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814-80.................. Reign of Amoghavarsha, the Rashtrakuta King.
836-85 ................. Reign of Mihirbhoja (Pratiharas)
839-42 ................. Reign of Ranabhadra (Pratiharas)
840 ...................... Rise of the Pratiharas under King Bhoja.
833-855 ............... Reign of Avantivarman of Kashmir.
860-985 ............... Period of Bhrigu dynasty in Champa.
880-914 ............... Reign of Krishna II - the King of Rashtrakutas.
885-902 ............... Reign of Sankarvarman of Kashmir.
885-910 ............... Reign of Mahendrapala I.
888-1267 ............. Southern India united under the Chola dynasty.
900-1000 ............. Sahajayana or Sahajiya tantric school of marks
last phase of Buddhism in India.
907-55 ................. Parantaka I, establishes Chola power in south
India.
907-1310 ............. Chola empire at Tanjore.
911 -44 ................ Reign of Mahipala.
914-22 ................. Reign of Indra III - Rashtrakuta King.
936-39 ................. Reign of Amoghavarsha III - Rashtrakuta King.
939-67 ................. Reign of Krishna III - Rashtrakuta King.
962 ...................... Foundation of Turkish principality of Ghaznin.
973-97.................. Rule of Taila II - founder of Chalukyas of
Kalyana.
973-
1189...
Second Chalukya dynasty in western and
central Deccan (Kalyana).
974-
1060...
Rule of Paramaras of Malwa.
982-83 ................. Erection of Gommateshwara (Bahubali) statue
at Sravanabelagola in Karnataka.
985-1014 ............. Rajaraja, the great, extends Chola power.
988 ...................... Capture of Kabul by Sabuktigin of Ghaznin.
997-1030 ............. Raids of Mahmud of Ghazni in north -western
India.
1000-10 ............... Abhinavagupta. Yamuna Acharya's (Tamil
Alavandar)
A
gampa
Ramayana
,
Sarah's
Dokhkosa,
Rise of Hindu tantricism.
1012-44 ............... Reign
of Rajendra II. - Chola King.
1018-60 ............... Reign
of King Bhoja of Malwa - Paramaras.
1021 .................... Foundation of Ghaznavid
principality
at
Lahore.
1023 .................... Northern campaign of Rajendra Chola.
1030 .................... Alberuni in India.
1040 .................... Battle of Dandangan. Ghaznavids lose bulk of
empire to Saljuqs.
1043-
68 ......
Reign
of
Somesvara
I
(Chalukyas of Kalyana)
1044-
54 ......
Reign
of Rajadhiraja I.
1050 .................... Ramanuja - founder of
Vishistadvaita
philosophy.
1068-76 ............... Reign of Somesvara II (Chalukyas of Kalyana).
1070-1122 ........... Reign of Kulottunga I of Cholas.
1077 .................... Embassy of Chola merchants
to China.
1085-1194 ........... The Rule of Gahadavalas
- Successors
of
Pratiharas.
1090 .................... End of western Chalukyas.
1100-200 ............. Basaveswara founds Virashaiva movement in
South India.
1106-41 ............... Rise of Vishnuvardhana and Hoysala power.
1127-55 ............... Reign of Jayasimha of Kashmir.
1135-46 ............... Reign of Kulottunga II.
1137 .................... Death of Ramanuja, the philosopher.
1146-73 ............... Reign of Rajaraja II of Cholas.
1149-
50 ...... Kalhana wrote Rajatarangini.
1150-
51 ...... Sack of Ghazni by Ghurid Ala-Ud-din Jahan
suz.
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1151 .................... Burning of Ghaznavids lose bulk of Principality
of Ghor.
1162-
89 ...... The Kalachuri rule in South India.
1163-
1201... Period of Ghorids. - A Turkish empire in India.
1165-85 ............... The Reign of Ballasena. - Sena Ruler.
1178 .................... Defeat of Muizzu-d-din Muhammad bin Samat
Anhilwara.
1184 .................... Senas of Bengal.
1185-99................ Lakshmana Sena's rule in Bengal.
1186 .................... Ghorids capture Lahore, end of Ghaznavid
principality.
CHRONOLOGY
1187-1318
Rule of Yadavas of Devagiri.
1191 .................. Defeat of Muizzu-d-din Muhammad Bin Sam at
the first battle ofTarain by PrithvirajaChauhan.
1192 ................... IlbattleofTaraindefeatofPrithivarajaChauhan
by Muhammad Ghori. Delhi-Ghorid head
quarters in India.
1192-93 ............... Delhi seized by Qutb-ud-din Aibak.
1197-276 .............. Madhwacharya - founder of the Dvaita
(dualism) philosophy.
1200 ..................... Conquest of Bihar and Bengal by Dchtiy arti-d-
din Bakshitiyar Khalji.
1200-300 .............. Sharangdeva's treatise on music,
Sangitaratnakara.
Loka Charya's trainad of Categories.
1200-1300............. Rule of Chhamanas of Rajasthan.
1206 ..................... Establishment of the Slave dynasty under Qutb-
ud-din Aibak.
Death of Mizzu-d-din Muhammad Bin Sam.
1206-56 ............... Reign of Rajadhiraja III - Probable last ruler of
Cholas.
1206-90 ................ Rule of Slave Dynasty (Delhi Sultanates).
1206-10 ................ Reign of Qutb-ud-din Aibak.
1210-36 ................ Reign of Iltumish.
1216-1327............. Period of Pandyas of Mathura.
1221 ..................... Chingiz chases Jalalu-ud-din Mingbumu.
1227 ..................... Chingiz died.
1235 ..................... Death of Khwaja Qutb-d-din Bakhtivar kaki,
death of Sultan Iltumish, death of Khwaja
muinu-d-in at Ajmir.
1236-40 ................ Reign of Raziyya.
1240-42 ................ Reign of Balban.
1246-66.... ............ Reign of Nasiru-d-din Mahmud Shah.
1266-86 ................ Reign of Ghiyasu-d-in Balban, consolidator of
Delhi Sultanate.
1288-93 ............... Marco Polo's visit to south India.
1290-96 ................ Reign of Jalalu-d-din Firuz Shah II.
1290-1320............. Malik Kafur's invasion of Warangal.
Khiljis: Kafur's conquest of Gujarat.
Kafur's invasion of Dwarasamudra near
Bangalore.
Capture of Chitor.
Ala-ud-din Muhammad Shah.
Expedition of Devagiri.
Qutb-ud-din Mubarak Shah.
Death of Ala-ud-din Khilji.
1294 ..................... Ala-ud-din invaded Devagiri.
1296-1316............. Reign of Ala-ud-din Khilji.
1297 ..................... Conquest of Gujarat by Ala-ud-din Khilji.
1300-400 .............. Lalla, poetess of Kashmir.
1303 ..................... Capture of Chitor by Ala-ud-din Khilji.
1306-07 . ............. Expedition of Devagiri by Ala-ud-din Khilji.
1306-10 ................ Conquest of South India by Delhi Sultanates,
Malik Kafur's southern campaign.
1314-1389............. Rule of Sisodias (Rajput - Rajasthan).
1316 ..................... Death of Ala-ud-din Khilji.
1316-20 ................ Rule of Qutb-ud-din Mubarak Shah.
1320-25 ................ Reign of Jhiyasu-d-din Tughlaq Shah I.
1320-1414............. Rule of Tughlaq Dynasty.
Levy of Jizya on the Brahmans.
Arrival of Ibn Battuta in India.
Firuz's Thatta expedition.
Death of Shaykh Nasiru-d-din Chiragh I Delhi.
Death of Amir Khusrau.
Death of Shatykh Nizamud-din Awliya.
Firuz's second Bengal expedition.
Firuz Shah III.
Timur seized Delhi.
Investiture from the Abbasid Caliph.
Asoka's pillars transplanted.
Death of Khan I, Jahan I.
Firuz's first Bengal expedition.
1325 .................... Death of Shaykh Nizau-d-din Awaliya.
LURE - THRU THE AGES
1325-51 .............. Reign of Mohmed Bin Tughlaq, visit of Ibn
Batutah to India. (Patron of Historian and
political theorist Bami).
1327 ................... Devagiri renamed Daulatabad, made the second
capital.
1329-30 .... ......... Token currency issued by Muhamad bin
Tughlaq.
1336-1565 ........... Founding of the Kingdom of Vijayanagara. The
last great Hindu Kingdom (South India).
1336-1576 ........... Rule of the Bengali Sultans.
1340-
41 ..... Investiture from the Abbasid Caliph.
1341-
43 ..... New Code (ASALIB)
1342 ................... Ibn Batutah sent as Ambassador to
China.
1346-
1589 . ,.
Rule of the Sultans of Kashmir.
1347-
1518 .
Rule of Bahmani Kingdom of South India.
1347-58 .............. Reign of Ala-ud-din Hasan.
1351-88 .............. Reign of Delhi Sultans under Firuz
Tughlaq.
1353-54 ............ .-.
Firuz's first Bengal Expedition.
1356 ................... Death of Shaykh Nasiru-d-din Chiragh I Delhi.
1359 ................... Firuz's second Bengal expedition.
1365-66 .............. Firuz's Thatta expedition.
1370-1601 ........... The Rule of Faruqi Sultans of Khandesh.
1376 ................... Levy of Jizya on the Brahmins.
1388-1414 ........... Successors of Firuz.
1391-1583 ........... Rule of the Sultans of Gujarat.
1394-1479 ........... The Sultans of Jaunpur.
1398
.................. Tameriane invades the
Delhi Sultanate and
northern India is again split into a number of
kingdoms. Timur seized Delhi.
1398-99 .............. Timur's invasion of India and sack of Delhi. Rise
of
independent
"Provincial"
muslim
principalities. Probable birth of Kabir.
1399
.................. Timur recrossed the Indus.
1401-1531 ........... Rule of Sultans of Malwa.
1411-41 .............. Ahmad Shah ruling in Gujarat.
1414-50 .............. Rule of the Sayyids at Delhi.
1414-51 .............. Rule of Sultans of Jaunpur.
Rule of Bengali Sultans.
Rule of Sultans of Kashmir.
1420-
1550 . Mira Bai, Rajput poetess.
1421-
1431 . Cheng-Ho's visit to Bengal.
1422 ................... Death of Khwaja Gisu Daraz.
1435 ................... Aryan Kings in western Asia.
1440-1518 ........... Kabir, a leader of the Bhakti movement.
1449-1568 ........... Shankaradeva, Vaishnava saint of Assam.
1451 -1489 .......... Accession of Bahiul Lodi at Delhi.
1451-1526 ........... Period of Lodi Sultanate of Delhi.
1469-
1539 . Birth of Guru Nanak, founder of Sikhism.
1470-
97 ..... Rule of Gajapatis of Orissa.
1475-1531 ........... Period of Vallabha, Vedanta Philosopher.
1480-1564 ........... Period of Purandaradasa poet-saint of
Karnataka.
1481 ................... Execution of Mahmud Gavan.
1485-1533 ........... Chaitanya, a leader of the Bhakti movement.
1489-1686 ........... Period of Adil Shahis - Bijapur, one of the five
kingdoms of the Deccan.
1489-1517 ........... Reign of Sikandar Lodi.
1499-
1763 .
Rule of Keladi Kingdom of South India.
1500-
1600 .
Surdas, blind poet of Agra, Vadiraja's
Krishnastuti
and
Haryastaka.
1504
.................. Babur occupies Kabul.
1505
.................. Death of Kabir - poets, saiht of Northern India.
1508-
28 ..... Rana Sanga of Mewar in power.
1509-
29 ..... Rule of Krishnadeva Raya, Famous King of
Vijayanagara.
1510 .................... Portuguese gain control of'Goa on the west
coast.
1512-1611 ........... Rule of Qutb Shahis.
1517-26 .............. Reign of Ibrahim Lodi of Lodi dynasty.
1526 ................... First battle of Panipat, Mughals displace Lodis
as rulers of Delhi and Agra.
1526-30 .............. Reign of Zahir-ud-din Muhammad Babur -
founder of the Mughal Empire in India.
1530 ................... Portuguese begin trade in Bengal.