city Benares: All Data

Benares is a city in India (with Siachen Glacier). This page covers its chronology of mentions across 5,500 years of history, including capitals, battles, events and subdivisions. Part of Phersu Atlas.

1. Lists and Timelines

Benares : All the events that happened on its coordinates Benares : All the polities that existed on its coordinates Benares : Chronology

Varanasi: Chronology of Mentions

Note: For polities of antiquity, the listed capital or subdivision capital may also represent one or several of the most important cities of the region.

599 BC
Capital of Kingdom of Kashi
1091 AD
Capital of Gahadavala Dynasty
1741 AD
Capital of Benares Kingdom
1776 AD
Capital of Benares Kingdom (Princely State)
1947 AD
Mentioned in Event: Partition of India
1950 AD
Mentioned in Event: Partition of India