Chamba State

This article is about the specific polity Chamba State and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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Was a polity in the Indian subcontinent, located in the Punjab region.

Establishment

January 551: Chamba State was one of the oldest princely states in present-day Republic of India, having been founded during the late 6th century.

Chronology

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1. Wars of conquest of Muktapida

In the VIII century Muktapida, an Indian king of the Karkota dynasty of Kashmir, created a short-lived empire covering most of India.

January 741: Karkota ruler Lalitaditya Muktapida conquered extensive territories in India and Central Asia.

January 761: Karkota ruler Lalitaditya Muktapida conquered extensive territories in India and Central Asia.

2. Mongol invasions and conquests

Were a series of military campaigny by the Mongols that created the largest contiguous Empire in history, the Mongol Empire, which controlled most of Eurasia.

2.1.Invasions of India

The Mongol Empire launched several invasions into the Indian subcontinent from 1221 to 1327.

January 1298: In the winter of 1297, the Chagatai noyan Kadar led an army that ravaged the Punjab region, and advanced as far as Kasur.

February 1298: After being defeated by the Delhi Sultanate in the Battle of Jaran-Manjur, the Chagatai army left Punjab.