HISTORY OF LAST 2500 years
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- 1 CE
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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