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B.C |
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2500-1800 |
Indus valley civilization. |
599 |
Birth of Mahavir; Nirvana in 523. B.C. |
563 |
Birth of Gautam Buddha; Nirvana in 483 B.C. |
327-26 |
Alexander’s invasion of India and the opening of land route between India and Europe. |
269-232 |
Ashoka’s reign. |
261 |
Battle of Kalinga. |
57 |
Beginning of Vikrama era. |
30 |
Satvahana dynasty in Deooan. Pandyan empire in for south. |
326 |
Alexander defeated Poras in the Battle of Hydaspas |
261 |
Ashoka defeated Kalinga in the Kalinga War |
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A.D |
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78 |
Beginning of Saka era. |
320 |
Beginning of Gupta era. |
360 |
Samudragupta conquers the whole of N. India and much of the Deccan. |
380-413 |
Rule of Chandragupta Vikramaditya, age of Kalidasa, renewal of induism. |
606-647 |
Rule of Harshavardhana. |
629-645 |
Hieun Tsang’s visit in India. |
622 |
Beginning of Hijra era. |
712 |
Arab invasion of Sind by Mohd. bin Qasim. |
1001-27 |
Repeated attacks of Mehmud Ghazni. |
1025 |
Sacking of Somnath temple by Mehmud. |
1191 |
First battle of Tarain in which Prithviraj Chauhan defeated Mohd. Ghori. |
1192 |
Second battle of Tarain in which Mohd. Ghori defeated Prithviraj Chauhan. |
1206 |
Qutubuddin Aibak founded the Ilbari/Slave dynasty. |
1290 |
Jalaluddin Firuz Khilji established Khilji dynasty. |
1290 |
Marco Polo visited India. |
1320 |
Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq founded the Tughlaq dynasty. |
1333 |
Ibn Batuta arrived in India. |
1336 |
Harihara and Bukka founded the Vijaynagar empire. |
1347 |
Bahmani kingdom founded. |
1398 |
Timur invades India. |
1451 |
Lodi dynasty comes in power in Delhi Sultanate. |
1469 |
Birth of Guru Nanak Dev. |
1498 |
Vasco da Gama lands at Calicut. |
1510 |
Portuguese capture Goa-Albuquerque Governor. |
1526 |
First Battle of Panipat in which Babar defeated Ibrahim Lodhi and established the Mughal dynasty. |
1556 |
Second battle of Panipat in which Akbar defeated Hemu. |
1565 |
Battle of Talikota in which Vijaynagar empire is defeated. |
1571 |
Foundation of Fatehpur Sikri by Akbar. |
1576 |
Battle of Haldighati in which Akbar defeated Maharana Pratap. |
1582 |
Akbar started Din-i-llahi. |
1600 |
English East India Company established. |
1604 |
Compilation of Adi Granth. |
1605 |
Death of Akbar. |
1611 |
The English built a factory at Masulipatnam. |
1627 |
Birth of Shivaji |
1631 |
Death of Shah Jahan’s wife Mumtaz Mahal. The building of Taj Mahal. |
1658 |
Aurangzeb became Emperor of Delhi. |
1666 |
Birth of Guru Gobind Singh. |
1699 |
Guru Gobind Singh creates ‘Khalsa’. |
1707 |
Death of Aurangzeb, fall of Mughal empire begins. |
1739 |
Nadir Shah invaded India; the peacock throne and the Kohinoor Diamond taken away from India. |
1757 |
Battle of Plassey in which the English defeated Siraj-ud- daula, Nawab of Bengal. |
1760 |
Battle of Wandiwash, end of French power in India, |
1761 |
Third Battle of Panipat in which Ahmed Shah Abdali defeated the Marathas. |
1764 |
Battle of Buxar in which the English defeated the triple alliance of Nawab Mir Qasim of Bengal, Nawab Shuja-ud-daula of Awadh and Mughal emperor Shah Alam. |
1793 |
Permanent settlement in Bengal. |
1799 |
Fourth Anglo Mysore War, death of Tipu Sultan, Ranjit Singh occupied Lahore and made it his capital. |
1817-19 |
Marathas finally crushed. |
1828 |
Lord William Bentick becomes Governor General; Era of social reforms; Prohibition of Sati (1829), Suppression of thugs (1830). |
1835 |
Introduction of English as medium of instruction. |