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Landmark South Asia archaeological

Khajuraho Temples

950 CE – 1050 CE · 100 years

Medieval Hindu and Jain temple complex in central India, famed for its intricate erotic and devotional sculptures

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Khajuraho Group of Monuments on Wikipedia.

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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–900 CE)
  2. Rajput Kingdoms (1000 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  3. Chandellas (1100 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  4. Rajput Kingdoms (1200 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  5. Sultanate of Delhi (1279 CE–1500 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  6. Mughal Empire (1530 CE–1715 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  7. Maratha Confederacy (1783 CE–1815 CE) Border precision: Defined
  8. British Raj (1880 CE–1938 CE) Border precision: Defined
  9. India (1945 CE–2026 CE) Border precision: Defined
Border precision
  • Defined
  • Approximate

Elsewhere in South Asia at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Landmark · South Asia

Anuradhapura

500 BCE – 1017 CE

Polity · South Asia

Tibet

Attested 1000 CE – 1960 CE

Conflict · South Asia

Ghaznavid Conquests of India

1001 CE – 1030 CE

Landmark · South Asia

Calicut

1000 CE – still standing

Polity · South Asia

Ghaznavid Emirate

Attested 1000 CE – 1200 CE

Conflict · South Asia

Pagan Empire Wars

1044 CE – 1287 CE

Landmark · South Asia

Brihadeshvara Temple

1010 CE – still standing

Polity · South Asia

Rajput Kingdoms

Attested 1000 CE – 1200 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 950 CE and 1050 CE.

1000 CE Calicut 1001 CE Ghaznavid Conquests of India 1010 CE Chola Conquests 1010 CE Brihadeshvara Temple 1010 CE Brihadeeswara Temple

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Westminster Abbey Landmark · Europe 960 CE – still standing Holy Roman Empire Polity · Europe 962 CE – 1806 CE Genoa–Constantinople Route Trade route · Europe 1000 CE – 1500 CE Wari Imperial Expansion Conflict · Americas 600 CE – 1000 CE Hai Gaon Figure · Babylonia (modern Iraq) 939 CE – 1038 CE Mount Athos Landmark · Europe 963 CE – still standing
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