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Landmark South Asia religious

Jagannath Temple

1161 CE – still standing

Sacred Hindu temple in Puri dedicated to Lord Jagannath, origin of the annual Rath Yatra chariot festival and one of the Char Dham pilgrimage sites

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Jagannath Temple, Puri on Wikipedia.

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Who held this ground

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  1. Before it was built (3000 BCE–1100 CE)
  2. Rajput Kingdoms (1200 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  3. Sultanate of Delhi (1279 CE–1400 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  4. Bengal (1492 CE–1530 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  5. Mughal Empire (1600 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  6. Islamic and Hindu states (1650 CE) Border precision: Defined
  7. Mughal Empire (1700 CE–1715 CE) Border precision: Defined
  8. Maratha Confederacy (1783 CE–1800 CE) Border precision: Defined
  9. British East India Company (1815 CE) Border precision: Defined
  10. British Raj (1880 CE–1938 CE) Border precision: Defined
  11. India (1945 CE–2026 CE) Border precision: Defined
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300 BCE – 1200 CE

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Attested 1783 CE – 2026 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1161 CE and 2026 CE.

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