This is something interesting I found about the history of the region of Pakistan in the subcontinent.
HISTORY OF PAKISTAN
BC [edit]
• 2,000,000 BC: In Riwat, dating at this period, stones implementations (tools) have been found at the site, proposing a possibility of earlier homo erectus existence[3]
• 1,600,000 BC: A stone artefact is discovered in Riwat, dated to this period[4]
• 500,000 BC: Some of the earliest relics of Stone Age man have been found in the Soan Valley of the Potohar region near Rawalpindi, dating back to 500,000 BCE
• 9000 BC - 5500 BC: Mehrgarh Period I
• 5500 BC - 4800 BC: Mehrgarh Period II
• 4800 BC - 3500 BC: Mehrgarh Period III
• 3500 BC - 2800 BC: Mehrgarh Periods IV to VI
• 2800 BC - 2000 BC: Mehrgarh Period VII
• 2800 BC - 2500 BC: Early Harappan / Kot Diji Phase
• 2500 BC - 1900 BC: Harappan Phase; Flourishment ofIndus Valley Civilization at urban centres, Mohenjo-Daro &Harappa
• 1900 BC - 1300 BC: Late Harappan Phase (Cemetery H Culture)
• 1700 BC - 0600 BC: Start of the Aryan civilization in Sapta Sindhu, Punjab and of Indus culture, Rigvedic civilization
• 1500 BC: Earliest verses of Rig-Veda were written in the Indus Valley (Pakistan)
• 516 BC: Pakistan becomes easternmost part of Achaemenid Empire of Persia. Gandharais semi-independent kingdom
• 500 BC: Gandhara civilization (500 BC to 500 AD) [5]
• 327 BC - 325 BC: Alexander of Macedonia invades Pakistan and captures Taxila
• 326 BC: Porus, the king of Punjab, fought the battle of the Hydaspes River against the Macedonian king Alexander.
• 325 BC: During the siege of the capital of the Mallians (modern Multan), Alexander was seriously wounded by an arrow in the chest.
• 300 BC: Mauryan empire, Ashoka promotes Buddhism
• 185 BC: Bactrian Greeks conquer North-West Pakistan
• 75 BC: Arrival of Scythians (Sakas) from central Asia
AD [edit]
• 20: Parthians conquer present Northern Pakistan area
• 60: Kushans from central Asia overthrow Parthians
• 3rd Century: Kushans decline and are dominated by Sassanian empire of Persia
• 4th Century: Kidar (little) Kushans come to power
• 450: White Huns (Hephthalites) attacked Gandhara, sacked its cities and burnt down its many monasteries and centres of learning
• 565: Sassanians and Turks overthrow Huns
• Late 6th –7th Century: Turki Shahi control area West of Indus, including Gandhara
• 711 - 712: Muhammad bin Qasim conquers Sindh and Southern Punjab
• 870 - 1026: Hindu Shahi ruled from Multan to Kabul
• 1001: Mahmud Ghazni defeats the Hindu Shahi king Jayapala (A Janjua Rajput) near Peshawar
• 1021: Mahmud Ghazni defeats Tarnochalpal and annexes Punjab
• 1058: Soomra Dynasty, Soomro period from 1058 to 1351 ends the Arab domination and establishes its own rule over Sindh.
• 1148 - 1206: Ghaurids Period
• 1206: A body of Gakhars assassinated Muhammad Ghori during a raid on his camp on the Jhelum River
• 1221: Mongol Genghis Khan invades Punjab
• 1351: Samma Dynasty assumed rule over Sindh
• 1398: Tamerlane plunders Lahore
• 1472: Sher Shah Suri (original name Farid Khan born in Multan)
• 1526 - 1857: Mughal ascendancy (1526–1707), nominal rule by Mughals (1707–1857)
• 1541 - 1543: Sher Shah Suri built the Rohtas Fort
• 1586: Yusufzais defeat Akbar in the Karakar pass [6]
• 1701: Kalhoro Dynasty establishes its rule over Sindh
• 1739: Nadir Shah of Persia invades subcontinent
• 1751-52: Ahmed Shah Abdali annexes Punjab to his kingdom
• 1782: The Baloch tribe of Talpur defeats the last Kalhora ruler Mian Abdul Nabi in the battle of Halani
• 1801 - 1849: Sikhs become dominant force in Punjab, Ranjit Singh rules (1799–1839),
• 1843: British defeat Talpurs in the battle of Miani and annex Sindh[7]
• 1849: British defeat Sikhs and annex Punjab
• November 1, 1857 The British control most present-day Pakistan region and incorporate it as part of the British Indian Empire.
• 1906: A new political party All-India Muslim League formed to protect rights of Muslims in British Indian Empire.
• 1913: Prominent Muslim leader, Muhammad Ali Jinnah left Indian National Congress aknowlleging that Hindu dominant Indian Congress failing to protect Indian Muslim rights, later became leader of theAll-India Muslim League and instrumental in the creation of Pakistan.
• 1930: Dr. Muhammad Allama Iqbal, a great Muslim philosopher and poet suggested creation of separate Muslim state in Indian sub-continent to protect Muslim population dominated by Hindumajority.
• 1935: A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.7 jolted Quetta killing over 50,000 people
• 1947: Pakistan is created.
Post-creation Era of the 20th Century [edit]
• 1948: Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the first governor general of Pakistan, passes away
• 1951: Prime minister Khan Liaqat Ali Khan assassinated
• 1954: Government of Pakistan approves the National Anthem, written by Abul Asar Hafeez Jullundhri and composed by Ahmed G. Chagla.
• 1954: Constituent Assembly unanimously passes the resolution in favour of Urdu and Bengali as national languages.
• 1956: The Constituent Assembly promulgates first indigenous constitution
• 1956: Constituent Assembly decides the country shall be a Federal Republic known as Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
• 1958: After a military coup dictorial Ayub Khan takes over
• 1960: Ayub Khan becomes first elected president
• August 1, 1960: Islamabad is declared as the principal seat of the Government of Pakistan.
HISTORY OF PAKISTAN
BC [edit]
• 2,000,000 BC: In Riwat, dating at this period, stones implementations (tools) have been found at the site, proposing a possibility of earlier homo erectus existence[3]
• 1,600,000 BC: A stone artefact is discovered in Riwat, dated to this period[4]
• 500,000 BC: Some of the earliest relics of Stone Age man have been found in the Soan Valley of the Potohar region near Rawalpindi, dating back to 500,000 BCE
• 9000 BC - 5500 BC: Mehrgarh Period I
• 5500 BC - 4800 BC: Mehrgarh Period II
• 4800 BC - 3500 BC: Mehrgarh Period III
• 3500 BC - 2800 BC: Mehrgarh Periods IV to VI
• 2800 BC - 2000 BC: Mehrgarh Period VII
• 2800 BC - 2500 BC: Early Harappan / Kot Diji Phase
• 2500 BC - 1900 BC: Harappan Phase; Flourishment ofIndus Valley Civilization at urban centres, Mohenjo-Daro &Harappa
• 1900 BC - 1300 BC: Late Harappan Phase (Cemetery H Culture)
• 1700 BC - 0600 BC: Start of the Aryan civilization in Sapta Sindhu, Punjab and of Indus culture, Rigvedic civilization
• 1500 BC: Earliest verses of Rig-Veda were written in the Indus Valley (Pakistan)
• 516 BC: Pakistan becomes easternmost part of Achaemenid Empire of Persia. Gandharais semi-independent kingdom
• 500 BC: Gandhara civilization (500 BC to 500 AD) [5]
• 327 BC - 325 BC: Alexander of Macedonia invades Pakistan and captures Taxila
• 326 BC: Porus, the king of Punjab, fought the battle of the Hydaspes River against the Macedonian king Alexander.
• 325 BC: During the siege of the capital of the Mallians (modern Multan), Alexander was seriously wounded by an arrow in the chest.
• 300 BC: Mauryan empire, Ashoka promotes Buddhism
• 185 BC: Bactrian Greeks conquer North-West Pakistan
• 75 BC: Arrival of Scythians (Sakas) from central Asia
AD [edit]
• 20: Parthians conquer present Northern Pakistan area
• 60: Kushans from central Asia overthrow Parthians
• 3rd Century: Kushans decline and are dominated by Sassanian empire of Persia
• 4th Century: Kidar (little) Kushans come to power
• 450: White Huns (Hephthalites) attacked Gandhara, sacked its cities and burnt down its many monasteries and centres of learning
• 565: Sassanians and Turks overthrow Huns
• Late 6th –7th Century: Turki Shahi control area West of Indus, including Gandhara
• 711 - 712: Muhammad bin Qasim conquers Sindh and Southern Punjab
• 870 - 1026: Hindu Shahi ruled from Multan to Kabul
• 1001: Mahmud Ghazni defeats the Hindu Shahi king Jayapala (A Janjua Rajput) near Peshawar
• 1021: Mahmud Ghazni defeats Tarnochalpal and annexes Punjab
• 1058: Soomra Dynasty, Soomro period from 1058 to 1351 ends the Arab domination and establishes its own rule over Sindh.
• 1148 - 1206: Ghaurids Period
• 1206: A body of Gakhars assassinated Muhammad Ghori during a raid on his camp on the Jhelum River
• 1221: Mongol Genghis Khan invades Punjab
• 1351: Samma Dynasty assumed rule over Sindh
• 1398: Tamerlane plunders Lahore
• 1472: Sher Shah Suri (original name Farid Khan born in Multan)
• 1526 - 1857: Mughal ascendancy (1526–1707), nominal rule by Mughals (1707–1857)
• 1541 - 1543: Sher Shah Suri built the Rohtas Fort
• 1586: Yusufzais defeat Akbar in the Karakar pass [6]
• 1701: Kalhoro Dynasty establishes its rule over Sindh
• 1739: Nadir Shah of Persia invades subcontinent
• 1751-52: Ahmed Shah Abdali annexes Punjab to his kingdom
• 1782: The Baloch tribe of Talpur defeats the last Kalhora ruler Mian Abdul Nabi in the battle of Halani
• 1801 - 1849: Sikhs become dominant force in Punjab, Ranjit Singh rules (1799–1839),
• 1843: British defeat Talpurs in the battle of Miani and annex Sindh[7]
• 1849: British defeat Sikhs and annex Punjab
• November 1, 1857 The British control most present-day Pakistan region and incorporate it as part of the British Indian Empire.
• 1906: A new political party All-India Muslim League formed to protect rights of Muslims in British Indian Empire.
• 1913: Prominent Muslim leader, Muhammad Ali Jinnah left Indian National Congress aknowlleging that Hindu dominant Indian Congress failing to protect Indian Muslim rights, later became leader of theAll-India Muslim League and instrumental in the creation of Pakistan.
• 1930: Dr. Muhammad Allama Iqbal, a great Muslim philosopher and poet suggested creation of separate Muslim state in Indian sub-continent to protect Muslim population dominated by Hindumajority.
• 1935: A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.7 jolted Quetta killing over 50,000 people
• 1947: Pakistan is created.
Post-creation Era of the 20th Century [edit]
• 1948: Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the first governor general of Pakistan, passes away
• 1951: Prime minister Khan Liaqat Ali Khan assassinated
• 1954: Government of Pakistan approves the National Anthem, written by Abul Asar Hafeez Jullundhri and composed by Ahmed G. Chagla.
• 1954: Constituent Assembly unanimously passes the resolution in favour of Urdu and Bengali as national languages.
• 1956: The Constituent Assembly promulgates first indigenous constitution
• 1956: Constituent Assembly decides the country shall be a Federal Republic known as Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
• 1958: After a military coup dictorial Ayub Khan takes over
• 1960: Ayub Khan becomes first elected president
• August 1, 1960: Islamabad is declared as the principal seat of the Government of Pakistan.