Munda-speaking peoples

Munda-speaking peoples appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Bengal, Odisha and the northeast (South Asia) from c. 1500 BCE to the present, a span of 3,524 years. Its people spoke Austroasiatic languages (Khmer, Mon, Vietnamese, Munda).

Santal, Munda, Ho and related Austroasiatic-speaking communities of the Chota Nagpur plateau and western Bengal, farmers and forest dwellers who have kept their own languages to the present.

See Munda-speaking peoples on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates

c. 1500 BCE to the present

Duration

3,524 years

Type

People or culture

Region

Bengal, Odisha and the northeast, South Asia

Language family

Austroasiatic

Events in South Asia during its time

• 1500 BCE Rigveda hymns composed
• 1000 BCE Iron spreads across the Ganges plain
• 483 BCE Death of the Buddha
• 326 BCE Alexander at the Hydaspes
• 261 BCE Ashoka's Kalinga war
• 247 BCE Buddhism reaches Sri Lanka
• 127 Kanishka becomes Kushan emperor
• 499 Aryabhata writes the Aryabhatiya

Neighbours in South Asia

• Chola Empire 848 to 1279 CE
• Kushan Empire c. 30 to 375 CE
• Mughal Empire 1526 to 1857 CE
• Gupta Empire c. 320 to 550 CE
• Maurya Empire 322 to 185 BCE
• British Raj 1858 to 1947 CE
• Republic of India 1947 CE to the present
• Anuradhapura Kingdom 377 BCE to 1017 CE
• Kuru Kingdom c. 1200 to 500 BCE
• Pallava dynasty c. 275 to 897 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Minoan civilization c. 3100 to 1450 BCE, Europe
• Republic of Venice c. 697 to 1797 CE, Europe
• Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE, Europe
• Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE, Middle East
• Swahili city-states c. 800 to 1700 CE, Central and Southern Africa
• Ghana Empire (Wagadu) c. 300 to 1200 CE, North and West Africa
• Holy Roman Empire 962 to 1806 CE, Europe
• Kingdom of Aksum c. 100 to 940 CE, North and West Africa
• Srivijaya c. 650 to 1377 CE, Southeast Asia
• Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty) 1270 to 1974 CE, North and West Africa

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