Timeline
- 3300 – 1500 BCE: Harappan civilization (located in modern-day Pakistan)
- 1500 – 1000 BCE: (Rigvedic) Vedic civilization
- 1000 – 500 BCE: Middle and late Vedic Period
- 599 BCE: Birth of Mahavira
- 567 – 487 BCE: Time of Gautama Buddha
- 550 BCE – 600 CE: Buddhism remained prevalent
- 326 BCE: Alexander's Invasion of Punjab (Pakistani parts)
- 322 – 298 BCE: Chandragupta I, Maurya period
- 273 – 232 BCE: Reign of Ashoka
- 125 – 160 BCE: Rise of the Sakas
- 2 BCE: Beginning of Rule of the Sakas
- 45 – 180 : Rule of the Kushans
- 320 – 550 : Gupta Empire
- 500 : Hunnic Invasion
- 510 – 650 : Vardhana's Era
- 647 – 1192 : Rajput period
- 711 – 713 : Muhammad bin Qasim conquers Sindh and Punjab regions
- 713 – 1300 : Muslim empires (Turks and Afghans) invade. Islam is being accepted, and a Hindu majority lives along side the Muslims
- 1206 – 1290 : Mamluk dynasty establishes by Mohammad Ghori
- 1290 – 1320 : Khilji dynasty establishes by Jalal ud din Firuz Khilji
- 1320 – 1413 : Tughlaq dynasty established by Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
- 1414 – 1451 : Sayyid dynasty established by Khizr Khan
- 1451 – 1526 : Lodhi dynasty establishes by Bahlul Khan Lodhi
- 1526 – 1707 : Mughal rule
- 1526 – 1530: Zaheeruddin Muhammad Babur
- 1530 – 1540: Nasiruddin Muhammad Humayun
- 1540 – 1545: Sher Shah Suri of Afghanistan
- 1545 – 1554: Islam Shah Suri
- 1555 – 1556: Nasiruddin Muhammad Humayun
- 1556 - 1556: Hem Chandra Vikramaditya
- 1556 – 1605: Jalaluddin Muhammad Akbar
- 1605 – 1627: Nooruddin Muhammad Jahangir
- 1627 – 1658: Shahaabuddin Muhammad Shah Jahan
- 1658 – 1707: Mohiuddin Muhammad Aurangzeb Alamgir
- 1469 – 1539 : Guru Nanak (1st Sikh Guru)
- 1518 – 1565 : Mir Chakar Khan Rind
- 1539 – 1675 : Period of 8 Sikh Gurus from Guru Angad Dev to Guru Tegh Bahadur
- 1675 – 1708 : Guru Gobind Singh Ji (10th Sikh Guru)
- 1699 : Birth of the Khalsa
- 1708 – 1713 : Conquests of Banda Bahadur
- 1722: Birth of Ahmed Shah Durrani, either in Multan in Mughal Empire or Herat in Afghanistan
- 1714 – 1759 : Sikh warriors (Sardars) perform warfare against Afghans & Mughal Governors
- 1739 : Invasion by Nadir Shah and defeat of weakened Mughal Empire
- 1747 – 1772: Durrani Empire led by Ahmad Shah Durrani
- 1756 – 1759 : Sikh and Maratha Empire cooperation in the Punjab
- 1761 : The Third Battle of Panipat, between the Durrani Empire against the Maratha Empire. Islamic Jihad was declared, various Muslim warriors answered the call
- 1762 : 2nd massacre (Ghalughara) from Ahmed Shah's 2nd invasion
- 1761 – 1801 : Rule of the Sikh Misls (Confederacy)
- 1801 – 1839 : Sikh Empire also known as Sarkar Khalsa, Rule by Maharaja Ranjit Singh
- 1845 – 1846 : First Anglo-Sikh War
- 1848 – 1849 : Second Anglo-Sikh War
- 1849 : Complete annexation of Punjab into British India
- 1849 – 1947: British rule
- 1947 : The Partition of India divided Punjab into 2 parts. The Eastern part (with two rivers) became the Indian Punjab and the Western part (3 rivers) the Pakistan Punjab
- 1966: Indian Punjab divided into three parts: Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh
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