Indus Valley Civilization
IMPORTANT DATES AND EVENTS IN INDIAN HISTORY
BC
2700 Harappa Civilisation
900 Mahabharata War
800 Beginning of the Epic Age: Mahabharata composed, the first version of Ramayana
550 Composition of the Upanishads
544 Buddha’s Nirvana
327 Alexander’s Invasion
324 Chandragupta Maurya defeats Seleucus Nicator
322 Rise of the Mauryas; Chandragupta establishes first Indian Empire
272 Ashoka reigns
58 Epoch of the Krita-Malava- Vikram Era
AD
78 Saka Era begins
320 Chandragupta I establishes the Gupta dynasty
380 Chandragupta II comes to power; Golden Age of Gupta; Literary Renaissance
476 Birth of astronomer Aryabhatta
606 Accession of Harshavardhan Gupta
711 Invasion of Sind by Muhammad Bin Qasim
985 The Chola Dynasty: Accession of Rajaraja, the Great
1001 Defeat of Jaipal by Sultan Mahmud
1026 Mahmud Ghazni sacks Somnath Temple
1191 Prithviraj Chauhan routs Muhammad Ghori: the first battle of train
1192 Ghori defeats Prithviraj Chauhan: the second battle of train
1206 Qutbuddin establishes the Slave Dynasty
1221 Mongol invasion under Genghis Khan
1232 Foundation of the Qutub Minar
1288 Marco Polo visits India
1336 Foundation of Vijayanagar (Deccan)
1398 Timur invades India
1451 The Lodi dynasty established in Delhi
1498 Vasco da Gama lands in India
1510 The Portuguese capture Goa
1526 The beginning of the Mughal Dynasty with the First Battle of Panipat and Babur defeating the Lodis
1538 Death of Guru Nanak
1539 Sher Shah Suri defeats Humayun and becomes Emperor of Delhi
1555 Humayun recovers the throne of Delhi
1556 Death of Humayun leads to the accession of Akbar
1565 Battle of Talikota where Muslim rulers in Deccan overcome the Vijaynagar Empire
1571 Foundation of Fatehpur Sikri by Akbar
1572 Akbar annexes Gujarat
1576 Akbar defeats Rana Pratap in the Battle of Haldighati; Subjugation of Bengal
1600 Charter of the English East India Company
1602 Formation of the United East India Company of Netherlands
1605 Death of Akbar followed by Jahangir succeeding to the throne Rebellion
1606 of Khusrau; execution of the Fifth Sikh Guru, Arjan Dev
1627 Death of Jahangir, followed by Shah Jahan’s succession
1631 Death of Shah Jahan’s wife Mumtaz Mahal and the construction of Taj Mahal
1639 Foundation of Fort St. George at Madras by the English.
1658 Coronation of Aurangzeb
1661 Bombay handed over to the English; Mughal captures Cooch Bihar
1664 Shivaji sacks Surat and assumes royal title
1666 Death of Shah Jahan; Shivaji’s visit to Agra and escape
1674 Shivaji assumes the title of Chhatrapati
1680 Death of Shivaji
1698 The new English company trading to the East Indies
1707 Death of Aurangzeb