🗺 History by state

History of Jammu and Kashmir

Kingdoms and empires15

Events on the map9

Historic places2

Population (2011)12,548,926

👑 Who held this land

Kingdoms, empires and cultures whose territory, as drawn on our map, covered a large part of today’s Jammu and Kashmir, or that were based here. Extents are approximate, so treat this as a guide to who held the region — not as exact borders.

Neolithic Kashmir (Burzahom) c. 3,000–1,500 BCE · based here

Early Vedic Communities c. 1,500–1,000 BCE

Mauryan Empire c. 321–185 BCE

Indo-Greek Kingdoms c. 200 BCE – c. 10 CE

Kushan Empire c. 30 CE – c. 375 CE

Alchon Huns (Hunas) c. 460 CE – c. 560 CE

Karkota Dynasty of Kashmir c. 625 CE – c. 855 CE · based here

Hindu Shahis c. 822 CE – c. 1026

Utpala Dynasty of Kashmir c. 855 CE – c. 1003 · based here

Lohara Dynasty of Kashmir c. 1003 – c. 1171 · based here

Ghurid Empire c. 1175 – 1206

Kashmir Sultanate 1339 – 1586 · based here

Mughal Empire 1526 – 1857

Sur Empire 1540 – 1556 · based here

Sikh Empire 1799 – 1849

3,000 BCE1950

📅 Events in Jammu and Kashmir

c. 3,000 BCE Neolithic pit-dwellings at Burzahom · Burzahom
326 BCE ★ Battle of the Hydaspes · Jhelum river
c. 150 BCE Menander's reign; Milindapanha dialogues · Sagala
c. 740 CE Lalitaditya's Martand Sun Temple · Martand
1148 Kalhana begins the Rajatarangini · Kashmir
1541 Rohtas Fort begun by Sher Shah · Rohtas
1586 Mughals annex Kashmir · Srinagar
1947 First Kashmir war · Srinagar
2019 Article 370 revoked · Srinagar

🏛 Historic places

Burzahomc. 3,000 BCE Rohtas Fort1541

How this is made: nothing here is new — it is YugMap’s own map data sorted by today’s states. A kingdom is listed if its territory on our map covered at least 40% of the state at some point, or if its centre or capital lies here; events and places are listed where their map point falls inside the state. State outlines follow India’s official map.