HISTORY OF LAST 2500 years

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  • - 1 CE

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    1 CE

    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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  • - 100 CE

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    100 CE

    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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  • - 200 CE

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    200 CE

    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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  • - 300 CE

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    300 CE

    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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  • - 400 CE

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    400 CE

    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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  • - 500 CE

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    500 CE

    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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  • - 600 CE

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    600 CE

    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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  • - 700 CE

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    700 CE

    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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  • - 800 CE

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    800 CE

    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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  • - 900 CE

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    900 CE

    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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  • - 1000 CE

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    1000 CE

    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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  • - 1050 CE

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    1050 CE

    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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  • - 1100 CE

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    1100 CE

    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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  • - 1150 CE

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    1150 CE

    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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  • - 1200 CE

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    1200 CE

    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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  • - 1250 CE

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    1250 CE

    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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  • - 1300 CE

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    1300 CE

    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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  • - 1350 CE

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    1350 CE

    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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  • - 1400 CE

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    1400 CE

    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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  • - 1450 CE

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    1450 CE

    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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  • - 1500 CE

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    1500 CE

    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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  • - 1550 CE

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    1550 CE

    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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  • - 1600 CE

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    1600 CE