Prehistoric – The Year 1206 Events
Pre-Islamic Civilizations And The Advent Of Islam
50,000 BC
Ancient Empires of the Sub-Continent
Some of the earliest relics of Stone Age man were found in the Soan valley near Rawalpindi, dating back to ...
4000 – 1500 BC
Physical Features of Indus Men
Four types of skeletons are found from archeological remains of Indus Civilization. Proto-Australoids or Caucasic people were in majority. They ...
Origin of Indus Civilization
Indus Civilization was one of the oldest civilizations. It covers the area of 500,000 square miles, which spread in the ...
Early Cultures of Indus Civilization
Some of the earliest relics of Stone Age man in the subcontinent are found in the Soan Valley of the ...
Vedic Aryans
Indus valley civilization was replaced by village cultures of Vedic Aryans from Central Asia, who were virtually invaders in the ...
End of Indus Civilization
Rise and fall of civilizations is a complex phenomenon. No single factor is responsible for such a colossal event. Although ...
Indus Trade
Seals found from the remains of Indus civilization show that the towns were in contact with one another. It is ...
Indus Religion
We don’t know much about the religion of Indus civilization because their script has not been deciphered as yet. However ...
Indus Script
Indus script is believed to be invented around 2500 BC. It was uniformly used throughout the Indus era. A bizarre ...
Indus Architecture
The architecture of Indus civilization that is mainly observable in Moenjodaro and Harappa had three basic characteristics: an outstanding uniformity, ...
Climate of Indus Civilization
There are two theories about the climate of Indus Civilization. According to the first theory the climate has been changed. ...
Indus Art
The Indus Art can be divided into six major categories. Seals were the most important items in Indus art. Most ...
Later Vedic Aryans
Historical outline of this period has been reconstructed from the material contained in the three remaining Vedas, prose commentaries on ...
599 – 185 AD
Gupta Dynasty
The age of the Guptas in the 3rd and the 4th centuries CE is considered to be the golden and ...
Maurya Dynasty
Maurya was an ancient Indian dynasty. It was founded by Chandragupta Maurya in c.325–c.183 BC when he conquered the Magadha ...
Alexander’s Invasion
The primary motive of Alexander’s invasion of Asia is contained in his letter to Darius (Persian emperor), which reads: “your ...
Jainism in Indian Environment
Jainism is an ancient religion from India that teaches that the way to liberation and bliss is to live a ...
Advent of Buddhism
Buddhism is a heterodox philosophy that came as a challenge to Vedism. Its founder was Siddhartha Gotama Buddha born around ...
Buddhism and the Gandhara Civilization
The two major ancient civilizations of the area, which is now Pakistan, were the Indus Valley Civilization (Harappa in 7 ...
200 – 600 AD
Hun Shahis
The weakening of the Gupta rule saw the fresh intake of invaders like those of the Hunas or Sweta Hunas ...
Kushana Shahis
Around 250 AD the disintegration of political authority after the fall of the Great Kushanas spelt disaster for the empire. ...
712 AD
Gandhara Art
The Gandhara region had long been a crossroad of cultural influences. Being an Indian region of the ancient past, Gandhara ...
Advent of Islam in the Sub-Continent
The last Prophet of Islam, Prophet Muhammad (SAW), completely changed the intellectual outlook of Arabia. Within a span of 23 ...
962 AD
Conquests of Mahmud Ghaznavi
Alptigin, one of the Turkish slaves of the Samanid ruler, Abdul Malik, rose to the status of Governor of Khurasan. ...
1097 AD
Sufis and the Spread of Islam
The spread of Islam in the Sub-continent is the story of untiring efforts of numerous saints and Sufis who dedicated ...
1206
Establishment of Muslim Rule
Though Muslims entered South Asia with the conquest of Sindh by Muhammad bin Qasim and then with the annexation of ...