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Monday, June 21, 2021

Basic timeline of Pakistan

This post is a basic timeline of Pakistan. There are 28 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

• Indus Valley Civilization (3300-1300 BC)
• Vedic period (1500-500 BC)
• Battle of the Ten Kings (14th century BC)
• Achaemenid Empire (550-330 BC)
• Alexander the Great invades Pakistan (327-325 BC)
• Maurya Empire (322-180 BC)
• Indo-Greek Kingdom (180 BC - 10 AD)
• Indo-Scythian Kingdom (150 BC - 400 AD)
• Indo-Parthian Kingdom (19-226 AD)
• Kushan Empire (30-375 AD)
• Sassanid Empire (224-651 AD)
• Sassanid invasion (3rd century AD)
• Gupta Empire (320-600 AD)
• Alchon Huns (370-670 AD)
• Rai dynasty (489-632 AD)
• Turk Shahis (665-870 AD)
• Hindu Shahi (850-1026 AD)
• Ghaznavid dynasty (977-1186)
• Delta Sultanate (1206-1526)
• Mongol invasion (13th century)
• Samma dynasty (1336-1524)
• Mughal Empire (1526-1857)
• Maratha Empire (1674-1818)
• Durrani Empire (1747-1842)
• Sikh Empire (1799-1849)
• British Raj rules Pakistan (1843)
• All-India Muslim League founded (1906)
• Pakistan gains independence (1947)
• Bangladesh Liberation War (1971)

(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Pakistan at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Pakistan.)