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| 1100 AD || Nutrition || Diet || With the {{w|Muslim conquests in the Indian subcontinent}}, most people in India stop eating {{w|pork}}. People can still eat {{w|lamb}} or {{w|goat}}s or {{w|chicken}}, but most of the people in India become {{w|vegetarian}}s, and only eat meat very rarely or not at all. Along the coasts and rivers, though, people still eat plenty of fish.<ref name="Indian food history – spices and sugar in ancient India"/>
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| 1396 || Nutrition || Crisis || The {{w|Durga Devi famine}} breaks out as a very severe and prolonged famine lasting about twelve years until 1407,<ref>{{cite web |title=FAMINE |url=https://theodora.com/encyclopedia/f/famine.html |website=theodora.com |accessdate=17 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=THE MUSLIM PERIOD |url=https://cultural.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/Poona/PART%20II/Chap%20(2)/Muslim%20Period.htm |website=cultural.maharashtra.gov.in |accessdate=17 June 2020}}</ref> affecting the [[w:Deccan Plateau|Deccan]] region.<ref name="scroll.in">{{cite web |title=In parched Marathwada, farmers are finally turning away from water-intensive sugarcane |url=https://scroll.in/article/759038/in-parched-marathwada-farmers-are-finally-turning-away-from-water-intensive-sugarcane |website=scroll.in |accessdate=17 June 2020}}</ref> Many thousand people die in {{w|Maharashtra}}.<ref>{{cite book |last1=DK |title=Timelines of History: The Ultimate Visual Guide to the Events That Shaped the World |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=avLkDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA489&lpg=PA489&dq=Durga+Devi+famine&source=bl&ots=P0O07mSAe_&sig=ACfU3U1AnrUQm3cF4pNqYHT3B33gCTdDIA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiPtdPk3InqAhUZJrkGHa6QBkkQ6AEwEXoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=Durga%20Devi%20famine&f=false}}</ref> Overall, it is estimated that the famine killed millions of people.<ref>{{cite web |title=A Millennium of Monsoon Failures, Droughts and Famines |url=http://www.island.lk/2010/06/14/features2.html |website=island.lk |accessdate=17 June 2020}}</ref>
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| 1400–1500 || Food || Introduction || {{w|Tamarind}} is introduced in India.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tamarindus indica L. |url=https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/31829 |website=indiabiodiversity.org |accessdate=20 September 2019}}</ref> It is one of the most popular sourcing agents in Indian and Asian cooking.<ref>{{cite web |title=TAMARIND: A HISTORY AND INSIGHT |url=https://www.herbies.com.au/general/tamarind-history-insight/ |website=herbies.com.au |accessdate=20 September 2019}}</ref>
