North West South

Year Event Event Event

3300-1300 BCE IVC
1500-500BCE Vedic Age
Formation of Tamil
6th BCE
Sangam
4th BCE 322 BCE Maurya Empire start
Satvahana dynasty-
3rd CE
230 BCE deccan

Western Satraps (Indo

2nd BCE 100 130 CE Scythians, Greek attack)
Shunga Empire start;
185BCE Maurya end

1st BCE Indo- Greek, Sakas,

Kushan invasions; Start
of Kushan Empire
0
300 CE Pallava-TN
320 CE Gupta Empire
4th CE
Gupta influence in W-
388 CE India
5th CE 450 CE Vakataka- Deccan

550 CE Pallava- Chalukya war

6th CE

555 CE Gurjara-Pratihara rule

606 CE Harsha's kingdom
7th CE
642 CE Pallava dynasty

Rise of Rajput kingdoms

Rashtrakuta Dynasty
8th CE
725 CE influence in W-India
Rashtrakuta Dynasty
753 CE (Deccan)
9th CE

940 CE Chalukya Solanki dynasty

10th CE
Chola Dynasty (Raja Raja
985 CE I)
11th CE 1026 CE Hoysala (Kar)
End of Chalukya Solanki
12th CE
1194 dynasty
13th CE 1206 Delhi Sultanate start Delhi Sultanate start
14th CE VNE

Medieval Period
 Year Year North West South

600–1600 CE Chalukyas, Rashtrakutas, Cholas, Pandya,

Rajput Period Yadavas Vijayanagara Empire
7th CE

712 CE Arab Invasions in Sindh

Gurjara-Pratihara
8th CE
753 CE Empire
Rise of the Rashtrakuta
766 CE Dynasty
9th CE 870 CE Rise of the Palas
Ghaznavid Invasions in
965 CE India
10th CE
Chola Dynasty in South
973 CE India
Mahmud of Ghazni's
1018 CE Invasions
11th CE
Rajendra Chola's Naval
1043 CE Expeditions
Chalukya Empire in
12th CE
1168 CE South India
Delhi Sultanate
1206 CE Established
Yadava Dynasty in
13th CE
1210 CE Deccan
Kakatiya Dynasty in
1259 CE South India
Vijayanagara Empire
1336 CE Founded
14th CE 1347 CE Bahmani Sultanate
1394 CE Gujarat Sultanate
1398 CE Timur's Invasion
1414 CE Malwa Sultanate
Bahmani Sultanate
1443 CE Divides

15th CE 1469 CE Sikander Lodi's Reign

1491 CE Krishnadevaraya's Reign

1498 CE Bahadur Shah of Gujarat

1526 CE First Battle of Panipat

16th CE
1532 CE Mughal empire in gujarat

1540 CE Sher Shah Suri's Rule

 1556 CE Second Battle of Panipat
Battle of Talikota,
1565 CE Vijayanagara Falls
Akbar's Conquest of
1572 CE Gujarat

1596 CE Ahom-Koch Hajo Conflict

Mughal Empire reaches
1600 CE its peak 1674 CE -
17th CE 1627 CE Deccan Sultanates
Shivaji establishes
1674 CE Maratha Empire

1737 CE Marathas defeat Mughal

1748 CE Marathas in Gujarat
Battle of Ambur,
1749 CE Marathas vs Mysore
1757 CE Battle of Plassey
18th CE

1761 CE Third Battle of Panipat

1780 CE First Anglo-Mysore War

Fourth Anglo-Mysore
1799 CE War
Second Anglo-Maratha
19th CE
1801 CE War