Bharatiya Timeline

Accounts of Megasthenis (Greek Ambassador to Chandragupta courts), mention Sandracottus (Chandragupta) as Alexander's contemporary.

Sir Jones mapped Sandracottus to Chandragupta Maurya. Thus:

Halt! There are two Chandragupta: Chandragupta Maurya and Chandragupta Gupta. It was Chandragupta Gupta who was the contemporary of Alexander.

So a correct timeline for Indian History is:

3138-1634 BCE Shishunga and earlier dynasties

1634-1534 BCE Nanda

1534-1319 BCE Maurya

1294 BCE Kanishka of Kushan Dynasty

327 BCE Chandragupta Gupta

57 BCE Vikramaditya Gupta

1887-1807 BCE Gautam Buddha Why?

1864-1792 BCE Mahaveer Jain Why?

509- 477 BCE Aadi Shankaracharya Why?

References:

Gautam Buddha

Mahavir Jain

The Jaina tradition holds that Mahaveer left this world 15 years after the death of Bhagawan Buddha (1807 BCE), ie, in 1792 BCE, and since Mahaveer lived for a span of 72 years, he must have been born in 1864 BCE

Mahavir taught his philosophy during the reign of Ajatshatru ie. 1814-1787 BCE.

Shankara

The date of Shankara, as per the current chronology, is 788-820 CE (derived from Shankara Digvijaya Sara) However, since the "sheet-anchor" is displaced backwards, it is apparent that the date of Shankara would be recalculated to be around 600 BCE.

Brihat Shankara Vijaya, gives a date of 509 BCE. Nepal Rajavamshavali states the date of 487 BCE.

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