[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Archaeology, epigraphy and coins](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy) › [The Chronology of India, from the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.duff-1899) › c5.1706 # The Chronology of India, from the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century c5.1706 The Chronology of India, from the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century c5.1706 - **Language:** English ### [c5.1706](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.duff-1899.c5.1706) 13th September. In consequence of Vasco da Gama’s success, a Portuguese expedition under Pedro Alvarez Cabral arrives at Calicut; formed the first European factory in India at that place and returned to Lisbon July 1st, 1501, discovering on its homeward voyage the island of St. Helena.—Gleig, Picture of India. Bruce’s Annals of the East India Company. - [Previous: c5.1705](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.duff-1899.c5.1705) - [Next: c5.1707](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.duff-1899.c5.1707) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.duff-1899.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.duff-1899.c5.1706](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.duff-1899.c5.1706) · Pramāṇa