The dates for the Brief Hin­du Time­line are drawn from a sig­nif­i­cant­ly more ex­ten­sive time­line as­sem­bled by Hin­duism To­day in 1994. It should be self ev­i­dent that the choice of items on the time­lines and the dates them­selves may not align with the opin­ions of all peo­ple. This video is pre­sent­ed as gen­er­al in­for­ma­tion, not as a schol­ar­ly stance. Dates pre­ced­ed by "ca" are ap­prox­i­mate. The no­ta­tion "bce" means "be­fore com­mon era" in the year ze­ro of the West­ern or Gre­go­ri­an cal­en­dar. The no­ta­tion "ce" means "com­mon era" and is af­ter the year ze­ro.