Warangal
City · c. 1177 CE · in South Asia
Capital of Kakatiya Dynasty (1177–1323).
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- Maritime Silk Road (c. 200 BCE – c. 1500 CE): Sea lanes linking southern China, Southeast Asia, India, Arabia, East Africa and Egypt, carrying silk, ceramics, spices and textiles on the monsoon winds.
- Second Battle of Tarain (1192 CE): Muhammad of Ghor defeated Prithviraj Chauhan, opening northern India to Ghurid rule and paving the way for the Delhi Sultanate.
- Delhi Sultanate (1206–1526 CE): Series of Muslim dynasties ruling from Delhi, beginning with Qutb ud-Din Aibak in 1206 and ending with the Lodi defeat at Panipat in 1526.
- Chola Empire revived (c. 848–1279 CE): Vijayalaya Chola took Thanjavur around 848, beginning the imperial Chola period in which the dynasty dominated southern India and the Bay of Bengal.
- Prithviraj Chauhan (c. 1166 CE – 1192 CE): Chahamana king of Ajmer and Delhi who defeated the Ghurids in 1191 but was defeated and killed after the second battle of Tarain.
- Qutb Minar (c. 1199 CE): Victory tower in Delhi, about 73 m tall, begun by Qutb ud-Din Aibak and completed by Iltutmish.
- Pala Empire (c. 750–1161 CE): Buddhist dynasty of Bengal and Bihar founded by Gopala around 750, patrons of the monastic universities of Nalanda and Vikramashila.
- Moinuddin Chishti (c. 1143 CE – 1236 CE): Sufi saint who established the Chishti order in India; his shrine at Ajmer is a major pilgrimage site.
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