Events in century preceding 1 CE

200 B.C.E - Kuninda Kingdom is established

180 B.C.E - The Mauryan Empire collapses after its emperor Brihadrata is assassinated by his general Pushyamitra Shunga who then establishes the Shunga dynasty

65 B.C.E - The Pandyan king sends ambassadors to the Greek and Roman lands

58 B.C.E - Beginning of Vikram Era

10 B.C.E - Establishment of the Indo-Parthian kingdom by Gondopharid dynasty around

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Events in century preceding 100 CE

35 C.E - 3 Western Satraps are formed around

68 C.E - Establishment of the Kushan Empire by Kujula Kadphises

52 C.E. - Saint Thomas, an apostle of Jesus Christ, visits India around

78 C.E - Gautamiputra Satkarni took over Satavahana Empire and defeated Scythian king Maues around

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Events in century preceding 200 CE

127 C.E. -Kanishka, ruler of the Kushan empire in the northwest and north, acts as a great patron of Buddhism

150 C.E - South Indian kingdoms also engage in extensive trading contact with Rome and parts of Southeast Asia

175 C.E Early Tamil literature, Sangam, is compiled in present-day Tamil Nadu, South India

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Events in century preceding 300 CE

150 C.E - Nagarjuna founds the Madhyamika school of Buddhist philosophy around

240 C.E- Establishment of the Gupta Empire by Sri-Gupta around

250 C.E-  Kalabraha dynasty set up in present day Tamizh NC.E around

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Events in century preceding 400 CE

318 C.E. - Chandragupta I consolidates Gupta control over much of the north and emerges as a great patron of art and literature around

350 C.E - The early Puranas, records of the genealogies of the Hindu gods, seers, heroes, kings, and other subjects, are composed

350 C.E - Kalidasa writes epic literature in classical Sanskrit

335 C.E - Samudragupta expands Gupta empire

350 C.E -Pallava empire established around

380 C.E -Chandragupta II also called Vikramaditya takes over the Gupta Empire around

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Events in century preceding 500 CE

414 C.E - Chinese scholar Fa-Hien traveled to India

460 C.E - Ajanta cave constructions and paintings begin in Central India under Vakataka patronage

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Events in century preceding 600 CE

525 C.E - Huna kings temporarily conquer the Punjab and Kashmir, contributing to the downfall of the Gupta empire

540 C.E - Pulakesin 1 establishes the Badami Chalukya dynasty by breaking off from Kadambas

571 – 630 CE - Pallavas became a major power during the reign of Mahendravarman I

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Events in century preceding 700 CE

606 C.E - Harshavardhana became the King & built a large empire from his base in Punjab. However his dynasty Pushyabhuti ends after him

602-664 C.E - Hiuen Tsiang traveled to India

610 C.E - Pulakesin 2 the most famous rules of Chalukya kingdom in present day Karnataka takes it to great heights and conquers all of Deccan

650 C.E - Construction of Ellora caves start

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Events in century preceding 800 CE

761 C.E - First Muslim invasion by Mohammed Bin Qasim who defeats Raja Dahir of Sindh

730 C.E - Lalitaditya takes Kashmir to great heights as a Shaivaite and Buddhist kingdom and controls lot of North India & Central Asia

730 C.E - Nagabhatta 1 establishes Gurajara Pratihara dynasty in Ujjain

735 C.E - Dantidurga establishes the Rashtrakuta dynasty in Karnataka

750 C.E - Bappa Rawal establishes kingdom in Mewar and a lot of temple building starts in Orissa

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Events in century preceding 900 CE

800 C.E - Adi Sankaracharya is born and establishes mathas in all corners of India

814 C.E - Nripatunga Amoghavarsha I became Rashtrakuta king & Kannada literature flourishes

850 C.E - Four major Rajput families 1) Pratiharas of Kanauj 2) the Paramaras of Malwa 3) the Chauhans of Ajmer, and 4) Chaulukyas (Solankis) of Gujarat are established

871 C.E The governors of both Sindh and Multan (in present-day Pakistan) break from the central control of the Baghdad caliphate, establishing  Hindu Shahis that control much of the northwestern frontier (the Hindu Kush), extending into Punjab till the tenth century

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Events in century preceding 1000 CE

922 C.E - Bhimraj's wife Udaymati initiates building of archaeological wonder 'Rani ki Vav'

949 C.E - Mulraja 1 starts Solanki dynasty by supplanting the last Chavda king of Gujarat and founded an independent kingdom with his capital in Anahilapataka

985 C.E - Raja Raja Chola takes over as Chola emperor

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Events in half century preceding 1050 CE

1000 - 1030 C.E — Mohammed Ghazni invades North India 17 times causing unprecedented death and destruction

1010 C.E — Zoroastrian refugees fleeing from religious persecution in Persia arrive and settle in Gujarat

1014 C.E — Rajendra Chola takes over as emperor and Chola empire reaches its peak

1050 C.E — The Chandellas patronize the construction of ornate temples in the nagara, or northern, style at their capital Khajuraho in Madhya Pradesh

1050 C.E — Sumra Dynasty ends the Arab domination and establishes its own rule over Sindh

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Events in half century preceding 1100 CE

1060 C.E - The first of the seven historical cities of Delhi is founded by Tomara Rajputs

1075 C.E - Karndev 1 of Solanki dynasty defeats Bhil king Ashaval and builds Karnavati - the old name for present day in Ahmedabad

1094 C.E - Siddhraj Jaysingh the most prominent Solanki ruler ascends the throne. Captures Malwa, Saurashtra and in Kutch

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Events in half century preceding 1150 CE

1120 C.E - Kalyani Chalukyas power at its peak. Vikramaditya VI ushers in Vikrama Chalukya era

1130 C.E - Life of Basaveshwara, philosopher and social reformer

1143 C.E - After lot of internal strife and hiding for 30 years Kumarpal becomes Solanki king helped by Jain monk Hemchandra

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Events in half century preceding 1200 CE

1175 C.E. - Mohammed Ghuri leads lots of conquests in Gujrat and Rajasthan around

1191-1192 C.E - Mohammed Ghuri badly beaten in first battle of Tarain by Prithviraj Chauhan but comes back an year later to defeat him

1193 C.E - Bakhtiyar Khilji the general of Qutubuddin Aybak  conquers Bihar and ransacks Buddhist Nalanda university completely destroying it

1196 C.E - Qutubuddin Aybek annexes Gujrat kingdom after beating raja Anhilwara

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Events in half century preceding 1250 CE

1201 C.E - Bakhtiyar Khilji the general of Qutubuddin Aybak  conquers Bengal in 1201 C.E

1206 C.E - Qutubuddin Aybak establishes Mamluk dynasty and becomes first Delhi Muslim Sultan

1207 C.E- Razia Sultan crowned the only female ruler from Mamluk dynasty

1221 C.E - Genghis Khan invades Punjab, Kashmir

1221 C.E- Sukhapa from Myanmar/China (Mong Mao region) establishes the Ahom dynasty in present day Assam

1241 C.E - Mongols invade Punjab & Delhi on orders of Odegai Khan & destroy Lahore

1245 C.E - Vaghela dynasty established in Gujrat. Dilwara temples in Mount Abu built by this dynasty

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Events in half century preceding 1300 CE

1266 C.E - Mamluk sultan Ghiyas uddin Balban recovers Lahore

1275 C.E - Birth of Sant Dynaeshwar in Yadav kingdom - Maharashtra

1296 C.E - Mamluk dynasty ends with Muis uddin and Jallauddin starts the Khilji dynasty in Delhi

1298 C.E - Alauddin Khilji destroys Somnath temple ends Vaghela dynasty

1300 C.E- Ahom Nobility takes formal shape with royal class Gohain and priests as Gogoi

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Events in half century preceding 1350 CE

1303 C.E - Alauddin Khilji - Conquest of Chittor, Malwa, Jalore destroys Rajputana

1306 C.E - Somnath rebuilt by Mahipala Deva, the Chudasama king of Saurashtra

1308 C.E - Alauddin Khilji's Malik Khafur beats Warangal king Prataprudra 2 in second attempt. Destroys entire South Indian empires of Pandya, Yadav & Hoysalas

1315 C.E - Madhavaharya one of the three great pillars of vedanta writes Anu-vyakhyana and other works in Udipi Karnataka

1316 C.E - Alauddin Khilji dies and there is chaos in Delhi for next 5 years

1320 C.E- Ghiyasaddin Tughlaq establishes Tughlaq dynasty in 1320 C.E

1326 C.E - Hammir Singh beats Mohammed tughlaq and reestablishes Guhila Rajput rule in Mewar

1336 C.E - Mohammed Bin Tughlaq transfers capital to Delhi. Moroccan traveller Ibn Batutta visits during this period

1336 C.E - Vijayanagara Empire established by Harihara I and his brother Bukka Raya I under guidance of sant Vidyaranya

1339 C.E - Shah Mir establsihes Islamic supremacy in Kashmir displaces Lohara dynasty

1340 C.E - Birth of great mathematician Madhava of Sangamagrama

1342 C.E -Ilyas Shahi sultanate established in Bengal

1343 C.E - Veera Ballala III was killed at the Battle of Madurai

1347 C.E - Alauddin Bahman establishes Bahmani sultanate in Deccan

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Events in half century preceding 1400 CE

1360 C.E - Ahom king Sutuphaa is treacherously killed by Sutiya king

1370 C.E - Somnath destroyed by Muzaffar Shah I of the Gujarat sultanate

1370 C.E -  Bukka, the Vijayanagara ruler and his son Kumara Kamapna capture the entire Tamil speaking parts

1394 C. E - Sharki kingdom of Jaunpur founded by Malik Sarwar. Also called Jaunpur sultanate

1398 C.E - Taimur Lane plunders Lahore, invades Delhi beats Nasir-uddin Mohammed. Ends Tughlak dynasty and mass murders Delhi citizens

1400 C.E - Malwa sultan established by Dilawar Khan

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Events in half century preceding 1450 CE

1414 C.E - Khizr Khan, deputized by Timur to be the governor of Multan takes over Delhi founding the Sayyid dynasty

1424 C.E - Deva Raya II succeeded his father Veera Vijaya Bukka Raya as monarch of the Vijayanagara Empire

1434 C.E - Kapilendra Deva crowned Gajapati emperor

1435 C.E - King of Malwa Hosang Shah takes Kalpi and besieges Delhi

1440 C.E - Malwa defeated by Rana Kumbha - Raja of Chittor

1440 C.E - Ahom king Susenphaa wins a blood battle against Tansgu Nagas

1443 C.E - Abdur Razzaq from Samarkand visits India and documents a lot of books

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Events in half century preceding 1500 CE

1451 C.E - Bahlul Khan Lodhi ascends the throne of the Delhi sultanate starting the Lodhi dynasty

1452 C.E - Sankardev Srimanta the legendary poet, playwright, socio religious reformer is born during rule of Ahom king Susenphaa

1469 C.E - Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism is born

1470 C.E - Kabir Das the student of Ramananda continues bhakti tradition with his couplets

1477 C.E - Ahom king Suhenphaa war with Nagas and beats them completely

1485 C.E - Saluva Narasimha Deva Raya drives out Praudha Raya ending the Sangama Dynasty in Vijayanagara

1486 C.E - Advent of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, founder of Gaudiya Vaishnavism and leader of the world's first civil disobedience movement, in Navadwip, West Bengal

1490 C.E - Ahmadnagar declares independence, followed by Bijapur and Berar in the same year thus breaking up the Bahmani sultanate into Deccan sultanates

1498 C.E - Vasco de Gama's first voyage from Europe to India and back

1499 C.E - Sikandar Lodi tries to attack Bihar and Gwalior but beaten by Rajputs under Rana Sanga & Mansingh

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Events in half century preceding 1550 CE

1506 C.E - Krishna Devaraya crowned as emperor of Vijayanagara. Takes Hampi to its peak

1509 C.E - Battle of Diu marks the beginning of the dominance of the Europeans in the Asian naval theater

1517 C.E - Ibrahim Lodi becomes Delhi sultan

1520 C.E -  Rana Sanga defeated a joint army of Malwa and Gujarat sultanates and took Mahmud Shah II of Malwa captive

1522 C.E -  Portuguese land on the Coromandel Coast

1526 C.E - First Battle of Panipat - Ibrahim Lodi vs Babar. Babar wins annexes Delhi. Lodi killed and dynasty ends. Mughal dynasty starts

1527 C.E - Battle of Kanwaha - Babar defeat Rajputs & remaining Lodis united under Rana Sangha

1530 C.E - Vallabhacharya expounds on Shudh Advaita and preaches Hinduisms bhakti movement across central & South India

1530 C.E - Babur dies and is succeeded by his son Humayun

1535 C.E - First invasion of Ahoms by Muslim chieftains ends in failure of Muslims

1535 C.E - Meera bai a Rajput princess whose husband and father are killed in wars with Babar continues bhakti movement with her devotional Krishna centric poetry and hymns

1539 C.E - Sher Shah Suri rules most of North India upto Afghanistan with capital in Sasaram Bihar. Builds grand trunk road and creates currency as rupee

1540 C.E - Humayun defeated by Shre Shah Suri and lives in exile for 12 years in Iran

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