Fast Facts about Indian History Part-I

• Era of Hijri began in the year 622
• Mahavira was born in the year 599 B.C. and died in 527 B.C.
• Somnath Temple was destroyed by Mahmud of Ghazni in the year 1025
• Saka Era began in the year 78 A.D.
• Fahien visited India during the period399 – 414
• Indus Valley Civilization flourished during the years 2500-1500 B.C.
• Chandragupta Maurya defeated Seleucus in the year 305 B.C.
• Gautama Buddha was born in the year 563 B.C.
• Hiuen-Tsang traveled in India during the period629 – 645
• The oldest of the Vedas is Rig Veda
• Prithvi Raj Chauhan: the Rajput ruler of Delhi and Ajmer defeated Muhammad Ghori, the Sultan of Ghazni in the first battle of Tarain fought in the year 1191
• Reign of Kanishka was in the years120 – 162
• Vikrama Era began in the year 58 B.C.
• Muhammad Bin Qasim Invaded Sind in the year 712
• Ashoka defeated the King of Kalinga in the battle of Kalinga fought in the year 261 B.C.
• Alexander invaded India and defeated Porus in the battle of Hydaspes (Jhelum) fought in the year 326 B.C.
• Alexander died in the year 323 B.C.
• Gautama Buddha died in the year 483 B.C.
• First time Huns Invaded India in the year454 A.D.
• Aryabhatta was an Astronomer

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