Friday, March 25, 2011

CHRONOLOGY OF PRINCIPAL EVENTS

BC

2800-2000 Harappan Culture
From 1500 Coming of the Aryans
1200-800 Expansion of the Aryans in the Ganga Valley
600 Age of the 16 Mahajanapadas of northern india
563-483 Gautama Buddha
540-468 Mahavira
542-493 Bimbisara rules Magadha
493-461 Ajatshatru rule Magadha

Colonial Chronology: A Chronology of the Principal Events Connected with the English Colonies and India from the Close of the Fifteenth Century to the Present TimeA concise chronology of the principal events of the War Between the StatesColonial Chronology: A Chronology of the Principal Events Connected with the English ColoniesLocal Chronology, Notes of the Principal Events Published in the Kendal Newspapers Since Their Establishment, Compiled by the Editors [J. Routledge and J.H. Farmer].
413-362 Shishunaga dynasty
362-321 Nanda dynasty
327-326 Alexander’s invasion
321 Chandragupta Maurya establishers the Mauryan empire
315 Visit of Megasthenes of India
268-232 Ashok’a reign
185 Fall of the Mauryan Empire
1st century Bactrian rule in the north-west
1st century Rise of the Satavahanas
58 Beginning of the Vikram era
1st century Shakas in western India
1st century Sangam period in the south
AD
78 Kanishka’s accession and the beginning of the Shaka era
3rd century Decline of the Kushanas
3rd century Decline of the Satavahanas
319-320 Accession of Chandragupta I and establishment of the Gupta dynasty
335-375 Samudragupta
375-415 Chandragupta II
405-411 Visit of Fa-Hien
450 The first Huna attack on the Gupta empire
560-903 The pallavas establish their kingdom
543-755 The rise of Chalukyas of Vatapi
606-647 Reign of Harshavardhana
630-643 Hieun Tsang in India
609-642 Reign of Pulakesi II, the Chalukya king
Scottish kings; a revised chronology of Scottish history, 1005-1625, with notices of the principal events, tables of regnal years, pedigrees, tables, calendars, etcA Chronology Of Inland Navigation In Great Britain - Being A Record Of The Dates Of The Principal Works And Events Connected With Inland Navigation To The Present DayA chronology of inland navigation in Great Britain. Being a record of the dates of the principal works and events connected with inland navigation to the present time. Compiled from various sourcesA comparison of ring-width and event-year chronologies derived from white oak (Quercus alba) and northern red oak (Quercus rubra), southwestern Quebec, Canada [An article from: Dendrochronologia]
622 Beginning of the Hijri era
712 Arab Conquest of Sind
750 Pala dynasty founded by Gopala in eastern India
753 Rise of the Rashtrakuta empire
800 Shankaracharya
840 Rise of the Pratiharas under Bhoja
907 Parantaka I establishes Chola power in south India
973-1192 Foundation of the kingdom of the later Chalukyas is laid
985-1014 Reign of Rajaraja Chola
1014-1044 Reign of Rajendra Chola
1000-1027 Invasions of Mahmud of Ghazni
1030 Alberuni in India; Death of Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni
1191 1st Battle of Tarain
1192 Second battle of Tarain, defeat of Prithviraj III by Muhammad Ghuri
1206 Qutab-ud-din Aibak founds the Slave dynasty
1206 Death of Muhammad Ghori
1210 Death of Qutab-ud-din Aibak
1210 Accession of Iltutmish
1236 Death of Iltutmish and accession of Raziya
1265-1285 Reign of Balban
1288-1295 Marco Pole visits south India
1290 Khilji dynasty founded
1296-1316 Reign of Ala-ud-din Khilji
1302-1311 Malik Kafur’s campaign in south India
1320 Tughlaq dynasty founded
1325-1351 Reign of Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq; Ibn Batuta in India
1336 Foundation of the Vijayanagar kingdom is laid
1347 Foundation of the Bahmini kingdom is laid
1351-1388 Reign of Firoz Shah Tughlaq
1398 Timur’s invasion
1414-1451 Reign of the Sayyid dynasty
1451-1526 Reign of the Lodi dynasty
1440-1518 Kabir
1469-1539 Nanak
1482-1518 Dissolution of the Bahmani emergence of five new kingdoms – Bijapur, Golconda, Ahmednagar, Bidar and Berar
1498 Arrival of Vasco-de-Game in india
1509-1530 Reign of Krishnadevaraya
1526 First Battle of Panipat, Babar defeats Ibrahim Lodi. Mughal Empire founded in India.
1527 Battle of Khanwa, Babar defeats Rana Sanga
1530 Death of Babar and accession of Humayun
1539 Sher Shah defeats Humayun at Chausa
1545 Death of Sher Shah

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