c. 250 BC–c. 201 BC
Early networks of rock-cut monasteries
Religion · Buddhist traditions · Monasticism and art
Rock-cut chapels and monasteries multiply in India as material networks of communities and donors.
Precision, calendar, and review
- Start
- century · approximate
- End
- century · approximate
- Dating in the source document
- ~ mediados del siglo III a. C.
- Calendar and convention
- Historical-era years; the source calendar is not identified. No conversion of days is assumed.
- Year zero
- The scale goes from 1 BCE to 1 CE without year zero. Changing era names changes labels only.
- Documentary review
- 2026-09-04
Reading the date: dating window; it does not mean the event lasted for that entire interval.
Sources
- 1. Metropolitan Museum — South Asia, 1000 B.C.–1 A.D. (opens in a new tab)
Source provenance and scope
- Publication date
- Not identified in metadata; document review pending
- Bibliographic date checked
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- 2. Met — recurso sobre South y Southeast Asia (PDF) (opens in a new tab)
Source provenance and scope
- Publication date
- 2001
- What this date describes
- The cited source or edition; it may postdate the historical event.
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- 3. Met — arte de Gandhāra (PDF) (opens in a new tab)
Source provenance and scope
- Publication date
- Pending verification
- Bibliographic date checked
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This record is an editorial synthesis. Consult the sources to check claims and their limits. Chronological relationships alone do not establish causation.