History of India

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This article is about the history of the Indian subcontinent with India in focus prior to the partition of
India in 1947. For the modern Republic of India, see History of the Republic of India.
For Pakistan and Bangladesh in focus, see History of Pakistan and History of Bangladesh.
"Indian history" redirects here. For history of Native Americans, see History of Native Americans in
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History of India

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Outline of South Asian history

Palaeolithic (2,500,000250,000 BC)[show]

Neolithic (10,8003300 BC)[show]

Chalcolithic (35001500 BC)[show]

Bronze Age (30001300 BC)[show]

Iron Age (1500230 BC)[show]

Classical Period (230 BCAD 1206)[show]

Medieval and Early Modern Periods(12061858)[show]

Colonial Period (15101961)[show]

Kingdoms and Colonies of Sri Lanka (544 BC1948)[show]

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Regional histories[show]

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The history of India includes the prehistoric settlements and societies in the Indian subcontinent;
the advancement of civilisation from the Indus Valley Civilisation to the eventual blending of the IndoAryan culture to form the Vedic Civilisation; the development of Hinduism as a synthesis of various
Indian cultures and traditions; the rise of the ramana movement; the decline of rautasacrifices and
the birth of the initiatory traditions of Jainism, Buddhism, Shaivism, Vaishnavism and Shaktism; the
onset of a succession of powerful dynasties and empires for more than two millennia throughout
various geographic areas of the subcontinent, including the growth of nomadic Central Asian Muslim
dominions during the Medieval period intertwined with Hindu powers; the advent of European
traders resulting in the establishment of the British rule; and the subsequent independence
movement that led to the Partition of India and the creation of the Republic of India.
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