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Timeline Of Indian History

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1. Ashoka the Great regarded as the greatest ancientIndian emperor - grandson of Chandragupta Maurya - ascends as emperor of the Mauryan Empire.






2. Vasco de Gama's first voyage from Europe toIndia and back (to 1499)






3. Fourth Anglo-Mysore War begins.






4. Maitraka Empire






5. Indo-Scythian Kingdom






6. Kalachuri Empire






7. Hoysala Empire






8. Invasion of Mahmud of Ghazni






9. Kalinga War takes place between Ashoka and the kingdom of Kalinga. After conquering Kalinga - Ashoka reportedly regrets what he had done - leading him to adopt Buddhism - which then became the quasi-official state religion of the Mauryan Empire.






10. Death of Nana Fadnavis






11. Mahavira - 24th Tirthankar of Jainism is born (traditional date).






12. Vasco de Gama's first voyage from Europe toIndia and back (to 1499)






13. Indus Valley Civilization






14. Muslim separatist groups begin campaign of violence in Kashmir.






15. Established first three University of Mumbai - University of Madras and University of Calcutta inIndia






16. Battle of Talikota results in the rout of Vijayanagara empire.






17. Aurangzeb invades the Deccan






18. Kingdom of Raigama






19. The Marathas are routed in the Third Battle of Panipat on 14 January 1761 - by the Afghans led by Ahmad Shah Durrani - an ethnic Pashtun - also known as Ahmad Shah Abdali. The battle is considered one of the largest battles fought in the 18th century






20. British rule in Burma (to 1947)






21. Genghis Khan invades Punjab






22. Nripatunga Amoghavarsha I becomes Rashtrakuta emperor. Kannada literature flourishes.






23. Hindustan Socialist Republican Association formed.






24. Deva Kingdom






25. First Railway estalblished between Bombay and Thane






26. Alberuni arrivies inIndia; death of Mahmud of Ghazni






27. Panini - a resident of Gandhara - describes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit.






28. Vijayanagara Empire established by Harihara I and his brother Bukka Raya I






29. Troops storm Golden Temple - Sikhs' most holy shrine - to flush out Sikh militants pressing for self-rule. Indira Gandhi assassinated by Sikh bodyguards - following which her son - Rajiv - takes over.






30. BritishIndia (to 1947) EastIndia Company (to 1757)






31. Shahi Empire






32. Tughlaq Sultanate






33. Huna Kingdom






34. Colonial period






35. First Muslim - Md. Bin Qasim defeats Raja Dahir






36. Early modern period






37. Muslim separatist groups begin campaign of violence in Kashmir.






38. India loses brief border war with China. India won Diu - Daman and Goa from PortugueseIndia.






39. Mahatma Gandhi is born (to 1948)






40. Mahavira passes away.






41. Kuninda Kingdom established. Tholkappiyam describes the grammar and morphology of Tamil; it is the oldest existing Tamil grammar (dates vary between 200 BCE and 100 CE). (to 100 BC)






42. Khizr Khan - deputized by Timur to be the governor of Multan takes over Delhi founding the Sayyid dynasty






43. British Raj (to 1947)






44. Haryanka Kingdom






45. Beginning of Vikram Era






46. Khilji Sultanate






47. Battle of Plassey - Company rule inIndia (to 1857)






48. Western Chalukya Empire






49. Kalabhras Empire






50. Black and Red ware culture