| Dates | Events in Your Subject's Life Span | Arts and Literature | Politics | Science and Philosophy |
| 474 BC | Valmiki lived Ramayana composed by Valmiki based on stories passed down through the ages |
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| 6th Century AD | The Ramayana committed to written form (Sanskrit) | |||
| 11th Century AD | Kamban composed version of Ramayana in Tamil | Muslim invaders threaten India | ||
| 16th Century AD | Tulsidas composed Ramayana in Hindi in approximately 1574 | Miguel de Cervantes published Don Quixote | India threatened by invasion & war from surrounding countries/cultures | Machiavelli writes The Prince in 1513 |
| 17th Century AD | The Ramayana is the favorite subject of Rajasthani and Pahari painters | John Milton published Paradise Lost in 1667 | Thirty Years War (1618-1648) occurs in Europe | Sir Issac Newton explains the laws of motion |
| 18th Century AD | Daniel DeFoe publishes Robinson Crusoe in 1719 | America fights for Independence in Revolutionary War |
Descartes publishes Meditations
on First Philosophy
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| 19th Century AD | James Prinsep publishes Benares Illustrated in a Series of Drawings, in 1833 in which the Ramnagar Ramlila performed in 1825 is described in detail | Beowulf published in 1815 | Civil War takes place in the United States | Nietzche publishes The Birth of a Tragedy in 1872 at the age of 27 |
| 20th Century AD |
The 2007 production of the Ramlila at Ramnagar include cast members of both the Hindu and Muslim faith.
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Television version of the Ramlila in the 1980’s causes everyday life in Northern India to come to a standstill | 1949 - India establishes independence from British rule | Albert Einstein develops theory of speed of light |