidæ. Boodhagosa’s works on History, Grammar, &c.216 Caracalla destroys Sacred Tombs at Arbela, where Seth is entombed. 222 China receives Coloured Glass from West. Hans Dynasty begins.226 ARDASHIR I. of Sasa- 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, KROM 222 INDO-SKYTHIANPower declines.ANTONINUS HELIOGABALUS Emperor,221-224 . ORIGEN. St. Gregory. 254 -55 EmperorDECIUS.V —Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage.ARARAN I. to II.,294 . [ 273 . 224 SKANDA GOOPTA reigning from Goojerat to Ganges. 260 DIANA Temple of of Ephesus destroyed. Persia captures Roman Emperor; rules all Meso- 227 Roman Embassy to Cochin China and those parts.ROME pays Tribute to GOTHS. 270 256-271 271-273 ODIN EmperorsVALERIANUS andGALLIENUS , ;CLAUDIUS , . [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 . Julius Africanus’ History. Manikeus martyred in Persia ; calls himself the promised Paraklete. Lucian, Presbyter of Antioch. Dionysus’ Bassarica.—EUSEBIUS writing history of Christianity. FRIG FREY 300 FREYIA Porphyry in India describes Boodhist Faith. Peter, Bishop of Alexandria. Hesychius’ New Greek Bible, Alexandria. 300 303 -310HORMAZD.SHAPOOR II. to 381 . Zoroastrians destroy the Images of Sun and Moon, and deified Kings and Seers of Armenia. 307 287 PRI-APUS IS STILL EVERYWHERE WORSHIPPED DIOCLETIAN Emperor to . 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 of MANOO. 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 Roman Army under Valens.AMRAVATI built. BRAHMANS from Matoora to Panjab. PALLADIUS,SHermit and Christian Bishop.—CHOLASTIKOS goes to India. PELEVIlanguage and PALI . Boodhagôâ sa to Ceylon ; translates Atak ta into Pâli.ARDASHIR II.381-385 .SHAPOOR III. THEODISIUS’ Final Decree abolishing “Heathenism.”—Empire divided. DENIED & MAINTAINED 400 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. 420 BIBLE OF OLD Christians are now of importance in Persian Empire. Do. begin to persecute; burn a BELUS SERAPIS AND KRONOS 404VARARAN IV. orKERMANSHAH succeeded byYEZDIGIRID I. 420 .YEZDIGIRID II. 448 . 407 Alans conquer Central Europe. NANKIN Chinese Vessels numerous in Persian Gulf; the Capital. [Zoroastrian Capital. & NEW TEST. 409Vandals and Sueves invade Italy; and 429 , Vandals pass into Africa. 419 Visigoths settle in Spain. PANDOOInvasion from Kashmeer.— LEO , Pope of Rome. The BoohistMAHA VANSOO . TheDHAMAPADA. A Copperplate mentions Wars of Bâ rata.411 A Kalpa Sootra by Badrabahoo. BOODHISM declares the World Round and Solid, and says there are millions of other worlds. 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 . OF BELIEFS 450 GEMARA TALMUD. SANSHIN 484-488 498 560 Romans leave Britain; and448 , Saxons invade. 468 Council of Laodicea settles Christian Babylonian — preaches a Reformed Faith in China.PALASH ;KOBAD to . BRAHMANISM 430 476 ROMAN EMPIRE (Western) ends;ODOACEE , King of Italy. [Canonical Books. again becomes dominant in India.KOOMARA , .SKANDAGOOPTA , 440 to 452. Nonas writes his Dionysiaca.—Hesychios lives.499 Boodhist Priest discovers America. CLOVIS, King of Franks, becomesCHRISTIAN. Boodhagosa’s Commentaries on Tripitaka. MITHRAS VIRAF & ZARVAN GREEK CHURCH ROMISH. 498 531 500 BOODHA GOOPTA, a Boodhist King of Magada, sends Embassy to China. [(Leland). now wholly separates fromJAMASP , 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. SUN TOTH TOT TA TAO FIRE 518HOEISENG to India, collects Boodhist Literature. 531-579 KOSROE I. orNUSHERWAN . 539 Boodhist Comm. Era begins, and sacred line, “Om manipadmi hum ,” or, “Oh the Jewel in the Lotus,” common. Mazdak, communist and athiest, and sect destroyed in Persia by LATINstill commonly spoken. BOODHISM , with Fire Worship, at Balk. Kosree Noosherwan. He has Plato and Aristotle 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. 568LOMBARDSdestroy GEPIDÆ. 573 70,000 Parthians move to Crete. 547 Angles invade Britain. FIEDNEIMD 587 Sitang or Tsit-toung built by King of Pegu. Athanasian Creed must have now existed. 569 MAHOMED born ; died644 . THAO 596 ST.PAUL’S, LONDON, building on a Temple of DIANA. HEGIRA,16 thJULY 622 .SILADITYA of Balabi protects JAINS. 600 SAMARKAND, the Athens of the East. Saganian Sculptures often in Pelevi. King of Byzantium,MAURICE .THEOPHYLACHUS , Historian.579-591 HORMAZD IV. 600 607 Harsha B. Era. 591-628 KOSROE II. succeeds as King of Perisa. Magada Empire overthrown by Sil-Aditya, who dies645 . 615 KOSROE II. ravages Syria and Egypt; vows he “will put down the worship of a crucified God.” 629 EmperorHERACLIUS restores Holy Cross to Jerusalem. Is commanded by Mahomed to renounce Christianity. 635NESTORIAN HWEN-TSANG 629-645 632-650 Receives letter from Mahomed to “worship one God,” and not the Sun. Church in China. to India, . Droovasena reigns, . 638 Boodhism introduced into Siam (Crawford.) 628 -632 KOHAB II. 636 Omar Kalif enters Jerusalem as conqueror. HARSHA VARDHANA, King of Northern India, rules as a Boodhist King at Kanoj.643 His Great Procession to Kanoj; Dies, 648 . 638 Saracens driving out last Sasanian King.632-641 YEZDIGIRID III. falls—last of Sasanidæ. AJANTAbuilt. MAHOMEDANS conquer Persia under GeneralKALEB.ABOO BEKR , Kalif. 640 ISLAMITES BRAHMANICAL. Egypt, Syria, and Persia are —Orisa BENARES has100 Siva Temples to 30 Boodhist Monasteries. Kalinga has few Boodhists.MAHOMEDANS preaching in China. SIL-ADITYA, King of Malwa, conquers Magada ; dies648 —a Boodhist. Tolteks occupy Ana- SARNAT, Boodhist Stoopa Benares. 650 Chinese Emperor,YUAN TSANG , seeks aid ofMAHOMEDANS . [huak. 680 Council of Constantinople, last of six Ecumenical. MAHOMEDANS 700 settle in Yoonan.—King of Kabol a Turk.—Ganzi a Boodhist. India—PRAKRIT Languages only current. BEDE ,672-735 , writing Eclesiastical History. 700 704 707 ALFRED resists a Papal Mandate. Mahomedans masters of Africa. KORAN Debal, Chief Port of Sind.SUN Worshipped over all Western India. 712 Saracens and Moors extirpate Visigoths from Spain. YAH 730 BOODHIST 715 Winifred, a monk of Wessex, under the name of Boniface, goes on his first mission to Germany. Fifty-sixCHINESE MONKS toINDIA , and write Itineraries. triumphs in Barma. 721 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 757 SIVAISM Arabs and Persians in Chinese Ports.—Arabs invade Sind. Brahmanabad, Sind, destroyed by Earthquake. greatly revives in India by Preaching of Sankara-Acharya. 746 A Brahman King of Pegu builds 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. ALLAH 771-784 CHARLEMAGNE Christianising Europe ; checks Normans, who are now settling in France and Germany. 774 Lombards overthrown.786 HAROONAL RASHID , Kalif. TOPESat SARANAT , near Benares. ODEN WODEN TA-AL Zoroastrian Poet,DAKIKI. BENARES gives Brahman King to Central India. 800 800 POORANAS CHARLEMAGNE crowned Emperor of the West by Pope Leo at Rome. Many 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 proscribes NESTORIANS. 862 Establishment of Novogorod by Ruric the Pirate. Beginning of Russian Empire. TOOTLE DIE 850 BRAHMAN Dynasty begins to reign in Kábol. CAVESat ELORA , called India Sooba. ALPHONSO the Great. Europe priest-ridden—THE DARKAGES. TLOQE VariousTANTRAS reviving Phallic Ideas and Faiths in India. ALFRED of England has established Saxon Dominion ; reigns872-901 . DIETH GOT 900 Jain Priest Jaina Siva. 900 JAINISM 939 Bible translated into Saxon. DEUS revived underAMOGAVERSHA , King of Konjeveram. 950 No town in or about Persia without its Fire Shrine. (Ibn Hankal.) TATARS 911

ANISM Christianity strives to keep Europe in darkness, and shut out all learning. ravage China, th to th centuries. 958 Law issued in England for Prayer on Saturdays. 970 King of Kashgar embraces MAHOMEDANISM. Arab Geographers write of Western India. Modern Arabic invented by Maläk. GUD AS Many Normans becoming Christians. Eric “the Red” settles with Northmen in W. Greenland. 976 JAIPAL, Hindoo King of Lahore, conquered bySOOBOOKTOOGREEN of Gazni. 964CHINIE, from China to India, with 300 Pilgrims. 977 MAHMOOD of Gazni succeeds. KODA Date of Present Oldest HebrewMSS. of OLD TESTAMENT. 1000 Paper long known to Chinese—made from Cotton. 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 Temple of Samnat destroyed by MAHMOOD. Toorkistan tries for Empire. 1032 JAINTemple, ABOO of Vimalasa.— HILDEBRAND Pope. BOOG FIRDUSI’S SHA-NAME. Aboo-Rihan’s History. 1033 “Truce of God,” for Regulation of the Seasons, &c., published in France. 1074 BOODHISM in Java, and Fall of First Java Kingdom. 1051 TURKS BAGDAD. JAINISM Anahuak abandoned by Tolteks. take King of Bohemia obliged to pay tribute to the Holy See. 1066 HAROLD, King of Saxons, conquered byWILLIAM the Norman. 1080 ANAURATA, Barmese King of Pagán, destroys Pegu—Capital, Thátoon—In subjection200 years. 1092 Death ofMALEK SHAH; Fall of Toorkestan Empire. BOK SHEE CRUSADES.

TAOISM 1100 KIVA or Khorasim a great kingdom. HINDOOISM First Basein, great port for Ceylon. 1100

1110 Learning revived at Cambridge.1118 The Order of Knights-Templars instituted. SOONEES Siberians said to be Remnants of European Aborigines. (Lubbock.)

1125 MEXICO founded.—CHARLES IV. of France. H

BOODHISM 1133Popular respresentation in Arragon and in 1169 in Castille. 1139 TANJORE Temple—Chola Dynasty.—Portugal a Monarchy. 1153 MONGOLS invade China through Yoonan. 1144 Hemachandra, a Jain Writer of Goojerat.

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EDRISA, Arabian Philosopher, says Earth is27,000 miles in circumference. C 1147 Second CRUSADE. 1170 Chichemecas take Anahuak. GREEK CHURCH

CONFUCI 1172 IRELAND conquered. 1187 JERUSALEM taken bySALADEEN . Kanoj Patan Kingdom falling. GHENGIS KHAN, 1163 to 1226. His movements force Siberians into North America. JAPANheard of through Marco Polo. MOSELMS conquer Bengal ; Nadya the Capital. 1200 MARCO POLO travelling. The great Tschu in China. R 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. U 1220 Khiva and Persia conquered by MONGOLS. 1238 Russia conquered by Tatars.—MOSLEMS now supreme in India. Sriharsha writesNAISHADA. ALTAMASH , Emperor of India. Arabian Abdoolfeda writes Universal History. 1258 KABLAI KHAN rules in Yoonan. Pekin new capital. [land. ROGER BACON. Telescope. Alphonso, King of Castile, spends £80,000 on Astronomical Tables.

BAGDADand KALIFAT destroyed by MONGOLS. 1264 Popular Representation in Eng- H 1263 First Church built in Nazareth. 1280 Pagan destroyed byKABLAI KHAN .—CHINA again conquered by MONGOLS. 1290 TheJOOTAKAS of Boodhism translated from Pali into Ceylonese. Martaban made Capital of Pegu, which, with Pagan Capital of Barma is destroyed. 1300-1307

1300 C Rashi Doodeen, Vizier of Persia, writes. 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 ;bd .1265 ; . 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 in Anam. 1364 AVA, the Capital of Barma.— MAHMEDANS in Rangoon. N 1370 Kambodia conquered bySIAM. —Cannon used.—TIMOOR, 1335-1405 . 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 take Adrianople.

1378 Schism of Double Popes, which continues38 years. A ZENDAVESTAtranslated into Sanskrit. CHAUCER. WYCLIFFE. BOCCACIO. 1398 Kathay sends Embassy toTIMOOR . TREE, SERPENT and FIRE Worship, with CHRISTIANITY in Europe. 1400 SecondJAVA Empire falls. M 1400 1401 Statute for Burning of Heretics passed. Henry IV. GOORU Spread of Protestant principles in England. 1405 Pegu rules Arakan, and Prome employs Europeans. VEDAStranslated by Sayna. JOHN HUSS , in1407 , interdicted by France. JAIN Temple of Sad rebuilt by Kamboo Rana of Ooderpore. NANUK O Joan of Arc. Europe hearing of Pegu. Samarkand—EmperorALAK BEG studies Astronomy. 1439 JAIN Tower, Chitore, built by Kamboo Rana. 1452 TURKS 450 1449 Portuguese Mission toJAPAN .—PRINTING in Europe. Guinea discovered by Portuguses. take Constantinople, which has Christian Churches. 1450-56 1453 The Bible is printed by Gutenberg at Mayence, . R Gaur, the Capital of Bengal. King of Herat sends Embassy to China. Vatican Library. 1460 THOMAS-A-KEMPIS, COLUMBUS, CAXTON, THE MEDICIS. “FEASTS OF LIGHTS” very Holy in China, in February and March. 1474 Verd Islands discovered by Portuguese.1486 Cape of Good Hope discovered by B. Diaz. PROTESTT. 1497 GRANTH 1489Maps of American Coast. 1492 West Indies discovered. 1497 Vasco de Gama to East Indies. Cabot finds Esquimaux in Labrador. BIBLE 1500 COPERNICUS.—Saracens out of Spain.— MACHIAVELLI. CHRISTIANS denouncing Serpent Worship in Europe.1499 Amerigo Vespucci discovers South America. 1500 1515 Copernicus observes the Vernal Equinox. THE GRANTH 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. POORANA JEWS,&c. One said to have been written.BABER , Emperor of India, 1526 . 1521 MEXICO plundered.—Portuguese visit China. or XAVIER1552 CALVIN 1531 1545 COUNCIL OF TRENT. 1525 Socinians denyTRINITY. —Spanish Conquest of Peru. dies, Makao, . burns Servetus. England abolishes Papal Authority. 1536 Portuguese get Makao.—Kabol independent. TS SEIK 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 discover Angkor, 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. Dutch to China.—CHRISTIANITY now introduced into Japan and expelled in1638 . GOORU GOVIND 1662-1667 [sic .] Benedict goes from Agra to Kathay. Holland seizes Portuguese Eastern Settlements. 1600 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 PopeGREGORY XV , 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. Khiva, Bokhara, and Khokan become Khanates.1678 Habeas Corpus. 1658 Kingdom of Kiva falls.—CROMWELL dies.— MILTON ,1608-1674 . 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 sends Missions everywhere. 1700 1700 LOCKE, KANT, GIBBON, BURNS, HUME, ISAAC NEWTON, VOLTAIRE. CHARLES XII. of Sweden. 1704 Beginning of Protestant Missions to India. PROTESTNA 1724China expels Jesuits.—Pekin Earthquake, 1731 , loss, 180,000 persons. 1728 Academy of St. Petersburg. 1725 PETER the Great dies.—ABDOOL WAHAB . SWEDENBORG. 1736 1750 ALOMPRA, King of Barma, conquers Pegu,1757-58 .—BUFFON. Naweb of Arcot wipes out Southern Hindoo Kingdoms.—Göttingen Universty. 1770 AMERICAN 2,000,000 War. Population whites, and half-a-million blacks. 1730 KOULI KHAN, King of Persia, conquers Moguls. 1782 Independence recognized. 1753 British Museum. Birth of real and accurate Astronomy in Europe. 1793 Macarthy received by Emperor at Pekin.—French Revolution ; Louis XVI. beheaded. BONAPARTECUVIER. FICHTE. THEOS BRAHM 1774-9Oxygen and Hydrogen discovered. 1788 Galvanism.—J. Bryant’s Mythological History. 1798 Vaccination. 1800 conquers at Marengo.— — 1800 1812 CHINESE CHRISTIANITY. 1812 KOREANS CHRISTIANS. MIRACLES AND REVELATIONS BECOMING DISCREDITED. 1804BONAPARTE Emperor. Moscow burned, 1812 . Steamers, 1813 . [Bill. Edict against massacre P H Y S I C A L HONG-KONG taken : Emperor closes China. 1841 Canton ransomed. Champollion. I E N GREAT RENAISSANCE OF LEARNING. , A N D 1815ONAPARTE 1829 1830 1832 AT E S C C E S A N U R E M O R B defeated at Waterloo. Catholic Disabilities removed. George IV. dies. English Reform Taylor urgesTHEISM. — COMPTE. 1842 Shanghai taken; Five Cities opened. U R D T A L. C C T R U E N A I T H O L D 1837 Queen Victoria Crowned. 1826 First American Railroad. 1854 Japan treats with Europe. A E C U L R A O F W F A M , S A R I P P R O N M , I T H 1851 Rise ofTA-PINGS , who preach Doctrines of Christianity ten years—Leader, Tien-le.1833 Slaves Emancipated—Railways. 1840 STRAUSS,RENAN. 1860 Capture of Peking. I S S M E H E N S I S S E , I BRAHMO SOMAJES THEIST 1858 Treaty of Tien-sin; Toleration of Christianity. 1861 D M A E or Churches springing up all over India. Canton given back. T E R T H 1873 Kiva a Tributary to Russia. I A L I S M , ALL REVELATIONSbeing called in question, and ACCURATE HISTORICAL CRITICISM 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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