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Punjab region

12 dated entries naming Punjab region, drawn from 12 separate years between 100 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.

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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

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

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