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Dilwara Temples

1031 CE – still standing

Exquisitely carved white marble Jain temples at Mount Abu, renowned for the most intricate marble carvings in all of Indian architecture

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Who held this ground

Borders from dated snapshots, up to a century apart; precision varies.

Reconstruction

  1. Before it was built (3000 BCE–1000 CE)
  2. Solankis (1100 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  3. Rajput Kingdoms (1200 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  4. Sultanate of Delhi (1279 CE–1400 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  5. Rajputana (1492 CE–1600 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  6. Mughal Empire (1650 CE–1715 CE) Border precision: Defined
  7. Mahratta states (1783 CE) Border precision: Defined
  8. Rajputs (1800 CE) Border precision: Defined
  9. Maratha Confederacy (1815 CE) Border precision: Defined
  10. British Raj (1880 CE–1938 CE) Border precision: Defined
  11. India (1945 CE–2026 CE) Border precision: Defined
Border precision
  • Defined
  • Approximate

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Sanchi Stupas

300 BCE – 1200 CE

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India

Attested 1783 CE – 2026 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1031 CE and 2026 CE.

1044 CE Pagan Empire Wars 1161 CE Jagannath Temple 1200 CE Ramanathaswamy Temple 1206 CE Delhi Sultanate Wars 1250 CE Konark Sun Temple

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