Timeline: South Asia
| Years: c. 2500 BCE - 2011 | Subject: Encyclopedias, Geographical reference |
| Publisher: HistoryWorld | Online Publication Date: 2012 |
| Current online version: 2012 | eISBN: 9780191735943 |
| Year | Event |
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| c. 2500 BCE | Go to Indus civilization in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Mohenjo-Daro in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Harappā in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 2000 BCE | Go to Indus civilization in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Indus Valley civilization in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 1500 BCE | Go to Aryans in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Brahmans in A Dictionary of Asian Mythology (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Veda in The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy (2 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 600 BCE | Go to āśrama in A Dictionary of Hinduism (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 550 BCE | Go to Taprobane in The Oxford Classical Dictionary (3 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Sushruta in A-Z of Plastic Surgery (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Āyurveda in A Dictionary of Hinduism (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 470 BCE | Go to Jainism in A Dictionary of Asian Mythology (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 430 BCE | Go to Buddha in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 424 BCE | Go to Buddhism in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to bodhi in A Dictionary of Buddhism (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 420 BCE | Go to Buddhism in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 400 BCE | Go to Upanishads in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Magadha in A Dictionary of Buddhism (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 350 BCE | Go to Mahabharata in The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 327 BCE | Go to Alexander III (“The Great”) in The Oxford Guide to People and Places of the Bible (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 321 BCE | Go to Mauryan empire (c. 325–185 bc) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 300 BCE | Go to Hinduism in The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy (2 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Ramayana in The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 272 BCE | Go to Aśoka in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 250 BCE | Go to Aśoka in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Berruguete, Alonso (c.1488–1561) in The Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Aśoka in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 200 BCE | Go to stirrups in The Oxford Companion to Military History (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 100 BCE | Go to Ardhanārī in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 50 BCE | Go to Sanchi in The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Jainism in A Dictionary of Asian Mythology (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 100 | Go to Gandhara in The Oxford Classical Dictionary (3 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Theravada Buddhism, strong in south India and Sri Lanka, travels with traders through southeast Asia Go to Theravada Buddhism in The Oxford Companion to World Mythology (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 120 | Go to Kuṣāṇa in A Dictionary of Buddhism (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 320 | Go to Gupta in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 380 | Go to Kalidasa in The Oxford Companion to Theatre and Performance (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 550 | Go to chess in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 600 | Go to Ajanta, India in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 712 | Go to Sind in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 900 | Go to Tamils in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Parsis in A Dictionary of Hinduism (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 1000 | Go to Ellorā in A Dictionary of Buddhism (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Ghazni (Afghanistan) in The Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Rajput in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1025 | Go to Somnāth in A Dictionary of Hinduism (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 1150 | Go to Tamils in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1211 | Go to sultanate in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 1336 | Go to Vijayanagara in A Dictionary of Hinduism (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1346 | Go to Novgorod (Novgorod/Russia) in The Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1398 | Go to Tamerlane (1336–1405) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1498 | Go to da Gama, Vasco (c. 1469–1524) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 1500 | Go to Nanak (1469–1539) in The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1502 | Go to da Gama, Vasco (c. 1469–1524) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1505 | Go to Sri Lanka in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1510 | Go to Goa (India) in The Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1526 | Go to Babur (1483–1530) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1527 | Go to Babur (1483–1530) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1530 | Go to Babur (1483–1530) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1534 | Go to Bombay in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1542 | Go to Francis Xavier, St (1506–52) in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (2 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1543 | Go to Humayun (1508–56) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1555 | Go to Humayun (1508–56) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1556 | Go to Akbar (b. 1542) in A Dictionary of Hinduism (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1571 | Go to Fatehpur Sīkri (Uttar Pradesh/India) in The Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1573 | Go to Humayun (1508–56) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 1590 | Go to gurdwara noun in Oxford Dictionary of English (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1605 | Go to Jahangir (1569–1627) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1613 | Go to East Flanders in Oxford Dictionary of English (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1615 | Go to Jahangir (1569–1627) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Jahangir (1569–1627) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1632 | Go to Shah Jahan (1592–1666) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Taj Mahal in The Oxford Dictionary of Islam (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1644 | Go to East Flanders in Oxford Dictionary of English (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1646 | Go to Maratha in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1656 | Go to Colombo in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1658 | Go to Shah Jahan (1592–1666) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Sri Lanka in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1668 | Go to Catherine of Braganza (1638–1705) in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1673 | Go to Aurangzeb Sixth emperor of Mughal India (1658–1707) in The Oxford Dictionary of Islam (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 1690 | Go to Pondicherry (India) in The Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1696 | Go to Calcutta in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1699 | Go to Five Ks in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1704 | Go to Ādi Granth in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1707 | Go to Aurangzeb Sixth emperor of Mughal India (1658–1707) in The Oxford Dictionary of Islam (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1739 | Go to Nadir Shah (1688–1747) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1746 | Go to Austrian Succession, War of the (1740–48) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1751 | Go to Clive, Robert (1725–74) in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1756 | Go to Black Hole of Calcutta in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1757 | Go to Clive, Robert (1725–74) in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1799 | Go to Ranjit Singh in Oxford Dictionary of English (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Tipu Sultan (c. 1753–99) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1809 | Go to Ranjit Singh (1780–1839) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1817 | Go to Ajaṇṭā in A Dictionary of Buddhism (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1819 | Go to Ranjit Singh in Oxford Dictionary of English (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1845 | Go to Sikh Wars (1845–49) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1846 | Go to Sikh Wars (1845–49) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1848 | The second Anglo-Sikh war begins when a British army invades the Punjab to suppress a local uprising Go to Sikh Wars (1845–49) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1849 | Go to Sikh Wars (1845–49) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1857 | Go to Indian Mutiny (1857–58) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: After being besieged for five months in Lucknow, the remnants of the British garrison finally escape Go to Lucknow in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1858 | Go to Lucknow in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Indian Mutiny (1857–58) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to India Acts in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Mogul Empire (1526–1857) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1903 | Go to Edward VII (1841–1910) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1906 | The All-India Muslim League is set up at a meeting of the Muhammadan Educational Conference in Dhaka Go to Muslim League in The Oxford Dictionary of Islam (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1909 | Go to Gandhi, Mahatma (1869–1948) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1911 | Go to George V (1865–1936) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1912 | Go to Tagore, Rabindranath (1861–1941) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1913 | Go to Lutyens, Sir Edwin Landseer (1869–1944) in A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1914 | Go to Emden in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Maritime History (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Emden in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Maritime History (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1915 | Go to Gandhi, Mahatma (1869–1948) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1919 | Go to Amritsar Massacres (1919) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 1921 | Go to Indus Valley civilization in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1922 | Go to Gandhi, Mahatma (1869–1948) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1925 | Go to Rāṣṭrīya Svayamsevak Saṅgh(a) in A Dictionary of Hinduism (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1930 | Go to Salt March in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 1931 | Go to Abdullah, Sheikh Muhammad (1905–82) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1934 | Go to Jinnah, Mohammed Ali (1876–1948) in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1935 | Go to Narayan, R. K. (1906–2001) in The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1940 | Go to Jinnah, Mohammed Ali (1876–1948) in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1942 | Go to Gandhi, Mahatma (1869–1948) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Gandhi, ‘Mahatma’ (1869–1948) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1947 | Go to Partition in A Dictionary of Hinduism (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Mountbatten, Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900–79) in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Nehru, Jawaharlal (1889–1964) in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Jinnah, Mohammed Ali (1876–1948) in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Kashmir in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Kashmir in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1948 | Go to Gāndhī, Mohandas Karamchand (1869–1948) in A Dictionary of Hinduism (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1949 | Go to Kashmir in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1950 | Go to Chandigarh in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1952 | Go to Teresa, Mother (1910–1997) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1953 | Go to Hillary, Sir Edmund Percival (1919–2008) in A Dictionary of Sports Studies (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1955 | Go to Ray, Satyajit (1921–1992) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1958 | Go to Ayub Khan, Muhammad (b. 14 May 1907) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1959 | Go to Dalai Lama (1935– ) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Bandaranaike, S. W. R. D. (1899–1959) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1960 | Go to Bandaranaike, Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias (1916–2000) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1962 | Go to Indo‐Chinese War in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1965 | Go to Indo-Pakistan Conflict in Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Indo-Pakistan Conflict in Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1966 | Go to Gandhi, Indira (b. 19 Nov. 1917) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Mujibur Rahman, Sheikh (b. 1920) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1969 | Go to Yahya Khan, Agha Mohammed (b. 4 Feb. 1917) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1970 | Mujibur Rahman and his Awami League win on an independence platform in the election in East Pakistan Go to Mujibur Rahman, Sheikh (b. 1920) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Bhutto, Zulfiqar Ali (5 Jan. 1928) in A Dictionary of Political Biography (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Yahya Khan, Agha Mohammed (b. 4 Feb. 1917) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1971 | Go to Shankar, Ravi (7 April 1920) in The Oxford Companion to Music (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Bangladesh in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Bangladesh in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Bangladesh in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Indo‐Pakistan Wars in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Bangladesh in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Bhutto, Zulfiqar Ali (5 Jan. 1928) in A Dictionary of Political Biography (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1972 | Go to Mujibur Rahman, Sheikh (b. 1920) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1975 | Go to Mujibur Rahman, Sheikh (b. 1920) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1977 | Go to Zia‐ul‐Haq, General Mohammed (b. 1924) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1979 | Go to Bhutto, Zulfikar Ali (b. 5 Jan. 1928) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1980 | Go to Bharatiya Janata Party in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1981 | Go to Rushdie, Salman (1947– ) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1983 | Go to Tamil Tigers in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1984 | Go to Punjab in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Gandhi, Indira (1917–1984) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Gandhi, Indira (1917–1984) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Gandhi, Rajiv (20. Aug. 1944) in A Dictionary of Political Biography (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Bhopal in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1988 | Go to Bhutto, Benazir (21 June 1953) in A Dictionary of Political Biography (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1990 | Go to Bhutto, Benazir (21 June 1953) in A Dictionary of Political Biography (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1991 | Go to Gandhi, Rajiv (20. Aug. 1944) in A Dictionary of Political Biography (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1993 | Go to Seth, Vikram (1952– ) in The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Bhutto, Benazir (21 June 1953) in A Dictionary of Political Biography (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1996 | Go to Bhutto, Benazir (21 June 1953) in A Dictionary of Political Biography (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1997 | Go to Roy, Arundhati (1961– ) in The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1999 | Go to Musharraf, Pervez (b. 11 Aug. 1943) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 2001 | Go to India in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Nepal in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 2004 | Go to tsunami in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 2005 | Go to earthquake in A Dictionary of Environment and Conservation (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 2006 | Go to Mumbai in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 2009 | Go to Tamils in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 2010 | Go to monsoon in A Dictionary of Environment and Conservation (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 2011 | Go to Bin Laden, Osama (1957–2011) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
