Bihar Rulers and Its History
Bihar Rulers and Its History timelines
• 560-480 BCE: Buddha
• Before 325 BCE: Nada clan in Magadha, Licchavia in Vaishali
• 325-185 BCE: Maurya Dynasty
• 250 BCE: 3rd Buddhist Council
• 185 BCE-80 CE: Sunga Dynasty
• 80 – 240: Reginal kings
• 240 – 600: Gupta Dynasty
• 600 – 650: Harsha Vardhana
• 750 – 1200: Pala Dynasty
• 1200: Muhammad of Ghori’s Army, destroys the universities at Nalanda and Vikramshila
• 1200 – 1250: Decline of Buddhism
• 1250 – 1526: Ruled by Delhi Sultanate (Muslim Turks — Tughluqs, Sayyids, Lodis)
• 1526 – 1540: Babur defeats last Delhi Sultan, establishes Mughal Empire
• 1540 -1555: Suri dynasty captures empire from Mughals (including Shershah Suri who built the Grand Trunk Road)
• 1526 – 1757: Mughal dynasty resumes
• 1757 – 1857: British East India Company rule
• 1857: Revolt of 1857
• 1857 – 1947: British Raj rule
• 1912: Province of Bihar & Orissa separated from Bengal
• 1935: Bihar and Orissa become separate provinces
• 1947: Indian Independence; Bihar becomes a state
• 2000: Bihar divided into two states – north part remains “Bihar”, southern becomes Jharkhand
