⚔ Battle · ★ Major
Battle of Saraighat
1671 – present · 📍 Saraighat, Guwahati
Lachit Borphukan's Ahom forces defeat the Mughal fleet on the Brahmaputra.
What it led to: The Ahoms defeated the Mughals, keeping Assam independent.
Where it happened.
Meanwhile (within 10 years)
- 1661 Bombay passes to England · Portuguese Bassein & Bombay
- 1664 ⚔ Shivaji sacks Surat
- 1665 Treaty of Purandar
- 1666 Shivaji escapes from Agra
- 1674 Shivaji crowned Chhatrapati · Maratha Empire
- 1675 Execution of Guru Tegh Bahadur · Mughal Empire
- 1679 Aurangzeb reimposes the jizya · Mughal Empire
- 1680 Death of Shivaji · Maratha Empire
Alive at the time
Jijabai
1598 – 1674
Mother and mentor of Shivaji
Jean-Baptiste Tavernier1605 – 1689
French gem merchant who described the diamonds of Golconda
Samarth Ramdas1608 – 1681
Saint who wrote the Dasbodh
Jahanara Begum1614 – 1681
Shah Jahan's eldest daughter and Padshah Begum
François Bernier1620 – 1688
French physician who wrote Travels in the Mogul Empire
Guru Tegh Bahadur1621 – 1675
Ninth Sikh Guru executed in Delhi in 1675
Lachit Borphukan1622 – 1672
Ahom commander who won the Battle of Saraighat
Niccolao Manuccic. 1638 – c. 1717
Venetian adventurer who wrote the Storia do Mogor
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🗂 Era 1
- Medieval IndiaPart of this era
⏳ Periods 1
- Delhi Sultanate & Regional KingdomsBelongs to this period
🏛 Kingdoms & empires 12
- Chola Empire 848 CE – 1279Existed at the same time (51 years)
- Sultanate of the Maldives 1153 – 1968Existed at the same time (598 years)
- Malla Dynasty of Nepal 1201 – 1769Existed at the same time (541 years)
- Delhi Sultanate 1206 – 1526Existed at the same time (298 years)
- Mewar (Sisodia) 1326 – 1949Existed at the same time (500 years)
- Vijayanagara Empire 1336 – 1646Existed at the same time (310 years)
- Bahmani Sultanate 1347 – 1527Existed at the same time (180 years)
- Kingdom of Mysore 1399 – 1950Existed at the same time (427 years)
- Kingdom of Kandy 1469 – 1815Existed at the same time (346 years)
- Portuguese Estado da Índia 1505 – 1961Existed at the same time (321 years)
- Mughal Empire 1526 – 1857Existed at the same time (300 years)
- British East India Company 1600 – 1858Existed at the same time (226 years)
👑 Rulers 6
- Sukaphaa 1228 – 1268Ruled it
- Suhungmung (Dihingia Raja) 1497 – 1539Ruled it
- Pratap Singha 1603 – 1641Ruled it
- Chakradhwaj Singha 1663 – 1670Ruled it
- Udayaditya Singha 1670 – 1672Ruled it
- Rudra Singha 1696 – 1714Ruled it
👤 People 1
- Lachit Borphukan 1622 – 1672Lived under it
⚔ Events 3
- Sukaphaa founds the Ahom kingdom 1228Happened in it
- Battle of Saraighat 1671Happened in it
- Treaty of Yandabo 1826Happened in it
📍 Places & sites 1
- Rang Ghar, Sivasagar 1746A place of this polity
🔧 Technology 2
- The first printing press September 1556Made or discovered in this time
- Jantar Mantar observatory early 18th centuryMade or discovered in this time
📄 Research 3
- Inscribing the Other, Inscribing the Self: Hindu-Muslim Identities in Pre-Colon… Cynthia Talbot · 1995Research on this topic
- Temple Desecration and Indo-Muslim States Richard M. Eaton · 2000Research on this topic
- The Pursuit of Persian: Language in Mughal Politics Muzaffar Alam · 1998Research on this topic
📚 Books 2
- A History of Assam Edward GaitRecommended reading
- Our Pasts I, II & III (Classes 6–8) NCERTRecommended reading