🃏 Early medieval India (650–1206)

When: Shore Temple at Mahabalipuram? — c. 700 · Mahabalipuram

When: Muhammad ibn Qasim conquers Sindh? — 712 · Debal / Aror

When: Arab advance checked in Rajasthan? — c. 738 · Rajasthan

When: Lalitaditya's Martand Sun Temple? — c. 740 · Martand

When: Gopala elected king in Bengal? — c. 750 · Bengal

When: Dantidurga founds Rashtrakuta power? — c. 753 · Ellora region

When: Kailasa temple, Ellora begun? — c. 757 · Ellora

When: Adi Shankaracharya born (traditional)? — c. 788 · Kalady

When: Vikramashila university founded? — c. 800 · Vikramashila

When: Nagabhata II captures Kannauj? — c. 816 · Kannauj

When: Amoghavarsha's Kavirajamarga? — c. 850 · Manyakheta

When: Indra III sacks Kannauj? — c. 916 · Kannauj

When: Battle of Takkolam? — 949 · Takkolam

When: Tailapa II overthrows the Rashtrakutas? — 973 · Manyakheta

When: Rajaraja I becomes Chola king? — 985 · Thanjavur

When: Mahmud of Ghazni begins his raids on India? — 1000 · Northwest frontier

When: Mahmud defeats Jayapala at Peshawar? — 1001 · Peshawar

When: Battle of Chach? — 1008 · Chach plain, Attock

When: Brihadisvara Temple completed? — 1010 · Thanjavur

When: Rajendra I becomes Chola king? — 1014 · Thanjavur

When: Mahmud sacks Mathura and Kannauj? — 1018 · Mathura

When: Rajendra's Ganga expedition; Gangaikonda Cholapuram founded? — c. 1023 · Gangaikonda Cholapuram

When: Death of Raja Bhoja? — c. 1055 · Dhar

When: Chalukya-Vikrama era of Vikramaditya VI? — 1076 · Kalyani

When: Jagannath temple at Puri begun? — c. 1135 · Puri

When: Kalhana begins the Rajatarangini? — 1148 · Kashmir

When: End of the Pala dynasty? — c. 1161 · Bengal

When: Muhammad of Ghor takes Multan? — 1175 · Multan

When: Battle of Kasahrada: Ghurids defeated? — 1178 · Mount Abu

When: Ghurids take Lahore, ending the Ghaznavids? — 1186 · Lahore

When: First Battle of Tarain? — 1191 · Tarain

When: Second Battle of Tarain? — 1192 · Tarain

When: Battle of Chandawar? — 1194 · Chandawar

When: Destruction of Nalanda? — c. 1200 · Nalanda

When: Destruction of Vikramashila? — c. 1203 · Vikramashila

When: Bakhtiyar Khalji takes Nadia? — c. 1204 · Nabadwip