“The highest truth is this: God is present in all beings. They are His multiple forms. There is no other God to seek. . . . It is a man-making religion that we want. . . . Give up these weakening mysticisms, and be strong. . . . For the next fifty years. . . . let all other gods disappear from our minds. This is the only God that is awake, our own race, everywhere His hands, everywhere His feet, everywhere His ears; He covers everything. . . . The first of all worships is the worship of those all around us. . . . He alone serves God who serves all other beings.”
—Vivekananda.1
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF INDIAN HISTORY*
|
B.C. |
|
|
4000: |
Neolithic Culture in Mysore |
|
2900: |
Culture of Mohenjo-daro |
|
1600: |
Aryan invasion of India |
|
1000-500: |
Formation of the Vedas |
|
800-500: |
The Upanishads |
|
599-527: |
Mahavira, founder of Jainism |
|
563-483: |
Buddha |
|
500: |
Sushruta, physician |
|
500: |
Kapila and the Sankhya Philosophy |
|
500: |
The earliest Puranas |
|
329: |
Greek invasion of India |
|
325: |
Alexander leaves India |
|
322-185: |
The Maury a Dynasty |
|
322-298: |
Chandragupta Maurya |
|
302-298: |
Megasthenes at Pataliputra |
|
273-232: |
Ashoka |
|
A.D. 120: |
Kanishka, Kushan King |
|
120: |
Charaka, physician |
|
320-530: |
The Gupta Dynasty |
|
320-330: |
Chandragupta I |
|
330-380: |
Samudragupta |
|
380-413: |
Vikramaditya |
|
399-414: |
Fa-Hien in India |
|
100-700: |
Temples and frescoes of Ajanta |
|
400: |
Kalidasa, poet and dramatist |
|
455-500: |
Hun invasion of India |
|
499: |
Aryabhata, mathematician |
|
505-587: |
Varahamihira, astronomer |
|
598-660: |
Brahmagupta, astronomer |
|
606-648: |
King Harsha-Vardhana |
|
608-642: |
Pulakeshin II, Chalukyan King |
|
629-645: |
Yuan Chwang in India |
|
629-50: |
Srong-tsan Gampo, King of Tibet |
|
630-800: |
Golden Age of Tibet |
|
639: |
Srong-tsan Gampo founds Lhasa |
|
712: |
Arab conquest of Sind |
|
750: |
Rise of the Pallava Kingdom |
|
750-780: |
Building of Borobudur, Java |
|
760: |
The Kailasha Temple |
|
788-820: |
Shankara, Vedanta philosopher |
|
800-1300: |
Golden Age of Cambodia |
|
800-1400: |
Golden Age of of Rajputana |
|
900: |
Rise of the Chola Kingdom |
|
973-1048: |
Alberuni, Arab scholar |
|
993: |
Foundation of Delhi |
|
997-1030: |
Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni |
|
A.D. |
|
|
1008: |
Mahmud invades India |
|
1076-1126: |
Vikramaditya Chalukya |
|
1114: |
Bhaskara, mathematician |
|
1150: |
Building of Angkor Wat |
|
1186: |
Turkish invasion of India |
|
1206-1526: |
The Sultanate of Delhi |
|
1206-1210: |
Sultan Kutbu-d Din Aibak |
|
1288-1293: |
Marco Polo in India |
|
1296-1315: |
Sultan Alau-d-din |
|
1303: |
Alau-d-din takes Chitor |
|
1325-1351: |
Sultan Muhammad bin Tughlak |
|
1336: |
Foundation of Vijayanagar |
|
1336-1405: |
Timur (Tamerlane) |
|
1351-1388: |
Sultan Firoz Shah |
|
1398: |
Timur invades India |
|
1440-1518: |
Kabir, poet |
|
1469-1538: |
Baba Nanak, founder of the Sikhs |
|
1483-1530: |
Babur founds the Mogul Dynasty |
|
1483-1573: |
Sur Das, poet |
|
1498: |
Vasco da Gama reaches India |
|
1509-1529: |
Krishna deva Raya rules Vijayanagar |
|
1510: |
Portugese occupy Goa |
|
1530-1542: |
Humayun |
|
1532-1624: |
Tulsi Das, poet |
|
1542-1545: |
Sher Shah |
|
1555-1556: |
Restoration and death of Humayun |
|
1560-1605: |
Akbar |
|
1565: |
Fall of Vijayanagar at Talikota |
|
1600: |
Foundation of East India Co. |
|
1605-1627: |
Jehangir |
|
1628-1658: |
Shah Jehan |
|
1631: |
Death of Mumtaz Mahal |
|
1632-1653: |
Building of the Taj Mahal |
|
1658-1707: |
Aurangzeb |
|
1674: |
The French found Pondicherry |
|
1674-1680: |
Raja Shivaji |
|
1690: |
The English found Calcutta |
|
1756-1763: |
French-English War in India |
|
1757: |
Battle of Plassey |
|
1765-1767: |
Robert Clive, Gov. of Bengal |
|
1772-1774: |
Warren Hastings, Gov. of Bengal |
|
1788-1795: |
Trial of Warren Hastings |
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF INDIAN HISTORY
|
A.D. |
|
|
1786-1793: |
Lord Cornwallis, Gov. of Bengal |
|
1798-1805: |
Marquess Wellesley, Gov. of Bengal |
|
1828-1835: |
Lord William Cavendish-Bentinck, Governor-General of India |
|
1828: |
Ram Mohun Roy founds the Brahma-Somaj |
|
1829: |
Abolition of suttee |
|
1836-1886: |
Ramakrishna |
|
1857: |
The Sepoy Mutiny |
|
1858: |
India taken over by the British Crown |
|
1861: |
Birth of Rabindranath Tagore |
|
A.D. |
|
|
1863-1902: |
Vivekananda (Narendranath Dutt) |
|
1869: |
Birth of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi |
|
1875: |
Dayananda founds the Arya-Somaj. |
|
1880-1884: |
Marquess of Ripon, Viceroy |
|
1885: |
Foundation of India National Congress |
|
1889-1905: |
Baron Curzon, Viceroy |
|
1916-1921: |
Baron Chelmsford, Viceroy |
|
1919: |
Amritsar |
|
1921-1926: |
Earl of Reading, Viceroy |
|
1926-1931: |
Lord Irwin, Viceroy |
|
1931-: |
Lord Willingdon, Viceroy |