History of Gujarat

#	Duration	History
1	BC. 2500 - 1500	Lothal, Harappa, Mohenjo daro
2	BC. 322 - 298	Mauryan dynasty
3	130 - 390	Saka era
4	400 - 470	Gupta empires
5	470 - 788	Maitraka dynasty
6	470	Bhatarka rule in Saurashtra
7	788	Start of Maitraka rule after Shiladitya Seventh
8	750 - 972	The Gurjars had their sway over the north, the Chalukyas ruled the south
9	880 - 942	Chavdas held their sway over parts of north Gujarat - Patan
10	942 - 997	Mulraj Solanki
11	942 - 1244	Solanki dynasty
12	1094 - 1143	Sidhraj Jayasinh (Solanki king)
13	1143 - 1174	Kumarpala (Solanki king)
14	1244 - 1299	Vaghela dynasty
		Allauddin Khilji Karandev of the Vaghela dynasty was the last Hindu ruler of Gujarat. He was defeated and overthrown by the superior forces of Allauddin Khilji from Delhi in 1297. With his defeat Gujarat not only became part of the Muslim empire but the Gurjar Rajput hold over Gujarat lost for ever.
16	1200 - 1405	Under Delhi's viceroyalty
17	1407 - 1572	Independent Sultanate of Gujarat
		Ahmed Shah Firsth Ahmed Shah founded a new city, following a dream, on the banks of the River Sabarmati and named it Ahmedabad after his own name
19	1458 - 1511	Mahmud Shah, popularly known as Mahmud Begada, succeeded Ahmed Shah
20	1572 - 1752	Mughal Emperor
21	1753 - 1818	Maratha Empire
22	1820 - 1947	British colonial rule
23	1947 - 1956	After Indian independence and the Partition of India in 1947, the new Indian government grouped the former princely states of Gujarat into three larger units; Saurashtra, which included the former princely states on the Kathiawar peninsula, Kutch, and Bombay state
24	1956 - 1960	Bombay state was enlarged to include Kutch, Saurashtra, and parts of Hyderabad state and Madhya Pradesh in central India. The new state had a mostly Gujarati-speaking north and a Marathi-speaking south.
25	1960	Bombay state was enlarged to include Kutch, Saurashtra, and parts of Hyderabad state and Madhya Pradesh in central India. The new state had a mostly Gujarati-speaking north and a Marathi-speaking south.

Source: Information Center, Lal Darwaza, Ahmedabad
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Gujarat