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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.
400 BC
273 BC
1434
1815
2. Vasco de Gama's first voyage from Europe toIndia and back (to 1499)
1497
1674
300 BC
1414
3. Fourth Anglo-Mysore War begins.
March 2007
1650
1700
1798
4. Maitraka Empire
1823
475
1586
1924
5. Indo-Scythian Kingdom
350 BC
1991
1325
200 BC
6. Kalachuri Empire
1555
1130
1857
1300
7. Hoysala Empire
1839
1040
700
1134
8. Invasion of Mahmud of Ghazni
1630
1485
1000
1965
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.
1700
1134
1556
265 BC
10. Death of Nana Fadnavis
2000
250
1800
1980
11. Mahavira - 24th Tirthankar of Jainism is born (traditional date).
599 BC
261 BC
1760
2800 BC
12. Vasco de Gama's first voyage from Europe toIndia and back (to 1499)
300 BC
1497
1200
200 BC
13. Indus Valley Civilization
3300
350 BC
230 BC
1757
14. Muslim separatist groups begin campaign of violence in Kashmir.
January 2002
1505
1796
1990
15. Established first three University of Mumbai - University of Madras and University of Calcutta inIndia
1857
1962
1824 - 12 February
1505
16. Battle of Talikota results in the rout of Vijayanagara empire.
1900 BC
1058
1565
1370
17. Aurangzeb invades the Deccan
800
1681
1911
200 AD
18. Kingdom of Raigama
1347
2000
1040
1845
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
266 BC
1774
1761
1806
20. British rule in Burma (to 1947)
1157
1826
280
543
21. Genghis Khan invades Punjab
1414
543 BC
1221
1914
22. Nripatunga Amoghavarsha I becomes Rashtrakuta emperor. Kannada literature flourishes.
1914
1869
814
1800
23. Hindustan Socialist Republican Association formed.
1540
1962
538 BC
1924
24. Deva Kingdom
185
1490
1446
1200s
25. First Railway estalblished between Bombay and Thane
1853 - 16 April
1777
78
1943
26. Alberuni arrivies inIndia; death of Mahmud of Ghazni
1927 - November
1443
1526
1030
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.
1992
350 BC
1134
1490
28. Vijayanagara Empire established by Harihara I and his brother Bukka Raya I
230
March 2007
1336
1990
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.
3300 BC
3300 BC
1984
1798
30. BritishIndia (to 1947) EastIndia Company (to 1757)
500
1401
1612
973
31. Shahi Empire
500s
265 BC
1944
1700
32. Tughlaq Sultanate
1780
1500 BC
1757
1320
33. Huna Kingdom
475
1293
1916
350
34. Colonial period
78
1989
1505
413
35. First Muslim - Md. Bin Qasim defeats Raja Dahir
712
1323
1565
1040
36. Early modern period
1358
1914
1857 - 10 May
1526
37. Muslim separatist groups begin campaign of violence in Kashmir.
261 BC
1990
1826
1964
38. India loses brief border war with China. India won Diu - Daman and Goa from PortugueseIndia.
1600
1120
180 BC
1962
39. Mahatma Gandhi is born (to 1948)
600 BC
1991
1869
1729
40. Mahavira passes away.
527 BC
1795
1527
1971
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)
200 BC
2001
1451
1630
42. Khizr Khan - deputized by Timur to be the governor of Multan takes over Delhi founding the Sayyid dynasty
1792
65 BC
1414
538 BC
43. British Raj (to 1947)
1347
1858
1928
1992
44. Haryanka Kingdom
1989
684
700
October 2001
45. Beginning of Vikram Era
1806
1325
483 BC
57 BC
46. Khilji Sultanate
1030
1784
1943
1290
47. Battle of Plassey - Company rule inIndia (to 1857)
629
300 BC
1930
1757
48. Western Chalukya Empire
1443
75
300 BC
973
49. Kalabhras Empire
250
1912
300 BC
1900 BC
50. Black and Red ware culture
1220
1272
1300
1977