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326 B.C. Battle of Hydaspas. Porus loses to Alexander 261 B.C. Kalinga War. Asoka wins but adapts Buddhism 712 A.D. Invasion of Sind. Mohammed-bin-Qasim invades from the west 1191 A.D. First Battle of Tarain. Prithviraj Chauhan defeats Mohammed Ghori 1192 A.D. Second Battle of Tarain. Ghori defeats Prithviraj Chauhan 1194 A.D. Battle of Chhandwar Ghori defeats Jaichandra of Kannauj 1526 A.D. First Battle of Panipat. Babar defeats Ibrahim Lodhi 1527 A.D. Battle of Khanua. Babar defeats Rana Sanga 1529 A.D. Battle of Ghaghara. Babar defeats the Afghans 1539 A.D. Battle of Chausa. Sher Shah Suri defeats Humayun 1540 A.D. Battle of Kannauj (or Bilgram). Sher Shah Suri defeats Humayun 1556 A.D. Second Battle of Panipat. Bairam Khan (representing Akbar) defeats Hemu 1565 A.D. Battle of Talikota (or Banihatti). Vijaynagar empire (represented by Sadasiva) loses against an alliance formed by Ahmednagar, Bijapur, Golkonda and Bidar 1576 A.D. Battle of Haldighati. Akbar defeats Mah...

• 2800 BC Indus Valley Civilization begins in the northwestern region of India • 2600 BC Mohenjo-daro and Harappa phase of the Indus Valley Civilization begins, in Punjab and Sindh. Other cities like Lothal, Mehrgarh also emerged during this period. • 1600 BC India is invaded by the Aryans from the west • 1400 BC The Vedas, the Hindu scripture, was written • 600 BC The Upanishads written • 599 BC Mahavira, 24th Tirthankar of Jainism is born • 563 BC Gautam Buddha, founder of Buddhism is born in Lumbini • 527 BC Nirvana of Mahavira • 492 BC Bimbisara dies and is succeeded by Ajatashatru in Magadha Empire • 483 BC Death of Gautama Buddha in Kushinagar • 326 BC Alexander the Great moved into India, King Porus who ruled parts of the Punjab, fought Alexander at the Battle of the Hydaspes River. • 321 BC Chandragupta Maurya established Mauryan dynasty defeating Dhana Nanda • 305 BC Chandragupta Maurya d...