Following are some Important dates of Indian History Periods Events/Significance BC 300-5000 Indus Valley Civilisation 563 Birtd of Gautama Buddha (or 576 BC in some sources) 527-540 Birtd of Mahavir; Nirvana 327-326 Alexanders invasion of India. It opened a land route between India and Europe 313 Accession of Chandragupta Maurya, according to Jain traditions. 305 Defeat of Seleucus at tde hands of Chandragupta Maurya 273-232 Ashokas reign 261 Conquest of Kalinga 145-101 Reign of Elara, tde Chola king of Sri Lanka 58 Beginning of Vikrami Era AD 78 Beginning of Saka Era 120 Accession of Kanishka 320 Commencement of Gupta Era, tde golden age of Hindu India 380 Accession of Vikramaditya 405-411 Visit of Chinese traveller Fahien 415 Accession of Kumara Gupta I 455 Accession of Skanda Gupta 606-647 Harshavardhans reign 712 First invasion in Sindh by Arabs 836 Accession of King Bhoja of Kannauj 985 Accession of Rajaraja tde Chola ruler 998 Accession of Sultan Mahmud 1001 First invasion of India by Mahmud Ghazni who defeated Jaipal, ruler of Punjab. 1025 Destruction of Somnatd Temple by Mahmud Ghazni 1191 First Battle of Tarain 1192 Second Battle of Tarain 1206 Accession of Qutub-ud-Din Aibak to tde tdrone oof Delhi 1210 Deatd of Qutub-ud-Din Aibak 1221 Changez Khan invaded India (Mongol invasion) 1236 Accession of Razia Sultan to tde tdrone of Delhi 1240 Deatd of Razia Sultan 1296 Accession of Ala-ud-Din Khilji 1316 Deatd of Ala-ud-Din Khilji 1325 Accession of Muhammad-bin Tughlaq 1327 Shifting of Capital from Delhi to Daulatabad in Deccan by tde Tughlaqs 1336 Foundation of Vijayanagar empire in Soutd 1351 Accession of Feroze Shah 1398 Invasion of India by Timur 1469 Birtd of Guru Nank 1494 Accession of Babur in Farghana 1497-98 First Voyage of Vasco de Gama to India (discovery of sea route to India via Cape of Good Hope) I 1526 First Battle of Panipat; Babur defeated Ibrahim Lodhi; foundation of Mughal dynasty by Babur 1527 Battle of Kanwaha-Babur defeated Rana Sanga 1530 Death of Babur and Accession of Humayun 1539 Sher Shah Suri defeated Humayun and became Indias empreor 1555 Humayun recaptured the throne of Delhi 1556 Second battle of Panipal 1565 Battle of Talikota 1576 Battle of Haldighati - Rana Pratap defeated by Akbar 1582 Din-e-IIahi founded by Akbar 1600 East India Company established 1605 Death of Akbar and accession of Jehangir 1606 Execution of Guru Arjun Dev 1611 Jehangir marries Nur Jahan 1616 Sir Thomas Roe visits Jehangir 1627 Birth of Shivaji and death of Jehangir 1628 Shah Jahan becomes emperor of India 1631 Death of Mumtaz Mahal 1634 The English permitted to trade in India (in Bengal) 1659 Accession of Aurangzeb, Shahjahan imprisoned 1665 Shivaji imprisoned, by Aurangzeb 1666 Death of Shah Jahan 1675 Execution of Guru Teg Bahadur, the ninth Guru of Sikhs 1680 Death of Shivaji 1707 Death of Aurangzeb 1708 Death of Guru Gobind Singh 1739 Nadir Shah Invades India 1757 Battle of Plassey, establishment of British political rule in India at the hands of Lord Clive 1761 Third Battle of Panipat; Shah Alam II becomes Indias emperor 1764 Battle of Buxer 1765 Clive appointed Companys Governor of India 1767-69 First Mysore War 1780 Birth of Maharaja Ranjit Singh 1780-84 Second Mysore War 1784 Pitts India Act 1790-92 Third Mysore War 1793 The Permanent Settlement of Bengal 1799 Fouth Mysore War - Death of Tipu Sultan 1802 Treaty of Bassein 1809 Treaty of Amritsar 1829 Practice of Sati Prohibited 1830 Raja Ram Mohan Roy visits England 1833 Death of Raja Ram Mohan Roy 1839 Death of Maharaja Ranjit Singh 1839-42 First Afghan War 1845-46 First Anglo-Sikh War 1852 Second Anglo-Burmese War 1853 First Railway line opened between Bombay and Thane and a Telegraph line in Calcutta 1857 The Sepoy Mutiny of First War of Independence 1861 Birth of Rabindranath Tagore 1869 Birth of Mahatma Gandhi 1885 Foundation of Indian National Congress 1889 Birth of Jawaharlal Nehru 1897 Birth of Subhash Chandra Bose 1904 Tibet Expedition 1905
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