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Ok let me start the thread on Indian kingdom history

1.Indian History can be classified into three periods – Ancient India, Medieval India and Modern India

2.Ancient India (Pre-historic to AD 700)
There were activities of proto-humans (Homo erectus) in the Indian subcontinent 20 lakh years (2 million years) ago, and of Homo sapiens since 70,000 BC. But they were gathers/hunters.

3.The first inhabitants of Indian subcontinent might have been tribals like Nagas (North-East), Santhals (East-India), Bhils (Central India), Gonds (Central India), Todas (South India) etc. Most of them are speakers of the Austric, pre-Dravidian languages, such as Munda , Gondvi

4.Dravidians and Aryans are believed to be immigrants who came later to the sub-continent.

Ancient India can be studied under other heads like Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic and Chalcolithic period – based on the type of stone/ metal tools people used.

5. Paleolithic Period (2 million BC – 10,000 BC)

Fire

Tools made up of lime stone

Ostrich Eggs

Important Paleolithic sites: Bhimbetka (M.P), Hunsgi, Kurnool Caves, Narmada Valley (Hathnora, M.P), Kaladgi Basin

6. Mesolithic Period (10,000 BC – 8,000 BC)

Major Climatic Change happened

Domestication of animals ie Cattle rearing started

Microliths found at Brahmagiri (Mysore), Narmada, Vindya, Gujarat

7. Neolithic Period (8000 BC – 4,000 BC)

Agriculture Started

Wheel discovered

Inamgaon = An early village

Important Neolithic Sites : Burzahom(Kashmir), Gufkral(Kashmir), Mehrgarh(Pakistan), Chirand(Bihar), Daojali Hading(Tripura/Assam), Koldihwa(UP), Mahagara(UP), Hallur(AP)

8. Chalcolithic Period (4000 BC – 1,500 BC)

Copper Age. Can be considered part of Bronze Age. (Bronze = Copper + Tin)

Indus Valley Civilization (BC 2700 – BC 1900).

Also cultures at Brahmagiri, Navada Toli (Narmada region), Mahishadal (W.Bengal), Chirand (Ganga region)

9. Iron Age (BC 1500 – BC 200)

Vedic Period (Arrival of Aryans ie. BC 1600 – BC 600) – Nearly 1000 years (Basic books of Hinduism, ie Vedas were composed, might have written down later.)

Jainism and Buddhism

Mahajanapadas – Major Civilization after Indus Valley- banks of ganga

Magadha empire – Bimbisara of Haryanka Kula

Sisunga dynasty – Kalasoka (Kakavarnin)

Nanda empire – Mahapadma-nanda, Dhana-nanda

Persian- Greek: Alexander 327 BC

10. Mauryan Empire (321-185 BC)

Important rulers of Mauryan Empire: Chandra Gupta Maurya, Bindusara, Asoka

Post-Mauryan Kingdoms (Middle Kingdoms)

Sunga (181-71 BC) Kanva (71-27BC), Satavahanas (235-100BC), Indo-Greeks, Parthians (19-45AD), Sakas (90BC-150AD), Kushanas(78AD)

11.South Indian Kingdoms – Chola, Chera, Pandyas (BC 300)

12. Gupta Kingdom (300AD – 800AD): Classical Period

Important ruler of Gupta Period: Samudra Gupta (Indian Napoleon)

13 Medieval India (AD 700 – AD 1857)
AD: 800-1200: Tripartite struggle – Prathiharas, Palas, Rashtrakutas
Attack of Muhammed Bin Kassim (AD 712)
Rise of Islam and Sufism
Mohammed Ghazni (AD 1000-27)
Mohammed Ghori (AD 1175-1206)
* Kingdoms of South India Bhamini Vijayanagara

14. Delhi Sultanate (1206 AD – 1526 AD)

The following dynasties flourished one after the other during the Delhi Sultanate period.

Slave Dynasty

Kilji Dynasty

Tuglaq Dynasty

Sayyid Dynasty

Lodi Dynasty

Mughals (AD 1526 – AD 1857)

Great Mughals

15. Mughals (AD 1526 – AD 1857)

Great Mughals

Later Mughals

Mughals from Babar (1526) to Aurangazeb (1707) were more powerful and hence known as Great Mughals. Mughals who ruled from 1707 to 1857 were known as Later Mughals.

Arrival of Europeans..

16. Modern India (AD 1857 +)

First War of Indian Independence (1857)

Formation of Indian National Congress (1885)

Formation of Muslim League (1906)

Non-Co-operation Movement (1920)

Civil Disobedience Movement (1930)

Quit India Movement (1942)

Partition of India (1947)

17. Constitutional Development of India (1946 – 1950)

Economic Development of India

Wars – India-Pak – Formation of Bangladesh; India- China

New Economic Policy of 1991

Nuclear, Space and Defense Development

18 .This is the end of the Indian history thread ,I just throw some lime light of all kingdoms present in india before I hope you all like it continue to support me daily one histroy thread I will post

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