Chronology of Important Events in Indian History - BYJU'S Exam Prep
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Chronology of Important Events in Indian History
Year 2 Million BC to 10,00 BC 2 Million BC to 50,000 BC 50,000 BC to 40,000 BC 40,000 BC to 10,000 BC
From 10,000 BC
7000 BC Pre-Harappan Phase ? 3000
BC 2500 BC 1500 BC-1000 BC
1000BC-500BC
600 BC ? 325 BC
544 BC ? 412 BC 412 BC ? 342 BC 344BC ? 323 BC
563 BC 540 BC 518 BC 483 BC 383 BC 326 BC 250 BC
Ancient India
Event Paleolithic Period Lower Palaeolithic Middle Palaeolithic Upper Palaeolithic
The Mesolithic Age
The Neolithic age
Chalcolithic Age
Harappan Phase Early Vedic period
Later Vedic period
Mahajanapadhas
Haryanka Dynasty Shisunga Dynasty
Nanda Dynasty Birth of Gautama Buddha
Birth of Mahavira Persian Invasion 1st Buddhist council 2nd Buddhist Council Macedonian Invasion 3rd Buddhist council
Importance Fire was discovered Tools made of limestones were used. They are found in Chotanagpur plateau and
Kurnool district Hunters and Herders Microlith tools were used
Food producers Use of polished tools
Use of Copper ? first metal
Bronze age civilization, development of Urban culture
Rig Veda period Growth of 2nd Urban phase with the establishment of
Mahajanapadhas
16 kingdoms with certain republics established
Bimbisara, Ajatshatru and Udayin
Shisunga and Kalashoka
Mahapadmananda
Buddhism established
24th Tirthankara of Jainism
Darius
Rajgir
Vaishali
Direct contact between Greek and India
Pataliputra
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322 BC ? 185 BC 322 BC ? 298 BC 298 BC ? 273 BC 273 BC ? 232 BC 232 BC ? 185 BC 185 BC ? 73 BC
73 BC ? 28 BC
60 BC ? 225 AD 2nd BC
1st BC ? 4th AD
1st BC ? 1st AD
1st AD -4th AD 72 AD
3rd BC ? 3rd AD
319 AD ? 540 AD 319 ? 334 AD 335 ? 380 AD 380 ? 414 AD 415 ? 455 AD 455 ? 467 AD
550 AD ? 647 AD
543 ? 755 AD 575 - 897 AD
Mauryan Period Chandragupta Maurya
Bindusara Ashoka
Later Mauryans Sunga Dynasty Kanva dynasty
Sathavahana dynasty
Indo-Greeks The Shakas
The Parthians
The Kushans 4th Buddhist Council
Sangam age
The Gupta Age Chandragupta I Samudragupta Chandragupta II
Kumaragupta Skandagupta
Vardhana Dynasty
Chalukyas of Vatapi Pallavas of Kanchi
Political unification of India, Dhamma policy of Ashoka,
the growth of Art and architecture
Pushyamitra Sunga
Vasudeva founded the dynasty
Capital at Paithan, MH
Menander (165-145AD)
Rudradaman (130 AD ? 150 AD)
St Thomas arrived in India during the reign of Gondophernes
Kanishka (78 AD ? 101 AD)
Kashmir
Convene of Sangam Commune, Rule of Cheras,
Cholas and Pandyas
319 AD ? Gupta Age The golden age of India Development of numerous art
and literature. Nagara style of Temple
Building
Harsha (606-647 AD) Kannauj assembly and Prayag
assembly held Huan-Tsang visited Harsha's
assembly
Development of Vesera style
Structural temples in Dravida style started to develop
Medieval India
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Early Medieval Period (650 ? 1206 AD)
Year 750 ? 1150 AD 752 ? 973 AD 730 ? 1036 AD
712 AD
850 ? 1279 AD
998 ? 1030 AD 1175 ? 1206 AD
1178 ? 1192 AD
Event Rule of the Palas The Rasthrakutas
The Pratiharas First Muslim Invasion
The Cholas
First Turk invasion Second Turk invasion
Prithviraj Chauhan
Importance
Capital at Munger, Bihar
Capital at Malkhed
Ruled western India
Mahmud Bin Qasim invaded India
Capital at Tanjore, epitome moment for Dravidian Architecture
Mahmud of Ghazni
Mahmud of Ghori
First battle of Tarain in 1191 between Prithviraj and Mahmud of Ghori
1192, Second battle of Tarain
The Sultanate Period (1206 ? 1526 AD)
Year 1206 ? 1210 AD
1211 ? 1236 AD 1236 ? 1240 AD 1240 ? 1266 AD 1266 ? 1287 AD
The Slave Dynasty Event
Qutbuddin Aibak
Shamsuddin Iltumish
Razia Sultana Weak successors Ghiyasuddin Balban
Importance Known as Lal Bakhsh, began
the construction of Qutb Minar
Real founder of Delhi Sultanate
First and only muslim lady who ever ruled India
Established Diwan-i-Arz
Year 1290 ? 1296 AD
1296 ? 1316 AD
The Khalji Dynasty Events
Jalaluddin Khalji
Allaudin Khalji
Importance
Founder of Khalji dynasty
Did many administrative reforms, introduced the Dagh
and Chehra system
The Tuglaq dynasty
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Year 1320 ? 1325 AD 1325 ? 1351 AD 1351 ? 1388 AD
1398 ? 1399 AD
Events Ghiyasuddin Tuglaq Mohammed-Bin-Tuglaq Firoz Shah Tuglaq
Taimur Invasion
Importance
Founder
Introduction of administrative reforms and certain ambitious
projects
Built great cities
Taimur, the descendant of Chengiz Khan, invaded during the reign of Muhammad Shah
Tuglaq
The Sayyid dynasty 1414 ? 1451 AD
Year 1451 ? 1488 AD 1489 ? 1517 AD
1517 ? 1526 AD
The Lodhi Dynasty (1451 ? 1526 AD)
Events
Importance
Bahlol Lodhi
Founder of Lodhi dynasty
Sikander Lodhi
Founded the city of Agra
Ibrahim Lodhi
Babur defeated Lodhi in the first battle of Panipat
Year 1336 ? 1485 AD 1485 ? 1505 AD 1505 ? 1570 AD 1509 ? 1529 AD 1570 ? 1650 AD
Vijaynagar and Bahmani Kingdoms
Vijaynagar Kingdom Events
Sangama Dynasty Saluva Dynasty Tuluva Dynasty
Krishna Deva Raya Aravidu Dynasty
Importance
Founded by Harihara and Bukka
Saluva Narasgima Veer Narashima
A gifted Scholar, contemporary of Babur
Founded by Tirumala
Year 1347 ? 1358 AD 1397 ? 1422 AD 1422 ? 1435 AD
Bahmani Kingdom Events
Alaudin Hasan Bahman Shah Tajuddin Firoz Shah Ahmad Shah Wali
Mughal Empire
Importance
Founded the Bahmani Kingdom at Gulbarga
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1526 ? 1530 AD 1530 ? 1540 AD 1555 ? 1556 AD 1540 ? 1555 AD
1556 1556 ? 1605 AD
1605 ? 1627 AD
1628 -1658 AD
1658 ? 1707 AD
1707 ? 1857 AD
Babur Humayun Sur Empire 2nd Battle of Panipat
Akbar Jehangir Shahjahan Aurangazeb
Later Mughals
Founder of Mughal empire after the 1st Battle of Panipat
He was defeated by Sher Shah
Sher Shah defeated Humayun and ruled from 1540-45 AD
Akbar Vs. Hemu
Established Din-i-illahi, expanded Mughal empire
Captain William Hawkins and Sir Thomas Roe visited the Mughal court
The pinnacle of Mughal empire and art and architecture
Beginning of the decline of Mughal empire
Decline and disintegration of Mughal empire with gaining strength of the
British
Year
1674 ? 1680 AD
1680 ? 1689 AD 1689 ? 1700 AD 1700 ? 1707 AD 1707 ? 1749 AD 1713 ? 1720 AD
Maratha State and Maratha Confederacy
Maratha state 1674 ? 1720 AD
Events
Importance
Shivaji
Contemporary of Aurangazeb and the biggest challenge for the Mughals in Deccan
Sambhaji
Rajaram
Tarabai
Shahu
The rise of Peshwas
Balaji Vishwanath
The first Peshwa
Maratha Confederacy 1720 ? 1818 AD
1720 ? 1740 AD
Baji Rao I
1740 ? 1761 AD
Balaji Baji Rao
1761 AD
Third battle of Panipat
Defeat of Marathas by Ahmad Shah Abdali
1761 ? 1818 AD
Later successors
Anglo Maratha Wars
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1775 ? 1782 AD 1803 ? 1806 AD
1817 ? 1818 AD
Year 1717 ? 1727 AD 1727 ? 1739 AD 1739 ? 1740 AD 1740 ? 1756 AD 1756 ? 1757 AD 1757 ? 1760 AD 1760 ? 1764 AD
Year 1761 ? 1782 AD 1766 ? 1769 AD 1780 ? 1784 AD 1782 ? 1799 AD 1790 ? 1792 AD
1799
1792 ? 1839 AD 1845 ? 1846 AD 1848 ? 1849 AD
1st Anglo Maratha War
2nd War
3rd War
Modern India Bengal Events
Murshid Quli Khan Shujauddin
Sarfaraj khan Alivardi Khan Sirajuddaulah
Mir Jafar Mir Qasim
British were defeated Marathas were defeated and they signed the Subsidiary
Alliance Marathas were decisively
defeated
Importance Capital of Bengal transferred
to Murshidabad
Battle of Plassey
Battle of Buxar
Mysore Events
Haider Ali 1st Anglo ? Mysore war 2nd Anglo ? Mysore war
Tippu Sultan 3rd Anglo ? Mysore war 4th Anglo ? Mysore war
Importance
Establishment of Modern Mysore state
Haider ali defeated the British Haider ali was defeated by Sir
Eyrecoot Continued the 2nd war
Tipu ceded half of his territory Tipu sultan died
Punjab Maharaja Ranjit Singh
1st Anglo ? Sikh war 2nd Anglo ? Sikh war
Founder of Sikh rule Sikhs were defeated Dalhousie annexed Punjab
Advent of Europeans in India
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1498 1600 1602 1616 1664
1746-48 1749-54 1758-63
1857 1885 1885 ? 1905
1905 ? 1917 1905
1905 ? 1908 1906 1906 1907 1909
1915 ? 1916 1916 1916
Portuguese East India company
English East India company Dutch East India company Danish East India company French East India company
Headquarters at Cochin and Goa
Madras, Calcutta and Bombay Pulicat, Nagapattinam Serampore Pondicherry
Carnatic wars
1st Anglo-French war 2nd Anglo-French war 3rd Anglo-French war
Treaty of Aix-la-chapelle Treaty of Pondicherry Treaty of Paris
Freedom Struggle First war of Indian
independence Formation of Congress
Moderate phase
Extremists Phase
Bengal Partition Swadeshi movement Muslim league formation Calcutta Session of INC
Surat split
Morley ? Minto reforms Home rule movement
Lucknow pact
Lucknow session
Revolt due to socio-religious and economic causes A O Hume Dominated by Dadabai Naoroji, Surendranath Banerjea
Dominated by Lal-Bal-Pal and Aurobindo Ghosh
Curzon announced the partition
Boycott of foreign products
Swaraj as the goal
Question on extending the movement to the rest of India
Separate electorate for Muslims
BG Tilak and Annie Besant
Pact between Congress and League
Extremists admitted in Congress
Gandhian Era
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