CHRONOLOGY Flashcards
Agricultural Communities in Baluchistan
3000 BCE
Harappa Culture
2500-1500 BCE
Composition of hymns of the Rig Veda
1500-900 BCE
Mahabharata War
900 BCE
Later Vedas, Brahmanas, Upanishads
900-500 BCE
Gautam Buddha
566-486 BCE
Bimbisara king of Magadha
546-494 BCE
Ajatashatru king of Magadha
494-462 BCE
Mahapadma Nanda, king of Magadha
362-334 BCE
Invasion of Alexander of Macedon
327-325 BCE
Chandragupta Maurya
322-298 BCE
Bindusara
298-273 BCE
Ashoka
269-232 BCE
Greek kingdoms in North West India
190 BCE
End of Mauryan dynasty
183 BCE
Pushyamitra Shunga
183-147 BCE
Shakas invade Northwest India
90 BCE
End of Shunga dynasty
71 BCE
Satavahana dynasty in Deccan
50 BCE-250 CE
Kanishka (Kushana)
78 CE- 101 CE
Shaka satraps in Ujjayini
130-388 CE
Chandra Gupta I
320-335 CE
Samudra Gupta
335-376 CE
Chandra Gupta II
376-415 CE
Kumara Gupta I
415-454 CE
First Huna invasion, Takshila destroyed around this century
454
Skanda Gupta
454-467
Second Huna invasion
495
End of imperial Guptas
540
1st Chalukya dynasty of Vatapi (West Deccan)
550-757
Harsha king of Kanyakubja
606-647
Eastern Chalukyas of Vengi (Andhra Pradesh)
630-970
Arabs occupy Sindh
712
Yashovarman of Kanyakubja
730
Rashtrakutas of Manyakheta (Western and central deccan)
757-973
Palas of Bengal and Bihar
760-1142
Pratiharas of Kanyakubja
800-1019
Cholas of Tanjore
850-1267
Chandelas of Bundelkhand
916-1203
Kalachuris of Tripuri (Madhya Pradesh)
950-1195
Cahamanas of Ajmer
973-1192
Second Chalukya dynasty of Kalyani (West and Central Deccan)
973-1189
Chalukyas of Gujarat
974-1238
Paramaras of Dhara (Malwa)
974-1060
Mahmud Ghazni defeats Jayapala
1001
Somnath sacked by Ghazni
1025
Gahadavalas of Varanasi and Kanyakubja
1090-1193
Hoysalas of Dorasamudra (Central and Southern Deccan)
1110-1327
Senas of Bengal
1118-1199
Nalanda destroyed by Bakhtiyar Khilji
1190s
Yadavas of Devagiri
1190-1294
2nd Battle of Tarain
1192
Kakatiyas of Warangal (Andhra Pradesh)
1197-1323
Delhi sultanate
1206-1526
Pandyas of Madurai (Madras state)
1216-1327
Ahom kingdom
1228-1826
Reddy kingdom
1325-1448
Madurai sultanate
1335-1378
Vijayanagara empire
1336-1565
Bengal sultanate
1352-1576
Bahmani Sultanate
1347-1527
Gajapati empire of Kalinga
1431-1541
First battle of Panipat
1526
Second battle of Panipat
1556
Battle of Talikota, sack of Vijayanagara
1565
Banda Singh Bahadur defeated by Farrukhsiyar
1715
Banda Singh Bahadur executed
1716
Bhai Mani Singh ends rift between Bandai and Tat Khalsa
1721
Madhavrao Scindia passes away, Raghunathrao murders nephew Narayanrao to become Peshwa
1775
Treaty of Surat between English and Raghunathrao
1775
Treaty of Purandhar as a revision to Surat
1776
Nana Phadnavis violates treaty with Calcutta Council
1777
Treaty of Wadgaon between England and Marathas
1779
Ranjit Singh born
1780