South India

geographic region in India

6 dated entries naming South India, drawn from 6 separate years between 590 CE and 2025 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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6th century

  • 590Kadungon becomes king of the Pandyan Kingdom in South India (approximate date).source

9th century

  • 848The Medieval Cholas in Southern India start to rule (approximate date).source

10th century

  • 985Raja Raja Chola I (considered by many as the greatest emperor of the Chola Empire) becomes ruler of the Chola Dynasty. During his reign he expands his domains beyond South India.source

14th century

  • 1336April 18 (unconfirmed) – Brothers Harihara and Bukka Raya found the Vijayanagara Empire on the southern part of the Deccan Plateau in South India.source

16th century

  • 1565January 23 – Battle of Talikota: The Vijayanagara Empire, the last Hindu kingdom in South India, is greatly weakened by the Deccan sultanates.source

21st century

  • 2025November 28 – Flooding and landslides caused by Cyclone Ditwah leave at least 647 dead and 183 missing across Sri Lanka and South India.source

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