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Landmark South Asia religious

Kedarnath Temple

800 CE – still standing

Ancient Shiva temple at 3,583 meters in the Himalayas, one of the highest-altitude major temples and part of the Char Dham pilgrimage circuit

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Kedarnath Temple on Wikipedia.

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Who held this ground

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  1. Before it was built (3000 BCE–700 CE)
  2. Tibetan Empire (800 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  3. Tibet (900 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  4. Rajput Kingdoms (1000 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  5. Gahadavalas (1100 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  6. Ghurid Sultanate (1200 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  7. Kashmir and Ladakh (1279 CE–1400 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  8. Sultanate of Delhi (1492 CE–1500 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  9. Mughal Empire (1530 CE–1715 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  10. Nepal (1783 CE–1800 CE) Border precision: Defined
  11. Maratha Confederacy (1815 CE) Border precision: Defined
  12. British Raj (1880 CE–1938 CE) Border precision: Defined
  13. India (1945 CE–2026 CE) Border precision: Defined
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Elsewhere in South Asia at the time

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Taj Mahal

1632 CE – still standing

Polity · South Asia

Tibet

Attested 1000 CE – 1960 CE

Conflict · South Asia

Naxalite–Maoist Insurgency

1967 CE – 2026 CE

Landmark · South Asia

Temples of Bagan

849 CE – still standing

Polity · South Asia

Hindu kingdoms

Attested 500 BCE – 1715 CE

Conflict · South Asia

2025 India–Pakistan Conflict

2025 CE

Landmark · South Asia

Bagan

849 CE – still standing

Polity · South Asia

India

Attested 1783 CE – 2026 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 800 CE and 2026 CE.

849 CE Temples of Bagan 849 CE Bagan 850 CE Arunachaleswarar Temple 950 CE Khajuraho Temples 1000 CE Calicut

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