2500 - 1500 B.C.

Harappa Culture

2500 - 700 B.C.

Rigvedic Aryan Civilization

599 B.C.

Jainism

567 - 487 B.C.

Budha

550 B.C - 600 A.D.

Buddhism remained prevalent

550 - 515 B.C.

Persian Invasion to west of Indus

326 B.C.

Alexander’s Invasion

322 - 298 B.C.

Chandra Gupta Maurya Period

273 - 232 B.C.

Ashoka’s Period

125 - 160 B.C.

Rise of the Sakas (Scythians nown as Jat ancestors)

45 - 180 A.D.

Rule of the Kushanas

320 - 550 A.D.

Gupta Empire

500 A.D.:

Huns Invasion

510 - 650 A.D.

Vardhanas Era

647 - 1192 A.D.

Rajput Period

713 - 1300 A.D.

Muslim Invaders (Turks and Arabs) famous invaders like Mahmud Gori and Mahmud Ghazni

8th Century A.D.

Arabs capture Sind and Multan

1450 - 1700 A.D.

Mughal Rulers

1469 - 1539 A.D.

Guru Nanak Dev Ji (1st Sikh Guru)

1539 - 1675 A.D.

Period of 8 Sikh Gurus from Guru Angad Dev Ji to Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji

1675 - 1708 A.D.

Guru Gobind Singh Ji (10th Sikh Guru)

1699 A.D.

Birth of the Khalsa

1708

Death of Shri Guru Gobind Singh ji.

1716

Banda Bahadur executed.

1716 - 1759 A.D.

Sikh struggle against Moghul Governors

1739

Invasion of Nadir Shah

1748 -1769 A.D.

Ahmed Shah Abdali’s nine invasions

1758

Sirhind and Lahore occupied by Marathas.

1761

Battle of Panipat, Marathas defeated by Abdali.

1762

Golden Temple 

1762

2nd Holocaust (Ghalughara) from Ahmed Shah’s 6th invasion

1764 - 99

Rule of the Sikh Misls

1780

Birth of Ranjit Singh

1799

Lahore occupied by Ranjit Singh.

1799-1839

Rule by Maharaja Ranjit Singh

1809

Treaty of Amritsar between Ranjit Singh & British.

1831

Ranjit Singh and Lord Bentik singed treaty of Ropar.

1839

Death of Ranjit Singh

1849

Annexation of Punjab by British. after the two Sikh Wars

1849 - 1947

British Rule

1880-1920

The Singh Sabha Movement

1915

Ghadar Party is established

1925

Sikh Gurdwara Act is implemented

1936

Khalsa National Party formed.

1945

Panthik Party formed

1946

Central Akali Dal under Baba Kharak Singh.

1948

Formation of Pepsu(Patiala & Eastern Punjab Union)

1956

Merger of Pepsu with Punjab

1966

Re-organisation of Punjab (Creation of Haryana & Himachal).