Vallabhi through time

Theme 9 · 5th century BCE to 13th century CE

Buddhism and Jainism: later development and decline

A Maitraka centre of Hinayana learning, 6th to 8th century; the second Jain council, about 453 and 466 CE

Theme 11 · 250 to 600 CE; the Western Gangas run on to 1000

Contemporary powers: Vakatakas, Kadambas, Western Gangas, early Pallavas

Capital of the Maitrakas, a major centre of Buddhist learning visited by Xuanzang and Itsing, and the site of the second Jain council

Theme 10 · 319 to 550 CE

The Gupta empire

The second Jain council, 453 or 466 CE, where the Shvetambara canon was written down; later the Maitraka capital