A Brief History of Yoga c.13,720,000,000 years ago Universe begins with a bang c.

4,500,000,000 years ago Earth forms from the aftermath of supernovae c.3,900,000,000 years ago Prokaryotic cellular life emerges c.2,100,000,000 years ago Eukaryotic cellular life emerges c.542,000,000 years ago Cambrian explosion c.320,000,000 years ago Reptiles emerge c.200,000,000 years ago Mammals emerge c.75,000,000 years ago Dinosaur extinction due to a comet in the Yucata n c.55,000,000 years ago Evidence of primates c.500,000 years ago Homo erectus in India c.200,000 years ago Homo sapiens emerge in Africa c.75,000 years ago Evidence of homo sapiens in India c.24,000 years ago Neanderthal extinction c.3000 BCE Indus Valley Bronze Age Civilization c.2000 BCE Iron Age Vedic Civilization (evidence of caste system) c.1500-500 BCE Rigveda, Yajurveda, Samaveda and Atharvavedas emerge c.600 BCE Upanishads start to emerge giving rise to Vedanta c.500 BCE The lives of the Buddha and Mahavira c.500-400 BCE Valkmiki composes the Ramayana c.400 BCE Stories from the Mahabharta start to emerge c.326 BCE Alexander the Great reaches India c.300 BCE Panini composes the Ashtadhayi (Classical Sanskrit emerg es) c.269-232 BCE Ashoka conquers nearly all of India and spreads Buddhism c.100 BCE Patanjali is believed to have composed the Yoga Sutra c.100 CE Veda Vyasa composes the Bhagavad Gita c.200-600 Tantric yoga traditions emerge c.400-1197 Acharya Ngrjuna and the rise and fall of Nalanda Monastery c.788-820 Life of di akarcrya who consolidated Advaita Vedanta c.956-1041 Life of Nrop c.1000 Lady Niguma composes oldest known yoga asana sequence c.9801054 Life of Chandragarbha Dipamkara Atisha c.1357-1419 Life of Je Tsongkapha c.1400 Svatmarama composes the Hatha Yoga Pradipika c.1600 Shiva Samhita emerges c.1700 Gheranda composes the Gheranda Samhita c.1858-1947 British rule over India, yoga texts are translated into English c.1872-1950 Life of Sri Aurobindo Ghosh c.1887-1963 Life of Sri Swami Sivananda c.1888-1989 Life of Sri Tirumalai Krishnamacharya c.1893 Swami Vivekananda, student of Ramakrishna, speaks in Chi cago c.1908-1947 Life of Theos Benard who introduced Hatha Yoga to Americ a c.1914-2002 Life of Sri Swami Satchidananda c.1915-2009 Life of Sri K. Pattabhi Jois c.1918-present B.K.S. Iyengar c.1927-1993 Life of Sri Swami Vishnudevananda c.1938-present T.K.V. Desikachar