History Of India - For "No Time" Tagged Readers

Let’s first understand the word “history”.

1. History is a social science with storytelling.
2. History is discovery, collection and presentation of information about past events with its cause and effect.
3. History is a record of past.
4. Greek word ‘Historia’ means inquiry, judging and knowledge acquired by investigation.
5. For learning history, it is compulsory to understand/know geography, economics and anthropology simultaneously.

Now coming to India, ‘pre-independence’ Indian history had:

1.            Stone age: 30,000 BC to 3300 BC

2.            Bronze age: 3300 BC to 1500 BC

3.            Iron age: 1500 BC onwards.

So here’s the History of India post-1500 BC, within my knowledge and research. The following sections are quite detailed and may appeal more to readers with academic interests. If you belong to the other side, I’d suggest you jump straight to Summary section.

1400 BC to 1300 BC	Raja Bharat was ruling India with Hastinapur as capital. His two sons Pandu having five sons - Pandavas and Dhrutarastra having 100 sons - Kauravas.
1200 BC	Raja Dashratha and later his son Ram ruled India with Ayodhya as its capital.
563 BC to 483 BC	Gautam Buddha established religion "Buddha" leaving to rule and becoming a saint.
540 BC to 458 BC	Bhagwan Mahavir formed "Jain" religion.
327 BC	Sikandar (Alexandar - The great)

Maurya Dynasty

321 BC to 273 BC

Capital: Magadh (Patna)

321 BC to 300 BC	Chandragupta Maurya
300 BC to 272 BC	Bindusar
273 BC to 232 BC	Ashok - the great
190 BC	Demetrius of Bektria won over India and ruled.
100 BC to 500 AD	Shak Rulers (alias - Sithian), Turk and Bektians

Gupta Dynasty

(275 - 570)

Capital: Patliputra (Patna)

275	Shree Gupta
300 – 320	Ghototkach
320 – 330	Chandragupta I
330 – 340	Samdragupta Ramgupta Chandragupta II (a/s Vikramaditya)
341 – 455	Kumar Gupta
455 – 468	Skandgupta
469	Purugupta Buddhagupta I Narsinh Gupta Kumar Gupta II Buddhagupta II

Hun Rulers

(455 – 500)

	Raja Torman
	Raja Mihirgul

606	Harsh Vardhan (Capital: Kannauj)

Gurjar Pratihar Dynasty

606	Harsh Vardhan (Capital: Kannauj)
783 – 795	Vatsaraj
795 – 833	Nag Bhatt
833 – 836	Ram Bhatt
836 – 889	Mihir Bhoj (alias Bhoj I)

Pal Dynasty

750 – 770	Gopal I
770 – 810	Dharmapala
810 – 850	Devpal Vigrahapal I Narayanpal Rajyapal Gopal II
975	Jaipal (Capital: Lahore)
988	Vigrahapal II
988   - 1038	Nanopal I
1038 – 1055	Naipal
1055 – 1072	Vigrahalpal III
1073 – 1130	Rampal

790 – 1019

Parmar Dynasty

Chol Dynasty

(950-1044)

Capital: Kaviripaddinam (South India)

	Vijayalaya
	Rajaram
	Rajendra

Sen Dynasty (Bengal)

1095 – 1158	Vijay Sen
1158 – 1178	Vallal Sen
1178 – 1205	Laxman Sen

Gahadval Dynasty

(Capital: Varanasi)

1104 – 1114	Raja Chaudradev Raja Madanpal Raja Govindchandra
1154 – 1170	Vijaychandra
1170 – 1194	Jaichand

Chalukya (Solanki) Dynasty

Capital: Patan (Gujarat)

942 – 955	Mulraj I
997 – 1000	Chamundra
1000 – 1022	Durlabhraj
1022 – 1074	Bhimraj I
1094 – 1143	Siddhraj Jaisinh
1143 – 1173	Kumarpal
1173 – 1178	Mulraj II

Afghan Dynasty

(996 – 1526)

Gujani Dynasty

(996 – 1186)

996 – 1030	Mahmud Gijani
1030 – 1031	Mohamad
1031 – 1040	Masaud I
1040 – 1051	Maududi
1051 – 1052	Abdul Rashid
1052 – 1058	Fakarusad
1058 – 1098	Ibrahim
1098 – 1118	Masaud II
1118 – 1121	Arsalan
1121 – 1152	Bahram
1152 – 1159	Khusharn
1159 – 1186	Khusharn Malek

Ghori Dynasty

1186 – 1206

Shahabuddin a/s Mohmad Ghori

Gulam Dynasty

(1206 - 1290)

1206 – 1210	Kutumudin Aibak
1210 – 1211	Aaram Shah
1211 – 1236	Iltutmis
1236	Rukunudin Firozshah
1236 – 1240	Riziya Sultana
1240 – 1242	Behram Shah
1242 – 1246	Allahudin Masud Shah
1246 – 1265	Narisarudin Balbun
1265 – 1287	Gyasuddin Balban
1287 – 1290	Kaikubad
1290	Kayumars

Khilji Dynasty

(1290 - 1320)

1290 – 1296	Jalaluddin Firoz Khilji
1296 – 1316	Allaudin Khilji
1316	Shahabuddin Umar
1316 – 1320	Kutubbuddin Mubarak Khilji
1320	Nasruddin Khushro Shah

Tuglak Dynasty

 (1320 - 1414)

1320 – 1325	Gyasuddin Tuglak
1325 – 1351	Muhammad Tuglak
1351 - 1388	Firoz Tuglak
1388 – 1389	Gyasuddin Tuglak II
1389 – 1390	Abu Bakra
1390 – 1394	Muhammad
1394 – 1395	Humayun
1395 – 1414	Nasruddin Muhammad

Saiyad Dynasty

(1414 - 1451)

1414 – 1421	Khrijra Khan
1421 – 1434	Mubarak Shah
1434 – 1445	Muhammad Shah
1445 – 1450	Allauddin Allam Shah

Lodi Dynasty

(1451 - 1526)

1451 – 1489	Bahlol Lodi
1489 – 1517	Sikander Lodi
1517 – 1526	Ibrahim Lodi

Vijaynagar

Capital: Vijaynagar (South India)

1336 – 1485	Sangam Vansh	Harihar Bukka
1485 – 1505	Saluv Vansh	Narsinh Saluv
1505 – 1570	Tuluv Vansh	Vir Narsinh
1570 – 1650	Aravidu Vansh	Teerumalav

1336 – 1365	Harihar I
1365 – 1377	Bikkarai
1377 – 1404	Harihar II
1404 – 1406	Harihar II
1406 – 1410	Devrai I
1410 – 1419	Virvijay
1419 – 1446	Devrai II
1447 – 1467	Mallikarjun
1467 – 1478	Virupaxarai
1478 – 1486	Padirai
1486 – 1492	Narsinh Saluv
150 1516 – 1530	Krishnadev Rai

Mughal Dynasty

(1526 – 1857)

Capital: Delhi

1526 – 1530	Babar
1530 – 1540	Humayun
1540 – 1555	Afghan Ruler Sherkhan (alias Shershah)**
1555 – 1556	Humayun
1556 – 1605	Akbar
1605 – 1627	Jahangir
1628 – 1658	Shah Jahan
1658 – 1707	Aurangzeb
1707 – 1712	Bahadur Shah I
1712 – 1713	Jahadar Shah
1713 – 1719	Farukhsiyar
1719 – 1748	Mohamad Shah
1739	Sirajudaula of Bengal** Hyderali and Tipu Sultan of Mysore**
1748 – 1754	Ahmed Shah
1754 – 1759	Aalamgiri II
1759 – 1806	Shah Aalam II
1806 – 1837	Akbar II
1837 – 1857	Bahadurshah Zafar

1510	Portugal (Goa)**

** = Non-Mughal Emperors

Rajput Dynasty

1500 – 1597

Rajasthan - Mevar Rana Sanga Vikram Udesinh Maha Rana Pratap Amarsinh Pratap

Maratha

(1674 – 1819)

1674 – 1680	Maharashtra - Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj
1680 – 1739	Peshvas of Pune Shinde of Gwalior Gaikwad of Baroda Holkar of Indore

1785 – 1846

Punjab - Raja Ranjitsinh X Gwar Govindsinh asked and developed Sikh rulers

British who ruled India

1615	Tomas Raw got permission for business by East India Co.
1639	Started East India Co. at Surat and Madras.

Governors of Bengal

1757 - 1760	Robert Clive
1760	Hoevel
1760 - 1765	Venci Tart
1765 - 1767	Clive
1767 - 1769	Verelest
1769 - 1773	Cartier

Governors of India

1773 - 1785	Waren Hosting
1785 - 1786	Sir John Maikfursen
1786 - 1793	Lord Cornwallis
1793 - 1798	Sir John Shor
1798 - 1805	Richard Waleslly
1805 - 1807	Lord Cornwallis
1807 - 1813	Al Of Minto
1813 - 1823	Lord Hosting
1823 - 1828	Lord Amherst
1828	William Waterbirth
1828 - 1833	Lord William Bentik

Governors Generals of India

1833 - 1835	Lord William Bentik
1835 - 1836	Sir Charles Metcafe
1836 - 1842	Lord Auckland
1842 - 1844	Lord Allenbero
1844 - 1848	Sir Henrickharding
1848 - 1856	Lord Dalhousie
1856 - 1858	Lord Canning

1857	Viplav of 1857 (Freedom movement against British Rule) Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi
1885	Indian National Congress formed
1916	Muslim League started

Viceroys of India

1858 - 1862	Lord Canning
1862 - 1863	Lord Algin I
1863 - 1869	Sir John Lawrence
1869 - 1872	Lord Mayo
1872 - 1876	Lord Northbrook
1876 - 1880	Lord Liton
1880 - 1884	Lord Ripon
1884 - 1888	Lord Dufrene
1888 - 1894	Lord Lancedown
1894 - 1899	Lord Algin II
1899 - 1905	Lord Karzan
1905 - 1910	Lord Minto II
1910 - 1916	Lord Harding II
1916 - 1921	Lord Champsford
1921 - 1926	Lord Reading
1926 - 1931	Lord Ervin
1931 - 1936	Lord Willington
1936 - 1944	Lord Linlithong
1944 - 1947	Lord Vevel
March 1947 to June 1948	Lord Mount Beton

Summary:

30000 BC to 3300 BC	Stone Age
3300 BC to 1500 BC	Bronze Age
1500 BC onwards	Iron Age
1400 BC	Raja Bharat &  later Raja Dhratrastra	Hastinapur
1200 BC	Raja Dasaratha & later Raja Ram	Ayodhya
600 BC to 500 BC	Gautam Buddha & Bhagwan Mahavir
321 BC to 232 BC	Maurya Dynasty
100 BC to 500 BC	Shak (Alias Sithian)
56 BC	Vikramaditya
275 – 570	Gupta Dynasty
606	Harsh Vardhan
783 – 795	Gurjar Pratihar Dynasty
750 – 1130	Pal Dynasty
790 – 1019	Parmar Dynasty
1095 - 1205	Sen Dynasty	Bengal
1104 - 1194	Gadadval Dynasty	Varanasi
942 – 1178	Chalukya (Solanki) Dynasty	Patan (Gujarat)
996 – 1526	Afghan Dynasty
1336 - 1650	Vijaynagar State of Krishnadevrai	Vijaynagar (South India - Delhi)
1526 - 1858	Mughal Emperor
1500 - 1597	Rajput Dynasty (including Maharana Pratap)	Mevad (Rajasthan)
1630 - 1680	Maratha Emperors (Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj)	Maharashtra
1785 - 1846	Rana Sikh Dynasty (of Maharaj Ranjitsinh)	Punjab
1757 - 1947	British Rule	Calcutta and New Delhi

References:

• History of India by Suresh Shroff (2010) by Navbharat Sahitya Mandir, Ahmedabad
• History At A Glance - Swami Sachchidanand (1990) - Gujarat Prakashan, Ahmedabad
• Bharat Na Samrato (ભારતના સમ્રાટો) - Jitendra Patel (2011) Parshva Publication, Ahmedabad
• Brief History Of Wars In India. Swami Sachchidananda - Gurjar Publication, Ahmedabad
• Bharatkhand No Itihas Sar (ભારતખંડનો ઈતિહાસ સાર)
• Wikipedia.org
• World History (1956) – Jawaharlal Nehru, Navjivan Prakashak, Ahmedabad

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