Important Dates

563 BC : Birth of Gautama Buddha (or 567 BC by some sources)

527-540 BC: Birth of mahavir

327-326 BC : Alexander’s invention of India

273-232 BC : Ashoka’s reign

405-411 AD: visit of Chinese traveler Fahien

1001 AD : first attack  of India by Mahmud Ghazni

1191 AD : first battle of Tarain

1192 AD : second battle of Tarain

1206 AD: Accession of Qutub-din-Aibak to the throne of Delhi

1221 AD: Changez khan attacked India

1236 AD: Accession of Razia Sultana to the throne of Delhi

1296 AD: Accession of Ala-ud-Din khilji

1325 AD: Accession of Muhammad-bin Tughlaq

1327 AD: Shifting of Capital from Delhi to Daulatabad by the Tughlaqs

1336 AD: Foundation of vijaynagar empire in the South

1398 AD: attack by Timur

1469 AD: birth of Guru Nanak