⚔ Battle · ★ Major
Battle of Kannauj
1540 – present · 📍 Kannauj
Sher Shah Suri defeats Humayun, who goes into exile.
What it led to: Humayun fled into exile and Sher Shah founded the Sur Empire.
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c. 816 CENagabhata II captures Kannauj
→ Kannauj became the Pratihara capital.
c. 916 CEIndra III sacks Kannauj
→ The Pratiharas were temporarily driven out of Kannauj.
Meanwhile (within 10 years)
- 1530 Death of Babur; Humayun succeeds · Mughal Empire
- 1535 ⚔ Humayun takes Mandu and Champaner · Mughal Empire
- 1539 ⚔ Battle of Chausa · Sur Empire
- 1541 Rohtas Fort begun by Sher Shah · Sur Empire
- 1545 Death of Sher Shah at Kalinjar · Sur Empire
Alive at the time
Srimanta Sankardev
c. 1449 – c. 1568
Assamese saint who founded Ekasarana Dharma and the sattras
Malik Muhammad Jayasic. 1477 – c. 1542
Author of the Awadhi epic Padmavat
Surdasc. 1478 – c. 1583
Blind Bhakti poet of the Sursagar
Purandara Dasac. 1484 – c. 1564
Called the 'father of Carnatic music'
Mirabaic. 1498 – c. 1547
Rajput princess and Bhakti poet devoted to Krishna
Tansenc. 1500 – c. 1589
Musician at Akbar's court and one of the Navaratnas
Bairam Khan1501 – 1561
Regent and guardian of the young Akbar
Hemu (Hemchandra Vikramaditya)c. 1501 – c. 1556
Sur general defeated at the Second Battle of Panipat
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🗂 Era 1
- Medieval IndiaPart of this era
⏳ Periods 1
- Sur EmpireBelongs to this period
🏛 Kingdoms & empires 9
- Sultanate of the Maldives 1153 – 1968Existed at the same time (16 years)
- Malla Dynasty of Nepal 1201 – 1769Existed at the same time (16 years)
- Ahom Kingdom 1228 – 1826Existed at the same time (16 years)
- Mewar (Sisodia) 1326 – 1949Existed at the same time (16 years)
- Vijayanagara Empire 1336 – 1646Existed at the same time (16 years)
- Kingdom of Mysore 1399 – 1950Existed at the same time (16 years)
- Kingdom of Kandy 1469 – 1815Existed at the same time (16 years)
- Portuguese Estado da Índia 1505 – 1961Existed at the same time (16 years)
- Mughal Empire 1526 – 1857Existed at the same time (16 years)
👑 Rulers 3
- Sher Shah Suri 1540 – 1545Ruled it
- Islam Shah Suri 1545 – 1554Ruled it
- Adil Shah Suri 1554 – 1556Ruled it
👤 People 1
- Hemu (Hemchandra Vikramaditya) c. 1501 – c. 1556Lived under it
⚔ Events 4
- Battle of Kannauj 1540Happened in it
- Battle of Chausa 1539Happened in it
- Rohtas Fort begun by Sher Shah 1541Happened in it
- Death of Sher Shah at Kalinjar 1545Happened in it
📍 Places & sites 1
- Rohtas Fort 1541A place of this polity
🔧 Technology 1
- The first printing press September 1556Made or discovered in this time
📚 Books 2
- Medieval India: From Sultanat to the Mughals (2 vols) Satish ChandraRecommended reading
- Our Pasts I, II & III (Classes 6–8) NCERTRecommended reading