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Event

The Rock Shelters at Bhimbetka. These are situated at the foothills of the Vindhyan Mountains. There are
five groups of rock shelters that are adorned with paintings are date from the Mesolithic Period.
Mehrgarh Culture. This dates back to the Neolithic period. Oldest site to introduce farming and herding.
Situated in Baluchistan.

Indus Valley Civilization

The Early Harappan Phase, which lasted for about 700 years, starting with the Ravi Phase.

Mature Harappan Phase, wherein large cities and urban areas emerged and the civilization expanded.

The Late Harappan Phase began.

Vedic Period, when the sacred Vedic Sanskrit Texts in India were compiled.

Early Vedic Period.  The period of the compilation of Rig Veda. Caste system becomes rigid and families become patriarchal.

The Late Harappan and the Early Vedic Period coincide

The end of the Cemetary H Culture

Iron Age in India

Later Vedic Period. Agriculture became the predominant economic activity. There was a change in the political organization

Formation of the Sixteen Maha Janapadas – The Great Kingdoms

The founder of Jainism – Mahavira was born.

The founder of Buddhism – Siddhartha Gautama was born

Cyrus the great conquered parts of Pakistan

Panini standardized grammer and the morphology of Sanskrit. Converted it into classical Sanskrit. The
earliest written records in Brhami exist. The end of the Vedic Period.

Darius III was defeated by Alexander the Great. The Macedonian Empire was established
In the Battle of the Hydaspes River, The King of Taxila, Ambhi, surrendered to Alexander

Chandra Gupta Maurya established the Maurya Empire

Emperor Ashoka took over the Maurya Empire

Ashoka conquered most of South Asia, Afghanistan and Iran

Emperor Ashoka embraced Buddhism after the Battle of Kalinga

Ashoka died and was succeeded by Dasaratha

Satavahana Empire was established

Tholkappiyam standardized grammar and morphology of Tamil

The assassination of Emperor Brihadrata ended the Mauryan Empire and the establishment of the Sunga
dynasty

Establishment of the Indo-Greek kingdom

Establishment of the Indo-Scythian kingdom

Establishment of the Indo-Parthian kingdom

The  Kushan Empire is established by Kujula Kadphises

The Satvahana Dynasty was  taken over by Gautamiputra Satkarni

Establishment of the Gupta Empire by Sri-Gupta

Chandragupta I took over the Gupta Empire

Samudragupta took over the Gupta Empire and started expanding it

Establishment of the Pallava Empire

Chandragupta II took over the Gupta Empire

Chinese scholar Fa-Hien traveled to India

The Early Medieval Period

Harshavardhana became the King

Hiuen Tsiang traveled to India

Mohammed Bin Qasim, the first Muslim Invader invades

The birth of Shankaracharya

Nripatunga Amoghavarsha I became Rashtrakuta king

Invasion by Mahmud of Ghazni

Alberuni traveled to India

Majority of India was ruled by the Rashtrakutas, Chandelas, Cholas, Kadambas.

Kalyani Chalukya Empire attained peak, Vikramaditya VI introduced Vikrama Chalukya Era

Mohammed Ghori & Prithivi Raj Chauhan III fight the First battle of Tarain

Second battle of Tarain between Ghauri and Prithivi Raj Chauhan III

The Battle of Chandawar took place between Ghauri and Jayachandra

Marco Polo came to India

Late Medieval Period

Establishment of the Khilji Dynasty

Vijayanagar Empire

First voyage of Vasco-da-Gama to Goa

Post Medieval Era

Sultan of Delhi, Ibrahim Lodi was defeated by Babur, the Mughal ruler of Kabul.

Battle of Khanwa, in which Babur annexed Mewar

Babur died and was succeeded Humayun

Humayun died and was succeeded by his son Akbar

The formation of The East India company in England

Akbar died and was succeeded by Jehangir

Jehangir died and was succeeded by Shah Jahan

Shivaji was born

Shah Jahan built Taj Mahal, Jamia Masjid and Red Fort

Shivaji defeated Adilshahi troops at the Battle of Pratapgarh

Maratha Empire was established

Shivaji died

Aurangzeb died and was succeeded by Bahadur Shah I

Bajirao I conquered Delhi

Balaji Bajirao took over after Bajirao I’s death

Battle of Plassey was fought

Third battle of Panipat ended the expansion of Maratha Empire

First Anglo-Mysore War

First Anglo-Maratha War

Second Anglo-Mysore War

Third Anglo-Mysore War

Fourth Anglo-Mysore War

Tipu Sultan died, Wodeyar dynasty was restored

Second Anglo-Maratha War

Third Anglo-Maratha War begins

End of the Maratha Empire and British control over most of India

First Indian war of Independence, known as Indian Mutiny

Indian National Congress was formed

Dandi Salt March, Simon Commission, First Round Table Conference

Massacre at Jallianwala Bagh

Civil Disobedience Movement

Dandi Salt March Took Place; First Round Table Conference, Simon Commission

Bhagat Singh was hanged by the British, Second Round Table Conference, Gandhi-Irvin Pact

Quit India Movement, Rise of Subhash Chandra Bose

There was pressure from the Muslim League for the formation of Pakistan

India gained independence and witnessed partition