Timeline of Indian history

All you want to know about Timeline of Indian history



History of South Asia

(Indian Subcontinent)
Stone Age 70,000–3300 BCE
• Mehrgarh Culture • 7000–3300 BCE
Indus Valley Civilization 3300–1700 BCE
Late Harappan Culture 1700–1300 BCE
Iron Age 1200–300 BCE
• Maha Janapadas • 700–300 BCE
• Magadha Empire • 545 BCE - 550
• Maurya Empire • 321–184 BCE
Middle Kingdoms 300 BCE–1279 CE
• Chera Empire • 300 BCE–200 CE
• Chola Empire • 250 BCE–1070 CE
• Satavahana • 230 BCE–220 CE
• Kushan Empire • 60–240 CE
• Gupta Empire • 280–550
• Gurjara Empire • 740–1018
• Pala Empire • 750–1174
• Chalukya Dynasty • 543–753
• Rashtrakuta • 753–982
• Western Chalukya Empire • 973–1189
Hoysala Empire 1040–1346
Kakatiya Empire 1083–1323
Islamic Sultanates 1206–1596
• Delhi Sultanate • 1206–1526
• Deccan Sultanates • 1490–1596
Ahom Kingdom 1228–1826
Vijayanagara Empire 1336–1646
Mughal Empire 1526–1858
Maratha Empire 1674–1818
Sikh Confederacy 1716–1799
Sikh Empire 1799–1849
British East India Company 1757–1858
British Raj 1858–1947
Modern States 1947–present
Nation histories
Bangladesh • Bhutan • Republic of India
Maldives • Nepal • Pakistan • Sri Lanka • Tibet
Regional histories
Assam • Balochistan • Bengal
Himachal Pradesh • Orissa • Pakistani Regions
North India • South India • Tibet
Specialised histories
Coinage • Dynasties • Economy
Indology • Language • Literature • Maritime
Military • Science and Technology • Timeline
This box: view • talk • edit

This is a timeline of Indian history. It includes the history of South Asia (Indian subcontinent), especially the history of the regions now known India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.

Contents

Stone age

Main article: Stone age

Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka (9000-7000 BC)

Main article: Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka

The Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka are in the foothills of the Vindhyan Mountains on the southern edge of the central Indian plateau. Within massive sandstone outcrops, above comparatively dense forest, are five clusters of natural rock shelters, displaying paintings that appear to date from the Mesolithic Period right through to the historical period. The site is a U.N world heritage site.[1]

Mehrgarh Culture (7000-3300 BC)

Main article: Mehrgarh
  • 7000 BC: Mehrgarh Culture (Period I) begins, which was one of the world's earliest Neolithic cultures
  • 5500 BC: Period II of Mehrgarh begins
  • 4800 BC: Period III of Mehrgarh begins
  • 3500 BC: Period IV of Mehrgarh begins
  • 3300 BC: Period IV of Mehrgarh ends

Bronze age

Main article: Bronze Age

Indus Valley Civilization (3300-1900 BC)

Main article: Indus Valley Civilization
  • 3300 BC: Indus Valley Civilization (also known as Harappan civilization or sometimes as Sindu-Sarasvati Civilization) began in Harappa (starting with the Ravi phase), and was one of the world's three earliest urban civilizations, contemporary to Sumer (in Mesopotamia/Iraq) and ancient Egypt.
  • 2800 BC: Kot Diji phase of the Indus Valley Civilization begins.The civilization at this time used an early form of the Indus script (Harappan script).
  • 2600 BC: Mature Harappan phase of the Indus Valley Civilization begins. The cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-daro become large metropolises and the civilization expands to over 2,500 cities and settlements across the whole of what is now Pakistan, much of northwestern and western India, and parts of Afghanistan and Iran; It covered a region of around one million square miles, which was larger than the land area of its contemporaries Egypt and Mesopotamia combined; it also had superior urban planning and sewage systems. The civilization began using the mature Indus script.
  • 1900 BC: Late Harappan Phase of the Indus Valley Civilization begins.
  • 1700 BC: Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture and other cultures.

Vedic Era (1500-500 BC)

Iron age

Main article: Iron age
Main article: Vedic period

Ancient India (500 BC - 550 AD)

This animation shows pre-colonial states that covered more than a quarter of the Indian subcontinent
This animation shows pre-colonial states that covered more than a quarter of the Indian subcontinent
Main article: History of India

Medieval India (550-1526 AD)

Main article: History of India

Post-Medieval Era (1526-1818)

Main article: Mughal Era

Colonial Era (1818-1947)

Main article: British India

Post-Partition (1947 - Present)

Republic of India

Main article: History of the Republic of India
1947 1948 1949 1950
1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960
1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970
1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980
1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990
1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

===Pakistan===

References

  1. ^ Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka

Further reading

  • Sengupta, P.C. "Ancient Indian Chronology". Calcutta: University of Calcutta Press. 1947.

External links

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Indian_history"

No comments have been added.



Your name:

City:

Country:

Your comments:

Security check *
(Please enter the number into adjoining box)

 

  • Ads

           
eXTReMe Tracker