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Landmark South Asia wonder World Heritage

Taj Mahal

1632 CE – still standing

Mughal ivory-white marble mausoleum on the bank of the Yamuna

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Taj Mahal 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–1600 CE)
  2. Mughal Empire (1650 CE–1715 CE) Border precision: Defined
  3. Mahratta states (1783 CE) Border precision: Defined
  4. Rajputs (1800 CE) Border precision: Defined
  5. Maratha Confederacy (1815 CE) Border precision: Defined
  6. British Raj (1880 CE–1938 CE) Border precision: Defined
  7. India (1945 CE–2026 CE) Border precision: Defined
Border precision
  • Defined

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

Jama Masjid

1656 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

Badshahi Mosque

1673 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

Calcutta (Kolkata)

1690 CE – still standing

Polity · South Asia

India

Attested 1783 CE – 2026 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1632 CE and 2026 CE.

1656 CE Jama Masjid 1673 CE Badshahi Mosque 1674 CE Maratha Empire Expansion 1680 CE Mughal–Maratha Wars 1690 CE Calcutta (Kolkata)

And in the rest of the world

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

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