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Punjab History Timeline
500,000 Years: Pre-historic and Proto-historic existence of early mankind
2500 - 1500 BCE: Harappa Culture
2500 - 700 BCE: Rigvedic Aryan Civilization
599 BCE: Jainism
567 - 487 BCE: Buddha
550 BCE - 600 CE: Buddhism remained prevalent
550 - 515 BCE: Persian Invasion to west of Indus River
326 BCE: Alexander's Invasion
322 - 298 BCE: Chandra Gupta Maurya Period
273 - 232 BCE: Ashoka's Period
125 - 160 BCE: Rise of the Sakas (Scythians known as Jat ancestors)
2 BCE: Beginning of Rule of the Sakas.
45 - 180 CE: Rule of the Kushanas
320 - 550 CE: Gupta Empire
500 CE: Hunnic Invasion
510 - 650 CE: Vardhanas Era
647 - 1192 CE: Rajput Period
713 - 1300 CE: Muslim Invaders (Turks and Arabs) famous invaders like Mahmud Gori and Mahmud Ghazni
8th Century CE: Arabs capture Sind and Multan
1450 - 1700 CE: Mughal Rulers
1469 - 1539 CE: Guru Nanak Dev Ji (1st Sikh Guru)
1539 - 1675 CE: Period of 8 Sikh Gurus from Guru Angad Dev Ji to Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji
1675 - 1708 CE: Guru Gobind Singh Ji (10th Sikh Guru)
1699 CE: Birth of the Khalsa
1708 - 1715 CE: Conquests of Banda Bahadur
1716 - 1759 CE: Sikh struggle against Moghul Governors
1739 CE: Invasion of Nadir Shah
1748 -1769 CE: Ahmed Shah Abdali's nine invasions
1762 CE: 2nd Holocaust (Ghalughara) from Ahmed Shah's 6th invasion
1764 - 1799 CE: Rule of the Sikh Misls
1799 - 1839 CE: Rule by Maharaja Ranjit Singh
* Maharaja Ranjit Singh (b.1780, Coronated April 12, 1801, d.1839)
* Kharak Singh (b.1801, d.1840), Eldest son of Ranjit Singh.
* Nau Nihal Singh (b.1821, d.1840), Grandson of Ranjit Singh.
* Sher Singh (b.1807, d.1843), Son of Ranjit Singh.
* Duleep Singh (b.1838, Coronated 1843, d.1893), Youngest son of Ranjit Singh.
The British Empire annexed Punjab in c.1845-49 AD; after two Anglo Sikh Wars
1849 CE: Annexation of Punjab
1849 - 1947 CE: British Rule
1947 CE: Partition of India thus Punjab into 2 parts the Eastern part became the Indian Punjab and the Western part the Pakistan Punjab
1966 CE: Punjab in India divided into 3 parts on Linguistic basis
(Haryana, Himachal and Punjabi suba the present Punjab)
500,000 Years: Pre-historic and Proto-historic existence of early mankind
2500 - 1500 BCE: Harappa Culture
2500 - 700 BCE: Rigvedic Aryan Civilization
599 BCE: Jainism
567 - 487 BCE: Buddha
550 BCE - 600 CE: Buddhism remained prevalent
550 - 515 BCE: Persian Invasion to west of Indus River
326 BCE: Alexander's Invasion
322 - 298 BCE: Chandra Gupta Maurya Period
273 - 232 BCE: Ashoka's Period
125 - 160 BCE: Rise of the Sakas (Scythians known as Jat ancestors)
2 BCE: Beginning of Rule of the Sakas.
45 - 180 CE: Rule of the Kushanas
320 - 550 CE: Gupta Empire
500 CE: Hunnic Invasion
510 - 650 CE: Vardhanas Era
647 - 1192 CE: Rajput Period
713 - 1300 CE: Muslim Invaders (Turks and Arabs) famous invaders like Mahmud Gori and Mahmud Ghazni
8th Century CE: Arabs capture Sind and Multan
1450 - 1700 CE: Mughal Rulers
1469 - 1539 CE: Guru Nanak Dev Ji (1st Sikh Guru)
1539 - 1675 CE: Period of 8 Sikh Gurus from Guru Angad Dev Ji to Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji
1675 - 1708 CE: Guru Gobind Singh Ji (10th Sikh Guru)
1699 CE: Birth of the Khalsa
1708 - 1715 CE: Conquests of Banda Bahadur
1716 - 1759 CE: Sikh struggle against Moghul Governors
1739 CE: Invasion of Nadir Shah
1748 -1769 CE: Ahmed Shah Abdali's nine invasions
1762 CE: 2nd Holocaust (Ghalughara) from Ahmed Shah's 6th invasion
1764 - 1799 CE: Rule of the Sikh Misls
1799 - 1839 CE: Rule by Maharaja Ranjit Singh
* Maharaja Ranjit Singh (b.1780, Coronated April 12, 1801, d.1839)
* Kharak Singh (b.1801, d.1840), Eldest son of Ranjit Singh.
* Nau Nihal Singh (b.1821, d.1840), Grandson of Ranjit Singh.
* Sher Singh (b.1807, d.1843), Son of Ranjit Singh.
* Duleep Singh (b.1838, Coronated 1843, d.1893), Youngest son of Ranjit Singh.
The British Empire annexed Punjab in c.1845-49 AD; after two Anglo Sikh Wars
1849 CE: Annexation of Punjab
1849 - 1947 CE: British Rule
1947 CE: Partition of India thus Punjab into 2 parts the Eastern part became the Indian Punjab and the Western part the Pakistan Punjab
1966 CE: Punjab in India divided into 3 parts on Linguistic basis
(Haryana, Himachal and Punjabi suba the present Punjab)
