Punjab

geographic region divided between Pakistan and India

14 dated entries naming Punjab, drawn from 14 separate years between 516 BCE and 1947 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as Punjab (region), Punjab region in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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6th century BC

516 BCEThe Persian king Darius I occupies Punjab (approximate date).source

1st century BC

100 BCEGandhara and Punjab are ruled by the Indo-Greek king Demetrius III Aniketos.source

2nd century

120The Scythians dominate western India: Punjab, Sind, the north of Gujarat and a portion of central India.source

6th century

528The Hephthalites (White Huns) move from the Hindu Kush into the Punjab region, and eastward across the Ganges Delta, ravaging cities and Buddhist monasteries.source

7th century

606King Harsha of Thanesar establishes a northern Indian Empire, and unites the small monarchical states, from Punjab to the Indus Valley (modern Pakistan).source
664Muslim Conquest: Arab forces under Al-Muhallab ibn Abi Sufra begin launching raids from Persia, striking at Multan in the southern Punjab (modern Pakistan). Muslims conquer the city of Kabul, invading from eastern Afghanistan.source

10th century

998Battle of Ghazni: The Afghan prince Mahmud defeats his younger brother Ismail (the ruling emir of the Ghaznavid Dynasty) in battle. He places Ismail in comfortable captivity for the rest of his life and expands the realm of his late father, Sebuktigin, into the Punjab in northwestern India.source

18th century

1762February 5 – The Great Holocaust of the Sikhs is carried out by the forces of Ahmed Shah Abdali in Punjab. In all, around 30,000 men, women and children perish in this campaign of slaughter.source
1799July 12 – Ranjit Singh captures Lahore from the Bhangi Misl, a key step in establishing the Sikh Empire, and becoming Maharaja of the Punjab.source

19th century

1838December – First Anglo-Afghan War: British and Presidency armies set out from Punjab in support of Shah Shujah Durrani's claim to the throne of Afghanistan.source
1845December 11 – First Anglo-Sikh War: Sikh army crosses the Sutlej in the Punjab.source
1848April 18 – The Second Anglo-Sikh War breaks out in the Punjab.source

20th century

1901February 12 – Viceroy of India Lord Curzon creates the new North-West Frontier Province in the north of the Punjab region, bordering Afghanistan.source
1947March 15 – Hindus and Muslims clash in Punjab.source