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The Delhi Sultanate, Vijayanagara and the Bahmanis
1206 – 1525
Key events
| 1206 · Delhi / Lahore | Delhi Sultanate founded |
| 1211 · Delhi | Iltutmish becomes sultan |
| 1221 · Indus river | Chinggis Khan pursues Jalal ad-Din to the Indus |
| 1228 · Charaideo | Sukaphaa founds the Ahom kingdom |
| 1229 · Delhi | Iltutmish receives caliphal investiture |
| 1236 · Delhi | Razia Sultana ascends the throne |
| 1240 · Kaithal | Razia Sultana deposed and killed |
| c. 1250 · Konark | Konark Sun Temple built |
| 1266 · Delhi | Balban becomes sultan |
| 1279 · Thanjavur | End of the Chola dynasty |
| 1290 · Delhi | Khalji revolution |
| 1292 · Kayal | Marco Polo visits the Pandya coast |
| 1296 · Devagiri | Alauddin Khalji raids Devagiri |
| 1296 · Delhi | Alauddin Khalji becomes sultan |
| 1299 · Kili, near Delhi | Mongols defeated at Kili |
| 1301 · Ranthambore | Alauddin Khalji takes Ranthambore |
| 1303 · Chittorgarh | Siege of Chittorgarh |
| 1310 · Warangal | Malik Kafur takes Warangal |
| 1311 · Madurai | Malik Kafur's southern campaign reaches Madurai |
| 1316 · Delhi | Death of Alauddin Khalji |
| 1320 · Delhi | Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq founds the Tughlaq dynasty |
| 1323 · Warangal | Fall of the Kakatiyas |
| 1327 · Daulatabad | Capital shifted to Daulatabad |
| c. 1329 · Delhi | Muhammad bin Tughlaq issues token currency |
| 1334 · Delhi | Ibn Battuta arrives in Delhi |
| 1336 · Hampi | Vijayanagara founded |
| 1347 · Gulbarga | Bahmani Sultanate founded |
| 1351 · Delhi | Firuz Shah Tughlaq becomes sultan |
| 1352 · Pandua | Ilyas Shah unifies Bengal |
| 1378 · Madurai | Vijayanagara annexes the Madurai Sultanate |
| 1398 · Delhi | Timur sacks Delhi |
| 1407 · Patan | Gujarat Sultanate becomes independent |
| 1411 · Ahmedabad | Ahmedabad founded |
| 1414 · Delhi | Khizr Khan founds the Sayyid dynasty |
| 1420 · Hampi | Nicolò de' Conti visits Vijayanagara |
| 1443 · Hampi | Abdur Razzaq's embassy to Vijayanagara |
| c. 1450 · Varanasi | Kabir's poetry in Varanasi |
| c. 1450 · Bagerhat | Sixty Dome Mosque at Bagerhat |
| 1469 · Nankana Sahib | Birth of Guru Nanak |
| 1498 · Kozhikode | Vasco da Gama reaches Calicut |
Key terms
- Amara-nayaka
- Vijayanagara's military commanders who governed territories and collected taxes; the system probably borrowed from the Delhi Sultanate's iqta system. (NCERT Class 12, An Imperial Capital: Vijayanagara)
- Dargah
- The tomb-shrine of a Sufi shaikh (a Persian word meaning ‘court’), which became a centre of devotion and pilgrimage. (NCERT Class 12, Bhakti-Sufi Traditions)
- Khanqah
- A Sufi hospice, controlled by a teaching master (shaikh, pir or murshid), around which Sufi communities were organised. (NCERT Class 12, Bhakti-Sufi Traditions)
- Rihla
- Ibn Battuta's book of travels, written in Arabic, rich in detail on fourteenth-century life in the subcontinent. (NCERT Class 12, Through the Eyes of Travellers)
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Years are from YugMap’s records; dates marked c. are approximate. Printed from yugmap.com.