South Asia Political Map and Timeline

Punjab(Pakistan)

Baluchistan

Sindh

North West Frontier Province/Kyber Pakhtunkhwa

Jammu and Kashmir

Himachal Pradesh

Punjab (India)

Haryana

Uttarakhand

Uttar Pradesh

Rajasthan

Gujarat

Madhya Pradesh

Maharashtra

Karnataka

Tamil Nadu

Kerala

Andhra Pradesh

Telangana

Orissa(Odisha)

West Bengal

Bihar

Sikkim

Assam

Meghalaya

The Buddha dies 

450 BCE

Alexander enters South Asia 

327 BCE

Reign of Mauryan Emperor Ashoka

265-232 BCE

Expansion of the Gupta Empire under Chandragupta II

375-415 CE

Mahmud of Ghazni extends the Ghaznavid Empire across Central and South Asia

1030 CE

Rajendra Chola I extends the Chola empire across South India and Sri Lanka with  expeditions into Southeast Asia

1030 CE (other)

 Muhammad bin Tughluq reigns from Delhi

1325-1351 CE

 Timur sacks Delhi

1399 CE

The reign of Krishnadevaraya marks the apex of the Vijayanagara Empire 

1471-1529

Vasco da Gama lands in India by a sea route around the Cape of Good Hope;  Establishment of European mercantile outposts across South and Southeast Asia begins

1498

Babur founds the Mughal Empire

1526

Reign of Mughal Emperor Akbar

1556-1605

Battle of Talikota leads to the capture of the Vijayanagara capital by an alliance of  regional Sultanates

1565

Shivaji Bhosale extends Maratha rule across much of South Asia 

1630-1680

Battle of Plassey leads to significant territorial gains for the British East India Company  and the collapse of Muslim rule in Bengal

1757

Rebellion against the EIC by Indian soldiers leads to the establishment of direct  crown rule under the British Raj

1857-1858

The end of British rule in South Asia leads to the partitioning of British India into India and Pakistan. Burma declares independence, and Ceylon achieves independence through dominion status.

1947

Bangladesh War of Independence sees East Pakistan become Bangladesh

1971

India tests its first nuclear weapon 

1974

Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declares a state of emergency across India 

1975-1977

The 16th-century mosque the Babri Masjid is destroyed by a Hindu naionalist mob,  ushering in a new phase of communal poliics in India

1992

Pakistan tests its first nuclear weapon 

1998

American occupation of Afghanistan

2001