Chronologies

INDIA
Indus Valley civilisation c2500 - 1700 BCE
Kushan dynasty 50 CE - c600 CE
Gupta dynasty 320 - 540
Pallava dynasty c574 - 600
Pala and Sena dynasties c730 - 1250
Chola dynasty c850 - 1150
Chandella dynasty c900 - 1100
Hoysala dynasty c1100 - 1310
Sultanate kingdoms 1206 - 1555
Vijayanagara dynasty c1336 - 1565
Deccani kingdoms 1489 - 1687
Rajput kingdoms 1500s - 1600s
Mughal empire 1526 - 1748
British Raj 1858 - 1947
Independence 1947

HIMALAYAS
TIBET
              Middle Ages c970 - 1570
              Mongolian control c1580 - 1720
              Chinese rule 1720 - 1795
              Independent rule 1795 - 1950
              Chinese rule 1950 - present

CHINA
Neolithic c5000 - c1700 BCE
Shang dynasty c1700 - 1027 BCE
Zhou dynasty 1027 - 221 BCE
Qin dynasty 221 - 206 BCE
Han dynasty 206 BCE - 220 CE
Northern and Southern dynasties 220 CE - 581
             Northern Wei dynasty 386 - 534
             Eastern Wei dynasty 534 - 550
Sui dynasty 581 - 618
Tang dynasty 618 - 906
Five dynasties 906 - 960
Liao dynasty 907 - 1125
Song dynasty 960 - 1279 
             Northern Song 960 - 1125
             Southern Song 1127 - 1279
Jin dynasty 1115 - 1234
Yuan dynasty 1279 - 1368
Ming dynasty 1368 - 1644
            Hongwu 1368 - 1398
            Yongle 1403 - 1424 
            Xuande 1426 - 1435
            Chenghua 1465 - 1487
            Hongzhi 1488 - 1505
            Zhengde 1506 - 1521
            Jiajing 1522 - 1566
            Longqing 1567 - 1572
            Wanli 1573 - 1619 
            Tianqi 1628 - 1643
Qing dynasty 1644 - 1912
            Shunzhi 1644 - 1661
            Kangxi 1662 - 1722
            Yongzheng 1723 - 1735
            Qianlong 1736 - 1795
            Jiaqing 1796 - 1820
            Daoguang 1821 - 1850
            Xianfeng 1851 - 1861
            Tongzhi 1862 - 1873 
            Guangxu 1874 - 1907
            Xuantong 1908 - 1912
Republic 1912 - 1949
People's Republic 1949 - present

KOREA
Three kingdoms 37 BCE - 668 CE
            Kokuryo dynasty 37 BCE - 68 CE
            Paekche dynasty 18 BCE - 663 CE
            Old Silla dynasty 57 BCE - 668 CE
United Silla kingdom 668 CE - 936
Koryo period 918 - 1392
Chosun dynasty 1392 - 1910
Japanese rule 1910 - 1945
Republic of Korea in the south; Democratic Republic of Korea in the north 1948 - present

JAPAN
Jomon to c200 BCE
Yayoi period c200 BCE - c250 CE
Kofun (Tumulus)
period c250 CE - 552
Asuka period 552 - 646
Nara period 646 - 794
Heian period 794 - 1185
Kamakura period 1185 - 1332
Nambokucho period 1333 - 1392
Muromachi period 1392 - 1568
Momoyama period 1568 - 1615
Edo (Tokugawa) period 1615 - 1868
Meiji period 1868 - 1912
Taisho period 1912 - 1926
Showa period 1926 - 1988
Heisei period 1989 - present

VIETNAM
Hong Bang dynasty 2879 - 258 BCE
Thuc dynasty 257 - 208 BCE
Trieu dynasty 207 - 111 BCE
Chinese rule 111 BCE - 939 CE
Ly dynasty 1009 - 1225
Tran dynasty 1225 - 1400
Le dynasty c1420 - 1787
Nguyen 1802 - 1945
French colonial rule 1860 - 1945

LAOS
Lan Xang kingdom 1353 - 1707
Independence 1953
Lao People's Democratic Republic 1975

CAMBODIA
Neolithic period c4000 - 100 BCE
Funan period c100 CE - 400
Chenla c400 - 550
Pre-Angkorian period c500 - 799
Angkorian period 802 - 1431
Post-Angkorian period 1431 - 1804
French colonial rule 1804 - c1950
Independence 1953
Democratic Kampuchea 1975 - 1979
People's Republic of Kampuchea 1979 - 1989
State of Cambodia 1989 - present

THAILAND
Prehistoric to 100 CE
Indianised (Hindu) period 100 - 500
Dvaravati (Mon) period 500 - 1000
Srivijaya period 700 - 1200
Lopburi period 900 - 1300
Sukhothai period 1200 - 1400
Lanna period 1200 - 1500
Ayuthaya period 1350 - 1767
Thon Buri period 1767 - 1782
Bangkok period 1782 - present

INDONESIA
Srivijaya late 600s - early 1200s
Central Java:
              Sailendra period c750 - 929
East Java:
              Kadiri 1049 - 1222 
              Singhasari 1222 - 1292
              Majapahit 1293 - 1527
Islamic kingdoms 1300s - c1700
European involvement 1500s - 1942
Independence 1949