c. 500 BC–c. 401 BC
Śramaṇa milieu
Religion · Buddhist traditions · Origins
Ascetic communities and debates on karma, rebirth, and liberation form the milieu from which Buddhist and Jain traditions emerge.
Precision, calendar, and review
- Start
- century · approximate
- End
- century · approximate
- Dating in the source document
- ~ siglo V 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
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Sources
- 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
- 2026-09-23
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