The dated texts, teachers and foundings charted run from the Rigveda, about 1500 BCE, to ISKCON in 1966
Source. “Indus civilization”; “Rigveda”; “Upanishad”; “Bhagavadgita”; “Shankara”; “Ramanuja” (summary); “Brahmo Samaj”; “Arya Samaj”; “Vivekananda”; Hare Krishna in the Twenty-First Century (excerpt)
Method and data
Method. Dates as given by the cited source; several are ranges or traditional dates, and Britannica’s own pages differ on the Upanishads (see Limitations).
| Date as stated | Event | Source URL |
|---|---|---|
| about 2600–1900 BCE | Indus civilization | https://www.britannica.com/print/article/286837 |
| about 1500 BCE | Rigveda composed | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Rigveda |
| mid-5th to 2nd century BCE | Thirteen known Upanishads | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Upanishad |
| perhaps 1st or 2nd century CE | Bhagavadgita | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Bhagavadgita |
| 700–750 | Shankara | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Shankara |
| c. 1017–1137 | Ramanuja | https://www.britannica.com/summary/Ramanuja |
| 1828 | Brahmo Samaj founded | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Brahmo-Samaj |
| 1875 | Arya Samaj founded | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Arya-Samaj |
| 1893 | Vivekananda at the World’s Parliament of Religions | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Vivekananda |
| 1966 | ISKCON founded in New York | https://assets.cambridge.org/97810090/65320/excerpt/9781009065320_excerpt.pdf |
