Timeline of Chapters 6 and 7
Cultural/political events Religious events
7th—10th century: pockets of Muslim settlements in
South and Northwest India
1000 Mahmud of Ghazni (999-1030) Al-BTrunT in India (b.
973) c. 1050 Emergence of Rajput dynasties1100 Senas of Bengal (1118-99) Muhammed of Ghor (1 163-1203)
1200 “Slave king” sultanate in Delhi (1206-90)
1198 First mosque built in Delhi 1225 Qutb Minar built c. 1230 Konarak Sun Temple
Jnanesvara (MarathT bhakta) (1271-96)
1300 KhaljT sultanate (1290-1316)
Three Mongol invasions (1300-1307)
Tughluq sultanate (1320-88) Muhammed bin Tughluq (1325-51) Vijayanagara dynasty (1336-1565) Bahmani (independent sultanate in Deccan) (1347-1482)
1400 LodT sultanate (1451-1526)
1350 Increased patronage of Vaisnavism and neo-classical Hindu culture under Vijayanagara kings
Ramananda (“reformer” in Panjab c. 1400-70)
Kabir (1440-1518)
Guru Nanak (1469-1539 - start of Sikhism)
Caitanya (1485-1533)
1500 1506 Agra founded
1526 Babur founds Mughal dynasty
Akbar (1556-1605)
1600 JahangTr (1605-27)
Shah Jahan (1628-58)
Aurangzeb (1658-1707) - in
Deccan (1681-1707)
Sivajl founds Maratha state (1677-80)
Tulsidas (1532-1623)
Tukaram (1598-1650) Compilation of Sikh scriptures, Guru Granth Sahib (1603-4) Building of Taj Mahal (1631-53)
1699 Guru Gobind Singh forms Sikh brotherhood
Note: All dates are ce unless otherwise stated.