Dates' Comparison
Date |
Kangra (Trigarth) |
India |
International |
| C. 4300 B.C. | Rajanaka Bhumi Chandra founded the Katoch Dynasty. | Egyptians built the pyramids. | |
| C. 3000 B.C. | The Rajas of Kangra fought against the Hindu deity Lord Rama. | Harappa & Mohenjodaro civilizations. (C. 2500 B.C.) | Invention of Bronze. * Invention of Hieroglyphs. (Egypt) |
| C. 1500 B.C. | (234th) Raja Susarma Chandra fought
against the Pandavas in the
Mahabharata * Built the fort of Kangra. |
The Battle of Mahabharata. | Shang Dynasty (China). * Konossas (City) damaged by earthquake. |
| C. 900 B.C. | The Katoch kings fought the Persian & Assyrian attacks. | Punjab under the Queen of Assyria. | Town of Byzantine was
founded. * Alphabet introduced. * Rome founded. (C.753 B.C.) |
| C. 500 B.C. To C. B.C. | Rajanaka Parmanand Chandra fought
Alexander the great.
(Better known as Raja Porus) * The Katoch Rajas fought Ashoka the Great - lost their lands in Multan. |
Alexanders invasion of
Punjab. (C. 326 B.C.) Ashoka the Great. (C. 275 B.C.) Vikram Aditya. (C. 56 B.C.) |
Maya Civilization. Life of Socrates. * Great Wall of China Built. * Ceaser master of Rome. (C. 45 B.C.) |
| C. 100 A.D. | The Rajas of Kangra fought numerous battles against the Rajas of Kannauj. | Reign of Kanishka. | Augustus became Emperor of Rome. |
| C. 470 A.D. | The Rajas of Kangra fought the Rajas of Kashmir - for the supremacy in the hills. | Gupta dynasty. | Christianity accepted. |
| C. 643 A.D. | Huien Tsang visited the Kingdom of Kangra. (Jallandhra) | Muslim settlements in the N. West of India. (C. 750 A.D.) | St. Sophia built. * Tang Dynasty China. |
| C. 853 A.D. | Rajanaka Prithvi Chandra's Reign. | First King of Scotland. * First viking raids. * Invention of gun powder. |
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| C. 903 A.D. | Rajanaka Jai Chandra-I built the Temples of
Masroor and Baijnath. * Coinage of Kangra from this period can be seen in the Himachal Museums. |
Sung Dynasty-China. | |
| C. 1009 A.D. | Mahmood Ghazni invades Kangra. (Captures a large booty) | India, collection of powerful feudal states. | Norman conquest by King
William of England. * First crusade. (A.D. 1071 to 1270) |
| C. 1170 A.D. | Kingdom of Kangra is divided into two parts - Kangra and Jaswan. The Katoch armies fight against Mohammad Gauri. (The lands of Jallandhra were lost in about C. 1220 A.D.) | Mohammad Gauri is invited by Raja Jai Chandra of kannauj to invade Delhi against Prithvi Raj Chauhan. (C. 1193 A.D.) | Ireland conquered by Henry-II
of England. * Persecution of Jews in Europe. |
| C. 1341 A.D. | Rajanaka Rup Chandra's looting expeditions
take him till the gates of Delhi. * The Katoch kings fight Taimur. * Tughlaqs grant the title of MIYAN to the Katoch royal family. |
Reign of Feroz Shah Tughlaq. * Taimurs invasion of India. |
Genghis Khan's reign & his
grandson Kublai Khan. (Emperor of the largest Empire ever ruled by one man) *Aztec Power. |
| C. 1405 A.D. | Further division of the Kangra State. State of Guler is founded. |
Humayun (son of Taimur) is expelled from India. | Ming dynasty-China. * Inca Power. * First printing press in Europe. (C. 1440 A.D.) |
| C. 1556 A.D. | Sikandar Shah & The Rajas of Kangra combine
their forces against Akbar, - but were defeated. * The Raja of Kangra renders his alliance to Emperor Akbar and in return are given the title of Maharaja. * The Mughals attack the fort of Kangra 52 times but fail to defeat it. |
Babar first Emperor of India. Akbar the Great is Emperor from C. 1542 to 1606 A.D. |
Columbus discovers
West-Indies. * Vasco Da Gama reaches India. * Spanish invade America. * Ottoman Empire at its highest. * Spanish invade Peru. * Union of Wales. |
| C. 1620 A.D. | Mughals occupy the fort of Kangra. | Taj Mahal is built. (C. 1650 A.D.) | Mongolians over run China. |
| C. 1700 A.D. | Maharaja Bhim Chandra units with Guru Gobind Singh against Aurangzeb. He receives the title of Dharam Rakshak from the Guru. | The Mughal Empire starts to
fall. * Clive wins Bengal. |
Persia conquered by the
Ottomans. * Spanish War of succession. * Union of Scotland. |
| C. 1750 A.D. | Maharaja Ghamand Chandra is made the first ever Rajput Nizam by the Durranis. | Ahmed Shah Durrani Master of Punjab. | China conquers Tibet and Nepal. |
| C. 1775 A.D.
To C. 1820 A.D. |
The Golden age of Kangra under Maharaja Sansar Chandra - Kangra Miniature paintings flourish under him. | The rise of the British, Sikhs and Maratha power in India. | Napoleon Bonaparte.
(C. 1796 A.D.) Union of Ireland. |
| C. 1820 A.D. | Decline of the Kangra empire, Kangra fort occupied by the Sikhs after the Gurkha War. | Sikhs rise under Maharaja Ranjit Singh. | Bombardment of Nanking (China) by the British. |
| C. 1846 A.D. | British annex Kangra from the Sikhs. * The Katoch Kings fight for their independence against the British, Maharaja Parmod Chandra loses the battle and is taken prisoner to Almora - he dies there. |
The Indian Mutiny. | Peru becomes independent. * Livingston in Africa. * Career of Bismarck. * Congress of Vienna. |
| C. 1924 A.D. | Maharaja Jai Chandra of Lambagraon - Kangra is given the title of Maharaja as a hereditary distinction along with a personal honour of 11 gun salutes and is also returned the fort of Kangra. (in ruins after the 1905 Earthquake) | India completely under the
British rule. * Freedom movement of India. |
First World war. * Mexico brakes away from Spain. * The American civil war. * Russian revolution. |
| C. 1947 A.D. | Lambagraon - Kangra under Maharaja Dhruv
Dev Chandra. (Last ruler of Kangra) merges his
state with the Union of India. H.H. The Dalai Lama arrives in Dharamsala Kangra. (C. 1957 A.D.) |
India gains Independence. * lndia~Pakistan partition. |
2nd World war. * People's Republic of China created. * Jewish persecution. |
| C.1972 A.D. | The Princely Order is abolished in India and
the Rajas of Kangra become ordinary citizens. * The district of Kangra is merged with the newly founded state of Himachal Pradesh. |
Indira Gandhi declares Emergency in India. | Neil Armstrong is the 1st man on the moon. |