Timeline of Indian history

This is a timeline of Indian history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in India and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of India. Also see the list of governors-general of India, list of prime ministers of India and list of years in India.

Pre-historic India

Pre-90th century BCE (BC)

90th–50th century BCE

Bronze Age India

50th–40th century BCE

30th–20th century BCE

19th century BCE

18th century BCE

Iron Age India

17th century BCE

16th century BCE

15th century BCE

14th century BCE

13th century BCE

12th century BCE

11th century BCE

10th century BCE

9th century BCE

8th century BCE

7th century BCE

6th century BCE

5th century BCE

4th century BCE

Classical India

3rd century BCE

2nd century BCE

1st century BCE

1st century

2nd century

3rd century

4th century

5th century

6th century

7th century

Medieval India

8th century

9th century

10th century

11th century

12th century

13th century

14th century

15th century

16th century

17th century

18th century

Modern India

19th century

20th century

21st century

See also

• Chronology of Tamil history
• Hindu units of time
• Sikh gurus (1469–1666)
• Tamil units of measurement
• Timeline of Ahmedabad
• Timeline of Ayyavazhi history
• History of Hinduism
• Timeline of Buddhism (563 BCE – present)
• Timeline of Jainism
• Timeline of Mumbai
• Timeline of South Asian history

References

Bibliography

External links

• BBC India Timeline