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Events in the Land of The Timeless Theater

 Timeline of India

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Indian History is as old as the History of Mankind. Artifacts dating back to as much as 500,000 years have been found

(Rock Paintings)

Harappa and Mohenjodaro Communities
(2500 - 1550 B.C)

Dravidian traditions are established in south

(Hero-stones)

Aryan Migration to India

 Caste System is established

Vedas are composed

Mahabharat is composed

Hinduism takes deep roots

(Hinduism Potpourri)

Gautama Buddha
(563 -483 B.C.)

 
Mahaveera (599 B.C.)

Bimbisara of Magadha (542-490 B.C.)

(Jainism)

(Buddhism)

(Ancient India)

The Great Alexander invades India (326 B.C.)

Chandra Gupta Maurya (300 B.C.) and establishment of the Indian Empire

Emperor Ashoka (272 B.C) and spread of Buddhism

(Mauryan Empire)

Khajuraho Temples are built.

The Hoysala Dynasty

The temples of Belur, Halebid are built.

Guptas (320-647)

Pallavas of Kanchi (300-888)

Fa-Hien  (400) &  Hiuen-Tsiang (630) in India 

Alberuni in India (1020)

Mahmud Ghazni invades Somnath temple (1026)

(Ancient India, the land of mystery)

Marco Polo visits India (1288)

Khilji Dynasty (1300)

The Vijayanagar Empire (1336-1565)

First voyage of Vasco-da-Gama to Goa (1498)

Southern Dynasties: Chola, Pandya, Hoysala, Rashtrakuta, Ganga, Chalukyas

Women in Medieval Deccan

Bhakti Movement

Akbar defeats Rana Pratap at Haldighat (1576)

East India Company is formed (1600)

Moguls
Babur (1530), Akbar (1605), Aurangjeb (1700)

Guru Gobind Singh and the Khalsa

Taj Mahal is built

Shivaji (1646) and the Marathas

Bahamani Kings

Hyder Ali and Tippu Sultan (1761 - 1799)

Battle of Plassey (1757)

Prohibition of Sati (1829)

First Indian war of independence (1857)

Indian National Congress is formed (1885)

(History of India)

(TimeLine of Freedom Movements)

Massacre at Jallianwalabagh   (1919)

Quit India Movement (1942)

The March of Dandi and  Rise of  Mahatma Gandhi(1930)

Martyrdom of Bhagat Singh

Subhas Bose and Indian National Army

Biographies of Tilak, Savarkar, Cama

Partition of India and Freedom at Midnight (1947)

Wars with Pakistan and liberation of Bangladesh (1971)

The non-aligned movement

The rise of Nehru-Gandhi Family

Rise of Regionalism

India wins Cricket World Cup (1983)

Operation Blue Star, Indira Gandhi's Assassination and violence against Sikhs (1984)

India tests nuclear device (1998)

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Around Harappa - Tour ,  Saraswati River Valley  1 ,  2

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Alexander in India,  Southern Temples

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