647 - 1192: Rajput Period
713 - 1300: Muslim Invaders (Turks and Arabs) infamous invaders like Mahmud Gori and Mahmud Ghazni
8th Century: Arabs capture Sind and multan
1450 - 1700: mughal Rule
1469 - 1539: Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji (1st Sikh Guru)
1539 - 1675: Period of 8 sikh from Guru Angad Dev Ji to Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji
1675 - 1708: Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji (10th Sikh Guru)
1699: Birth of the Khalsa
1708 - 1715: Conquests of Banda Bahadur
1716 - 1759: Sikh struggle against Moghul Governors
1739: - Nadir Shah of Persia invades
1748 -1769: Ahmed Shah Abdali's nine invasions
1762: 2nd Ghalughara (Holocaust) during Ahmed Shah's 6th invasion
1764 - 1799: The Sikh Misls fight each other for control of territories
1799 - 1839: Maharaja Ranjit Singh Rules Punjab and J and K
- 1707-1716, Creation of Sikh Confederacy begins to influence the political structure of the Punjab region.
- 1762-1767, Ahmed Shah Abdali and the Sikhs battle for control.
- 1763-1774, Charat Singh, Misaldar (Leader or Chief) of Sukerchakia Army established himself in Gujranwala.
- 1773, Ahmed Shah Abdali dies and his son Timur Shah is unable to suppress the Sikhs.
- 1774-1790, Maha Singh, becomes Misaldar of the Sukerchakia Army.
- 1762-1801, The military power of the Sikh Confederacy increases rapidly.
- 1790-1801, Ranjit Singh becomes Misaldar (ruler) of the Sukerchakia Army.
- 1799-1801, transistion period neither Confederacy or Empire.
- 1801 April 12th, Coronation of Ranjit Singh as Maharaja, formal beginning of the Sikh Empire.
- 1801 - 27th June 1839, Reign of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, whose coronation took place in 1801.
- 27th June 1839 - 5th November 1840, Reign of Maharaja Kharak Singh
- 5th November 1840 - 18th January 1841, Chand Kaur was briefly Regent
- 18th January 1841 - 15th September 1843, Reign of Maharaja Sher Singh
- 15th September 1843 - 31st March 1849, Reign of Maharaja Duleep Singh
