1008 – Battle of Waihind (Mahmud of Ghazni vs Anandapala)
1027 – Mahmud of Ghazni’s last successful invasion of India
1030 – Death of Mahmud of Ghazni
1190 – Muinuddin Chishti reached India (approx.)
1191 – First Battle of Tarain
1192 – Second Battle of Tarain
1192 – Muinuddin Chishti settled at Ajmer
1199 – Qutb-ud-din Aibak began construction of Qutub Minar
1202 – Bakhtiyar Khilji invaded Bengal
1206 – Qutb-ud-din Aibak became Sultan / Foundation of Delhi Sultanate / Beginning of Slave Dynasty
1210 – Death of Qutb-ud-din Aibak
1216 – Iltutmish issued silver Tanka (early coinage reforms)
1226 – Siege of Ranthambore by Iltutmish
1230 – Qutub Minar largely completed (during Iltutmish)
1231 – Iltutmish issued silver Tanka & copper Jital (standardisation)
1236 – Death of Iltutmish / Accession of Razia Sultan
1246 – Balban became Naib-e-Mulk
1266 – Balban became Sultan / Adopted Persian theory of kingship
1287 – Death of Balban
1290 – Khilji Dynasty founded / Jalaluddin Khilji became Sultan
1296 – Alauddin Khilji came to power / Attack on Devagiri
1297 – First Mongol invasion during Alauddin’s reign / Conquest of Gujarat
1299 – Battle of Kili (Alauddin vs Mongols)
1303 – Siege of Chittor
1309 – Market control policies of Alauddin Khilji (price regulations)
1320 – Khusrau Khan killed Mubarak Shah / End of Khilji Dynasty
1321 – Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq founded Tughlaqabad
1325 – Muhammad bin Tughlaq ascended the throne
1327 – Capital transfer to Daulatabad ordered
1329 – Introduction of Token Currency
1330 – Agricultural taxation in Doab
1333 – Qarachil Expedition
1335 – Foundation of Madurai Sultanate
1336 – Harihara & Bukka founded Vijayanagara Empire
1347 – Bahmani Kingdom founded
1351 – Firoz Shah Tughlaq began rule
1354 – Foundation of Firozabad
1398 – Timur’s invasion of India
1414 – Sayyid Dynasty founded
1451 – Lodi Dynasty established
1469 – Birth of Guru Nanak
1504 – Babur captured Kabul
1506 – Sikandar Lodi shifted capital to Agra
1517 – Ibrahim Lodi became Sultan
1520 – Battle of Raichur
1526 – First Battle of Panipat / Babur defeated Ibrahim Lodi / End of Delhi Sultanate
1527 – Battle of Khanwa
1528 – Death of Rana Sanga
1529 – Battle of Ghagra
1539 – Battle of Chausa (Sher Shah vs Humayun)
1540 – Battle of Kannauj (Sher Shah vs Humayun)
1545 – Death of Sher Shah
1555 – Humayun recaptured Delhi
1556 – Akbar became Emperor / Second Battle of Panipat
1564 – Abolition of Jaziya by Akbar
1565 – Battle of Talikota / End of Vijayanagara Empire / Destruction of Hampi
1571 – Fatehpur Sikri constructed
1572 – Akbar conquered Gujarat
1573 – Battle of Patan
1575 – Ibadat Khana established / Buland Darwaza built (approx.)
1576 – Battle of Haldighati / Annexation of Bengal
1580 – Mansabdari System introduced
1582 – Din-i-Ilahi introduced
c.1590 – Ain-i-Akbari completed
1597 – Death of Rana Pratap
1605 – Jahangir ascended throne
1612 – English secured trading privileges (Surat factory phase)
1615 – Sir Thomas Roe visited Jahangir’s court
1628 – Shah Jahan began rule
1632 – Taj Mahal construction began
1635 – Peacock Throne completed
1639 – Red Fort construction began
1648 – Red Fort completed
1653 – Taj Mahal completed
1657 – Dara Shikoh translated Upanishads (approx.)
1658 – Aurangzeb imprisoned Shah Jahan / Battle of Dharmat / Aurangzeb crowned
1665 – Treaty of Purandar
1669 – Jat Rebellion began
1670 – Battle of Sinhagad
1674 – Shivaji crowned Chhatrapati
1675 – Execution of Guru Tegh Bahadur
1679 – Jaziya reimposed by Aurangzeb
1680 – Death of Shivaji
1686 – Annexation of Bijapur
1687 – Annexation of Golconda
1689 – Execution of Sambhaji / Mughal-Maratha War intensified
1699 – Khalsa founded / Mysore Wodeyar rule revived
1707 – Death of Aurangzeb / Battle of Jajau / Bahadur Shah I became Emperor
1708 – Death of Guru Gobind Singh
1713 – Farrukhsiyar became Emperor
1737 – Marathas attacked Delhi
1739 – Nadir Shah invaded Delhi
1757 – Battle of Plassey
1761 – Third Battle of Panipat / Hyder Ali rose in Mysore
1767 – First Anglo-Mysore War began
1784 – Treaty of Mangalore
1795 – Battle of Kharda
1799 – Fourth Anglo-Mysore War / Death of Tipu Sultan