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Early medieval India (650–1206)

650 CE – 1205

Key events

c. 700 · MahabalipuramShore Temple at Mahabalipuram
712 · Debal / ArorMuhammad ibn Qasim conquers Sindh
c. 738 · RajasthanArab advance checked in Rajasthan
c. 740 · MartandLalitaditya's Martand Sun Temple
c. 750 · BengalGopala elected king in Bengal
c. 753 · Ellora regionDantidurga founds Rashtrakuta power
c. 757 · ElloraKailasa temple, Ellora begun
c. 788 · KaladyAdi Shankaracharya born (traditional)
c. 800 · VikramashilaVikramashila university founded
c. 816 · KannaujNagabhata II captures Kannauj
c. 850 · ManyakhetaAmoghavarsha's Kavirajamarga
c. 916 · KannaujIndra III sacks Kannauj
949 · TakkolamBattle of Takkolam
973 · ManyakhetaTailapa II overthrows the Rashtrakutas
985 · ThanjavurRajaraja I becomes Chola king
1000 · Northwest frontierMahmud of Ghazni begins his raids on India
1001 · PeshawarMahmud defeats Jayapala at Peshawar
1008 · Chach plain, AttockBattle of Chach
1010 · ThanjavurBrihadisvara Temple completed
1014 · ThanjavurRajendra I becomes Chola king
1018 · MathuraMahmud sacks Mathura and Kannauj
c. 1023 · Gangaikonda CholapuramRajendra's Ganga expedition; Gangaikonda Cholapuram founded
c. 1055 · DharDeath of Raja Bhoja
1076 · KalyaniChalukya-Vikrama era of Vikramaditya VI
c. 1135 · PuriJagannath temple at Puri begun
1148 · KashmirKalhana begins the Rajatarangini
c. 1161 · BengalEnd of the Pala dynasty
1175 · MultanMuhammad of Ghor takes Multan
1178 · Mount AbuBattle of Kasahrada: Ghurids defeated
1186 · LahoreGhurids take Lahore, ending the Ghaznavids
1191 · TarainFirst Battle of Tarain
1192 · TarainSecond Battle of Tarain
1194 · ChandawarBattle of Chandawar
c. 1200 · NalandaDestruction of Nalanda
c. 1203 · VikramashilaDestruction of Vikramashila
c. 1204 · NabadwipBakhtiyar Khalji takes Nadia

Key terms

Alvars and Nayanars
Leaders of some of the earliest bhakti movements (c. sixth century) in Tamil Nadu — devotees of Vishnu and of Shiva — who sang hymns in Tamil. (NCERT Class 12, Bhakti-Sufi Traditions)
Vachana
A devotional composition of the Virashaiva (Lingayat) tradition, like those of Basavanna questioning empty ritual. (NCERT Class 12, Bhakti-Sufi Traditions)

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Years are from YugMap’s records; dates marked c. are approximate. Printed from yugmap.com.