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| B.C |
|
| 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 |
|
| 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. |
