Where it happened.
Meanwhile (within 10 years)
- 1555 ⚔ Humayun recovers Delhi (Battle of Sirhind) · Mughal Empire
- 1556 ⚔ Second Battle of Panipat · Mughal Empire
- 1559 Drabya Shah founds the Gorkha kingdom · Gorkha Kingdom
- 1564 Akbar abolishes the jizya · Mughal Empire
- 1565 ⚔ Battle of Talikota · Tuluva Dynasty
- 1568 ⚔ Akbar takes Chittorgarh · Mughal Empire
Alive at the time
Srimanta Sankardev
c. 1449 – c. 1568
Assamese saint who founded Ekasarana Dharma and the sattras
Surdasc. 1478 – c. 1583
Blind Bhakti poet of the Sursagar
Purandara Dasac. 1484 – c. 1564
Called the 'father of Carnatic music'
Tansenc. 1500 – c. 1589
Musician at Akbar's court and one of the Navaratnas
Bairam Khan1501 – 1561
Regent and guardian of the young Akbar
Gulbadan Begum1523 – 1603
Babur's daughter who wrote the Humayun-nama
Rani Durgavati1524 – 1564
Gond queen of Garha-Katanga who died resisting Akbar's army
Birbal1528 – 1586
Minister and famed wit at Akbar's court
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- Portuguese Estado da ÍndiaPart of
- Sultanate of the Maldives 1153 – 1968Existed at the same time (15 years)
- Malla Dynasty of Nepal 1201 – 1769Existed at the same time (15 years)
- Ahom Kingdom 1228 – 1826Existed at the same time (15 years)
- Mewar (Sisodia) 1326 – 1949Existed at the same time (15 years)
- Vijayanagara Empire 1336 – 1646Existed at the same time (15 years)
- Kingdom of Mysore 1399 – 1950Existed at the same time (15 years)
- Kingdom of Kandy 1469 – 1815Existed at the same time (15 years)
- Portuguese Estado da Índia 1505 – 1961Existed at the same time (15 years)
- Mughal Empire 1526 – 1857Existed at the same time (15 years)
⚔ Events 1
- Portuguese occupy Malé 1558Happened in it
📄 Research 2
- Connected Histories: Notes towards a Reconfiguration of Early Modern Eurasia Sanjay Subrahmanyam · 1997Research on this topic
- The Portuguese, the port of Basrur, and the rice trade, 1600-50 Sanjay Subrahmanyam · 1984Research on this topic