Milestones : Andhra Pradesh

322-297 BC: Reign of Chandragupta Maurya

200 BC-200 AD: Satavahavana dynasty

180-624 AD: Ikshvaku, Brihatpalayana, Salankayana, Vishnukundina, Vakataka, Pallava, Ananda Gotrika, Kalinga and others ruled over parts of Andhra with small kingdoms.

624 AD-1323 AD: A significant change seen in social, religious, linguistic and literary spheres of Andhra society. During this period the indigenous Telugu language, emerged as a literary medium subsuming the predominance of Prakrit and Sanskrit. As a result, Andhra achieved an identity and a distinction of its own. This change was brought by the Eastern and Western Chalukyas, the Rashtrakutas and the early Cholas.

550-750 AD: The Early Chalukyas ruled from Badami.

973-1195 AD: The later Chalukyas ruled from Kalyani.

624 AD: Pulakesin II, the renowned ruler of Chalukyas conquered Vengi (near Eluru) in 624 and built the splendid vesara style Navabrahma temples at Alampur and installed his brother Kubja Vishnuvardhana (624-641) as its ruler.

848 AD: Gunaga Vijayaditya ruled the region.

1118 AD: Kulottunga Chola defeated by Vikramaditya VI of the Kalyani Chalukya dynasty.

12th century AD: Kalyani Chalukya power declined and their empire was split into several local kingdoms, namely the Hoysala Empire, the Kakatiya dynasty and the Yadavas.

12th-13th century AD: Emergence of the Kakatiya dynasty.

1310-1323 AD: The Kakatiya dynasty faced Muslim onslaughts from 1310 and came under the control of Delhi Sultanate in 1323.

1370 AD: Fall of the Kakatiya Empire

1336-1450 AD: Vijayanagar Empire, considered the last great Hindu empire, swept across the Telugu region and the present day Karnataka. Most parts of present day Andhra Pradesh formed part of this empire.

1323 AD: The Delhi Sultan Ghiaz-ud-din Tughlaq sent a large army under Ulugh Khan to conquer the Telugu country and lay siege to Warangal. The disastrous fall of the Kakatiya capital in 1323 brought the Andhras, for the first time in their history, under the yoke of alien rulers, the Muslims.

1347 AD: An independent Muslim state, the Bahmani kingdom, was established in south India by Alla-ud-din Hasan Gangu as a revolt against the Delhi Sultanate. By the end of the 15th century, the Bahmani rule was plagued with faction fights and there came into existence the five Shahi kingdoms.

16th-17th century AD: The Qutb Shahi dynasty held sway over the Andhra country for about two hundred years.

1518 AD: Qutb Shahi rulers adopted religious tolerance and local customs to a great extent.

1520 AD: Golconda Fort was built

1591 AD: Construction of Charminar completed in Hyderabad.

1687 AD: Aurangazeb, the Mughal emperor invaded Golconda fort.

1707 AD: Aurangazeb died

1753 AD: Beginning of colonial era.

1758 AD: A war between the French and the English fought at Chandurthi (now is in Gollaprolu mandal in East Godavari district) in which the French were defeated.

1765 AD: Lord Robert Clive, the then existing Chief and Council at Vizagapatam obtained from the Mughal emperor Shah Alam a grant of the five Circars.

1948: Hyderabad was forced to become a part of India.

1953: Andhra State was the first state in India that has been formed on a purely linguistic basis by carving it out from Madras Province.

1956: Andhra State was later merged with Telugu speaking area of Hyderabad (Telangana) to create Andhra Pradesh state.1st Nov.1956: Andhra Pradesh was formed as an independent state of Indian union.