Indian History

India's history and culture is ancient and dynamic, spanning back to the beginning of human civilization.  Beginning with a mysterious culture along the Indus River and in farming communities in the southern lands of India.  The history of india is one puncuated by constant integration with migrating peoples and with the diverse cultures  that surround India. Placed in the center of Asia, history in india is a crossroads of cultures from China to  Europe,  and the most significant Asian connection with the cultures of Africa. India's history is more than just a set of unique developments in a definable process; it is, in many ways, a microcosm  of human history itself, a diversity of cultures all impinging on a great people and being reforged into new, syncretic  forms. IndHistory.com brings you the india's history starting from ancient history of india to modern indian history.  Shown below is the indiatimeline starting   from 3000 BC ofancient indus valley civilization and harappa civilization to 1000 AD of chola Dynasty of ancient history  of india. Indian History in Short : The History of India begins with the birth of the Indus Valley Civilization in such sites as Mohenjo-Daro,  Harappa, and Lothal, and the coming of the Aryans. These two phases are usually described as the pre-Vedic and  Vedic perio ds. It is in the Vedic period that Hinduism first arose: this is the time to which the Vedas are dated. In the fifth century, large parts of India were united under Ashoka. He also converted to Buddhism, and it is in  his reign that Buddhism spread to o ther parts of Asia. It is in the reign of the Mauryas that Hinduism took the  shape that fundamentally informs the religion down to the present day. Successor states were more fragmented.

Islam first came to India in the eighth century, and by the 11th century had firmly  established itself in India as a political force; the North Indian dynasties of the Lodhis,  Tughlaqs, and numerous others, whose remains are visible in Delhi and scattered elsewhere  around North India, were finally succeeded by the Mughal empire, under which India once  again achieved a large measure of political unity. The European presence in India dates to the seventeenth century, and it is in the latter part  of this century that the Mughal empire began to disintegrate, paving the way for regional  states. In the contest for supremacy, the English emerged 'victors', their rule marked by the  conquests at the battlefields of Plassey and Buxar. The Rebellion of 1857-58, which sought to restore Indian supremacy, was crushed; and with  the subsequent crowning of Victoria as Empress of India, the incorporation of India into the  empire was complete. Successive campaigns had the effect of driving the British out of India  in 1947.                    NOW 2 READ IN DETAILS SELECT YOUR CATEGORY

1.Ancient India History The Indus Valley Civilisation, Harrapa | Aryans and the Vedic Age |  Rise of Religions and Emergence of the State | The Gupta Age | The Southern Kingdoms 2.Medieval India History The Muslim Invasion | Mughal empire | The Marathas 3.Modern India History Coming of the Europeans | East India Company | India's freedom struggle