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LURE - THRU THE AGES

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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.

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... 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 , central Deccan (Kalyana). 974- 1060...

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.

Second Chalukya dynasty in western and

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.

Sarah's

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.

Dokhkosa, Rise of Hindu tantricism.

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.

1012-44 ............... Reign 1018-60 ............... Reign

of Rajendra II. - Chola King.

of King Bhoja of Malwa - Paramaras.

1021 .................... Foundation of Ghaznavid

principality

at

Khiljis: Kafur's conquest of Gujarat. Kafur's invasion of Dwarasamudra near

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

Bangalore. Capture of Chitor. Ala-ud-din Muhammad Shah. Expedition of Devagiri. Qutb-ud-din Mubarak Shah. Death of Ala-ud-din Khilji.

I

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. 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 . 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. 1470- 1500- 1600 . Krishnastuti and Haryastaka.

(Chalukyas of Kalyana) 1044- 54 ......

Reign

of Rajadhiraja I.

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.

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 1085-1194 ........... The Rule of Gahadavalas

to China.

- 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. "v 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.

Rule of Keladi Kingdom of South India. Surdas, blind poet of Agra, Vadiraja's

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.