ÿþ<html> <head> <title>WHKMLA : Timelines - South Asia </title> <!-- copyright Alexander Ganse, 2004-2006 --> </head> <body bgcolor="lightblue" text="black" link="blue" vlink="red" alink="brown"> <style> <!-- A{ font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; font-face: arial; } --> </style> <DIV align ="center"> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "../../index.html"> <img src = "../../whkmla2.jpg" border = "0"> </a></TD></TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width = "200" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> Historical Dictionary </b></font></TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdsasia.html"> <img src = "../../region/arrowleft.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "../whchapters.html"> <img src = "../timelines.jpg" border = "0"> </TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "../../biographies/wh/biosasia.html"> <img src = "../../region/arrowright.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD width = "200" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> Biographies </b></font></TD></TR></TABLE> <font size = "3" face = "arial"><B><i>First posted on June 3rd 2004 </i></b></font><BR><BR><BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center" width = "900"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "5"><B> Timeline South Asia </B></font> <BR> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"><i> http://www.zum.de/whkmla/timelines/wh/tlsasia.html </i></font> </B></font></TD></TR></TABLE> <BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "110"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> 2600-1900 B.C. <BR> 1900-513 B.C. <BR> 1500-1000 B.C. <BR> 6th c. B.C. <BR> 513 B.C. <BR> 326 B.C. <BR> 322-188 B.C. <BR> c.240-550 A.D. <BR> 606-647 <BR> 711-713 <BR> 998-1030 <BR><BR> 1192 <BR> 1210-1290 <BR> 1290-1320 <BR> 1294 or 1295 <BR> 1325-1398 <BR> 1336-1646 <BR> 1451-1526 <BR> 1498 <BR><BR> 1510 <BR> 1526 <BR> 1560-1605 <BR> 1609 <BR> 1632-1648 <BR> 1661 <BR> 1674 <BR> 1680 <BR> 1707 <BR> 1739 <BR> 1757 <BR> 1761 <BR> 1799 <BR> 1815 <BR> c.1820 <BR> 1824 <BR> 1824-1826 <BR> 1838-1842 <BR> 1843 <BR> 1849 <BR> 1852 <BR> 1856 <BR> 1857-1858 <BR> 1858 <BR> 1877 <BR> 1878-1880 <BR> 1883 <BR> 1885 <BR> 1906 <BR> 1919 <BR> 1919 <BR> 1937 <BR> 1947 <BR> 1948 <BR> 1948 <BR> 1948 <BR> 1962 <BR> 1965 <BR> 1971 <BR> 1972 <BR> 1977 <BR><BR> 1977 <BR> 1983 <BR> 1984 <BR> 1998 <BR> 1999 <BR> </font></TD> <BR><TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "600"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> Indus Valley Civilization <BR> India's Dark Ages <BR> Vedic Age <BR> Lifetime of Gautama Siddharta, of Mahavira; emergence of Buddhism, Jainism <BR> Persian Conquest of Indus valley <BR> Alexander the Great in India <BR> Mauryan Empire (Chandragupta I., Ashoka) <BR> Gupta Empire <BR> Harsha of Kanauj ruled northern India <BR> Arab conquest of Sindh <BR> Mahmud of Ghazni conducted 17 campaigns into India; Ghaznavid Dynasty ruled parts of W. <BR> India until 1186. <BR> Muhammad al Ghuri conquered Delhi, established Sultanate of Delhi <BR> Sultanate of Delhi : Slave or Mamluk Dynasty <BR> Sultanate of Delhi : Khalji Dynasty <BR> Marco Polo, on his return voyage from China, visited India <BR> Sultanate of Delhi : Tughluq Dynasty <BR> Southern India : Hindu Kingdom of Vijayanagar <BR> Sultanate of Delhi : Lodhi Dynasty <BR> Portuguese discoverer Vasco da Gama, sailing around Africa, reached Kalikut on the <BR> Malabar Coast, opening direct European-Indian trade <BR> Portuguese conquest of Goa <BR> Babur conquered Delhi, established Mughal Empire <BR> Mughal Empire : rule of Akbar; abolished per-capita-tax for Hindus, promoted Kitab-ul-illah <BR> First Dutch trading post in India <BR> Mughal Empire : construction of Taj Mahal <BR> Britain gained Bombay as part of the dowry of Portuguese princess Catherine of Bragan&ccedil;a <BR> Mughal Empire : begin of Maratha Rebellion, under Shivaji <BR> death of Shivaji <BR> Mughal Empire : death of Emperor Aurangzeb; Maratha rebellion flared up again <BR> Mughal Empire : Persian Shah Nadir Shah conquered, plundered Delhi (and moved off) <BR> Battle of Plassey; E.I.C. annexed Bengal <BR> Third Battle of Panipat; Mughal forces routed by Afghan invaders <BR> Fifth and final Mysore War <BR> Vienna Congress; Netherlands ceded Ceylon to British <BR> E.I.C. introduced Tea, Opium cultivation in India <BR> E.I.C. annexed Assam <BR> First Anglo-Burmese War <BR> First Anglo-Afghan War <BR> E.I.C. annexed Sindh <BR> Following the Second Anglo-Sikh War, the E.I.C. annexed the Punjab <BR> Second Anglo-Burmese War <BR> E.I.C. annexed Awadh (Oudh) <BR> India : Sepoy rebellion, which began as a mutiny <BR> British India crown colony <BR> Queen Victoria crowned Empress of India <BR> Second Anglo-Afghan War <BR> Third Anglo-Burmese War <BR> India : establishment of Congress Party <BR> India : establishment of Muslim League <BR> India : Amritsar Massacre <BR> Third Anglo-Afghan War <BR> Burma, Ceylon, Aden etc. administratively separated from British India <BR> Partition of British India; India, Pakistan independent <BR> death of Mohandas K. Gandhi (assassination), Muhammad Ali Jinnah (tuberculosis) <BR> First Indo-Pakistani War; exchange of millions of refugees <BR> Ceylon independent <BR> Indian-Chinese border conflict <BR> Second Indo-Pakistani War <BR> Third Indo-Pakistani War; Bangladesh independent <BR> Ceylon renamed into Sri Lanka <BR> following an unpopular campaign for voluntary sterilization in India, Indira Gandhi defeated <BR> in elections <BR> Pakistan : coup d'etat by General Zia ul-Haq <BR> Sri Lanka : begin of Civil War <BR> India : Operation Bluestar; Indira Gandhi assassinated <BR> India announced to have nuclear arms; Pakistan successfully conducted nuclear explosions <BR> Pakistan : Coup d'etat by General Parveez Musharraf. <BR> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE><BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "200"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> </font></TD> <BR><TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "510"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE><BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "700"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> ONLINE REFERENCE : <BR> Timeline of Indian history, posted by <A HREF = "http://in.geocities.com/hacker_pb/timeline.htm">hacker pb</A> <BR> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE><BR><BR><BR><BR> </DIV> </DIV> <DIV align="center"> <A href="mailto:aganse@hotmail.com"> <IMG src="../../email.gif" border="0"></a><BR> </DIV><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR> <!-- Start of CH Counter --> <script type="text/javascript"> //<!-- // chCounter v2.0.0 // settings: cstatus = "active"; visible = "0"; path_to_counterfile = "http://www.zum.de/whkmla/counter/counter.php"; urlhp = "http://www.zum.de"; //////////////// url = unescape(location.href); file = url.substring(url.lastIndexOf(urlhp) + urlhp.length, url.length); file = (file.charAt(0) != "/") ? 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