Religion in India: A Historical Introduction

Timeline of Chapters 6 and 7

Cultural/political events Religious events

7th–10th century: pockets of
Muslim settlements in
South and Northwest India
1000 Mahmu ̄ d of Ghaznı ̄ (999–1030)
Al-Bı ̄ru ̄ nı ̄ in India (b. 973)
c. 1050 Emergence of Ra ̄ jput
dynasties
1100 Senas of Bengal (1118–99)
Muhammed of Ghor (1163–1203)
1198 First mosque built in Delhi
1200 “Slave king” sultanate in Delhi 1225 Qutb Minar built
(1206–90) c. 1230 Kona ̄ rak Sun Temple
Jna ̄nes ́ vara (Mara ̄ thı ̄bhakta)
(1271–96)
1300 Khaljı ̄ sultanate (1290–1316)
Three Mongol invasions
(1300–1307)
Tughluq sultanate (1320–88) 1350 Increased patronage of Vais.n.avism
Muh.ammed bin Tughluq (1325–51) and neo-classical Hindu culture
Vijayanagara dynasty (1336–1565) under Vijayanagara kings
Bahmani (independent sultanate
in Deccan) (1347–1482)
1400 Lodı ̄ sultanate (1451–1526) Ra ̄ma ̄ nanda (“reformer” in Panja ̄b
c. 1400–70)
Kabı ̄r (1440–1518)
Guru Na ̄ nak (1469–1539 – start of
Sikhism)
Caitanya (1485–1533)
1500 1506 Agra founded
1526 Ba ̄ bur founds Mughal dynasty
Akbar (1556–1605)
Tulsı ̄da ̄ s (1532–1623)
1600 Jaha ̄ ngı ̄r (1605–27) Tuka ̄ra ̄ m (1598–1650)
Sha ̄ h Jaha ̄ n (1628–58) Compilation of Sikh scriptures,
Aurangzeb (1658–1707) – in Guru ̄ Granth Sa ̄hib(1603–4)
Deccan (1681–1707) Building of Ta ̄ j Mahal (1631–53)

S ́iva ̄ jı ̄ founds Mara ̄tha ̄ state

(1677–80) 1699 Guru ̄ Gobind Singh forms Sikh

brotherhood

Note: All dates are CEunless otherwise stated.