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The History of India can be traced in fragments as far back as 700,000 years ago. The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. According to the Indo-Aryan migration hypothesis, the so-called Aryans from the north-west of the Indian subcontinent migrated between 2000 BCE and 1500 BCE, possibly from Central Asia or the Middle East; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants apparently resulted in classical Indian culture. Arab incursions starting in the 8th century and Turkish ...

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(2nd millennium BC – 1st millennium BC – 1st millennium – other millennia) 1st millennium BC - Events. The Iron Age spread to Western Europe Egypt declined as a major power The Tanakh was written Buddhism was founded by Siddharta Gautama, commonly known as the Buddha (6th century BC) Jainism was founded by Mahavira (6th century BC) Cyrus the Great conquered Babylon and created the Persian Empire (6th century BC) Sparta and Athens fought the P ...

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Bindusara was the second Mauryan emperor (297 - c.272 BC) after Chandragupta Maurya. The Greeks called him Amitrochates - the Greek word for the Sanskrit 'Amitraghata' (Slayer of Enemies). Bindusara inherited a large empire that consisted of what is now, North, Central and East India and the parts of Afghanistan and Baluchistan. Bindusara extended this empire to the southern part of India, as far as what is now known as Karnataka. He brought sixteen states under the Mauryan Empire and thus conquered almost all of the Ind ...

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List of Indian monarchs - Bharata Dynasty c. 1600-1400 BC. Manu Vaivasvata (from c. 1600 BC) Sudyumna Yayati, great-grandson of Sudyumna Dushyanta, father of Bharata Bharata, son of Dushyanta, India's native name Bharatavarsha (Bharat) is named after him Bhimanyu, son of Bharata Sudas Rsabha Srestha ...

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Archeological finds within the Kathmandu Valley show it to have been inhabitat as early as 900 BC. It is noted that the Buddha in the 6th Century BC spent some time in Kathmandu Valley with his disciples in present day Patan. Four stupas around the city of Patan erected by the Ashoka the Great a Mauryan King in the 3rd century BC attest to the ancient history present within the valley. The Kirats were the first rulers of the Kathmandu Valley the remains of their palace are said to be in Patan near Hiranyavarna Mahavihara called "Patukodon". ...

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Archeological finds within the Kathmandu Valley show it to have been inhabited as early as 900 BC. It is noted that the Buddha and his disciples spent some time in the area where present day Patan is located within the Kathmandu Valley in the 6th century BC. Four stupas around the city of Patan erected by Ashoka the Great, a Mauryan King, in the 3rd century BC attest to the ancient history present within the valley. The Kirats are the first documented rulers of the Kathmandu Valley, the remains of their palace are said to be in Patan near Hi ...

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The early Neolithic culture in South Asia is represented by the Mehrgarh culture which began in 7000 BC, now in Baluchistan, Pakistan. The Mehrgarh community were mostly pastoral, lived in mud houses, wove baskets and tended to goats and their farms. By 5500 BC, pottery began to appear and later chalcolithic implements began to appear. By 2000 BC, the settlement was abandoned. Late Neolithic cultures sprang up in the Indus Valley region between 6000 BC and 2000 BC (see belo ...

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History of India - Indus Valley Civilization. The transition of settlements from agricultural to complex urban communities occurred sometime between the early settlements at Mehrgarh, and c. 3000 BC. This period marked the beginning of the earliest urban society in India, known as the Indus Valley Civilization, also called the Harappan civilization, which thrived between 2600 BC and 1900 BC. It was centred along the Indus Rivers and its tributaries, including the Ghaggar-Hakra Saraswati, and extended into the Gan ...

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Around the 5th century BCE, the northern Indian subcontinent was invaded by the Achaemenid Empire and the Greeks of Alexander the Great's army. This had important repercussions for Indian civilisation, as the political systems of the Persians would have an influence on later Indian political philosophy, including the administration of the Mauryan dynasty, and a melting pot of Indian, Persian, Central Asian and Greek culture was created in the modern region of Afghanistan, producing a unique hybrid culture. History of India - Achaemenid EmpireSee also:

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By 500 BC, sixteen monarchies and 'republics' known as the Mahajanapadas stretched across the Indo-Gangetic plains from modern-day Afghanistan to Bangladesh. The largest of these nations were Magadha, Kosala, Kuru and Gandhara. The right of a king to his throne, no matter how it was gained, was usually legitimized through religious right and genealogies concocted by priests who ascribed divine origins to the rulers. There is some controversy about how closely the political entities of this period can be represented by those mentioned in the ...

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Amongst the 16 Mahajanapadas, the kingdom of Magadha rose to prominence under a number of dynasties that peaked in power under the reign of Asoka Maurya, one of India's most legendary and famous emperors. The kingdom of Magadha had emerged as a major power following the subjugation of two neighbouring kingdoms, and possessed an unparalleled military. History of India - Shishunaga dynasty. According to tradition, the Shishunaga dynasty founded the Magadha Empire in 684 BC, whose capital was Rajagriha, later ...

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The middle period, especially that associated with the Gupta dynasty, is known as India's Golden Age, a time of unparalleled cultural development. The Kushanas invaded northwestern India about the middle of the 1st century CE, from Central Asia, and founded an empire that eventually stretched from Peshawar to the middle Ganges and, perhaps, as far as the Bay of Bengal. It also included ancient Bactria (in the north of modern Afghanistan) and southern Tajikistan. Their power also extended into Turkestan and helped spread Buddhism to China. In ...

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Later, the Chola kingdom emerged in northern Tamil Nadu, and the Chera kingdom in Kerala. The ports of southern India were involved in the Indian Ocean trade, chiefly involving spices, with the Roman Empire to the west and Southeast Asia to the east. In the north, the first of the Rajputs, a series of kingdoms which managed to survive in some form for almost a millennium until Indian independence from the British. History of India - Harsha's empire. King Harsha of Kannauj succeeded in reuniting northern In ...

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List of Indian monarchs - Slave Dynasty 1206-1290. Qutb-ud-din Aybak (1206-1210) Aram Shah (1210-1211) Shams-ud-din Iltutmish (1211-1236) Rukn-ud-din Firuz (1236) Raziyyat ud din Sultana (1236-1240) Muiz-ud-din Bahram (1240-1242) Ala-ud-din Masud (1242-1246) Nasir-ud-din Mahmud (1246-1266) Ghiyas-ud-di ...

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List of Indian monarchs, List of Indian monarchs - Puru-Bharata Dynasty c. 1600 BC - 1013 CE, List of Indian monarchs - Bharata Dynasty c. 1600-1400 BC, List of Indian monarchs - Puru Dynasty c. 1400-1200 BC, List of Indian monarchs - Kuru Dynasty c. 1200-450 BC, List of Indian monarchs - Paurava Dynasty c. 450-316 BC, List of Indian monarchs - Janjua Shahi Dynasty 960-1013 CE, List of Indian monarchs - Magadhan Emperors c. 684 BC - 550 CE, List of Indian monarchs - Shishunaga Dynasty 684-424 BC, List of Indian monarchs - Shakya Dynasty c. 650-500 BC, List of Indian monarchs - Nanda Dynasty 424-321 BC, List of Indian monarchs - Maurya Dynasty 324-184 BC, List of Indian monarchs - Shunga Dynasty 185-73 BC, List of Indian monarchs - Gupta Dynasty c. 240-550 CE, List of Indian monarchs - Pandya Dynasty c. 550 BC - Present, List of Indian monarchs - Central Pandya Dynasty c. 550 BC - 1311 CE, List of Indian monarchs - Pandalam Dynasty 903 - Present, List of Indian monarchs - Persian Achaemenid Dynasty c. 538-330 BC, List of Indian monarchs - Macedonian Emperors 326-321 BC, List of Indian monarchs - Chera Dynasty c. 300 BC - 1314 CE, List of Indian monarchs - Ancient Chera Kings c. 300 BC - 397 CE, List of Indian monarchs - Kulashekhara Dynasty 825-1314 CE, List of Indian monarchs - Satavahana Dynasty c. 230 BC - 199 CE, List of Indian monarchs - Euthydemid Dynasty c. 221-85 BC, List of Indian monarchs - Chola Dynasty c. 100 BC - 1279 CE, List of Indian monarchs - Sangam Cholas c. 100 BC - 200 CE, List of Indian monarchs - Chola Emperors 848-1279 CE, List of Indian monarchs - Indo-Scythian Rulers c. 85 BC - 45 CE, List of Indian monarchs - North-western India c. 90 BC - 10 CE, List of Indian monarchs - Apracharaja Rulers 12 BC - 45 CE, List of Indian monarchs - Mathura area c. 20 BC - 20 CE, List of Indian monarchs - Minor local rulers, List of Indian monarchs - Indo-Parthian Rulers c. 21-100 CE, List of Indian monarchs - Kushana Dynasty 80-225, List of Indian monarchs - Pallava Dynasty 275-882, List of Indian monarchs - Early Pallavas 275-355, List of Indian monarchs - Middle Pallavas 355-537, List of Indian monarchs - Later Pallavas 537-882, List of Indian monarchs - Kadambas of Banavasi 345-525, List of Indian monarchs - Chalukya Dynasty 543-1156, List of Indian monarchs - Chalukyas of Badami 543-757, List of Indian monarchs - Chalukyas of Kalyana 973-1156, List of Indian monarchs - Shashanka dynasy 600-625, List of Indian monarchs - Harsha dynasty 606-648, List of Indian monarchs - Rashtrakutas of Manyaketha 735-982, List of Indian monarchs - Shahi Dynasty c. 890-895, List of Indian monarchs - Brahmin Shahi Dynasty c. 890-960, List of Indian monarchs - Janjua Shahi Dynasty 960-1013, List of Indian monarchs - Hoysala Dynasty 1000-1346, List of Indian monarchs - Delhi Sultanate 1206-1526, List of Indian monarchs - Slave Dynasty 1206-1290, List of Indian monarchs - Khilji Dynasty 1290-1320, List of Indian monarchs - Tughlaq Dynasty 1321-1398, List of Indian monarchs - Sayyid Dynasty 1414-1451, List of Indian monarchs - Lodi Dynasty 1451-1526, List of Indian monarchs - Bahmani Sultanate 1322-1527, List of Indian monarchs - Vijayanagara Empire 1336-1660, List of Indian monarchs - Sangama Dynasty 1336-1487, List of Indian monarchs - Saluva Dynasty 1490-1567, List of Indian monarchs - Tuluva Dynasty 1542-1614, List of Indian monarchs - Mughals and Suris 1526-1857, List of Indian monarchs - Mughal Dynasty 1526-1540, List of Indian monarchs - Suri Dynasty 1540-1555, List of Indian monarchs - Mughal Dynasty Restored 1555-1857, List of Indian monarchs - Maratha Empire 1674-1818, List of Indian monarchs - Chhatrapatis at Satara, List of Indian monarchs - Chhatrapatis at Kolhapur, List of Indian monarchs - The Peshwas, List of Indian monarchs - Maharajas of Thanjavur, List of Indian monarchs - Scindia Rulers of Gwalior, List of Indian monarchs - The Nawabs 1707-1856, List of Indian monarchs - Nawabs of Bengal 1707-1770, List of Indian monarchs - Nawabs of Awadh 1722-1856, List of Indian monarchs - Nizams of Hyderabad 1724-1948, List of Indian monarchs - Rulers of Mysore 1399-1950, List of Indian monarchs - Wodeyar Dynasty 1399-1782, List of Indian monarchs - Islamic Rulers of Mysore 1766-1799, List of Indian monarchs - Wodeyar Dynasty Restored 1799-1950, List of Indian monarchs - British Emperors of India 1877-1947

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List of Indian monarchs - Nawabs of Bengal 1707-1770. Murshid Quli Jafar Khan (1707-1727) Siraj ud din (1727-1739) Sarfraz Khan (1739-1740) Illahi Vardi Khan (1740-1756) Siraj Ud Daulah (1756-1757) Mir Jafar (1757-1760) Mir Qasim (1760-1763) Mir Jafar (1763-1765) Najm ud Daulah (1765-1766) Saif ud Daulah (1766-1770) List of Indian monarchs - Nawabs of Awadh 1722-1856. Saadat Khan ...

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List of Indian monarchs, List of Indian monarchs - Puru-Bharata Dynasty c. 1600 BC - 1013 CE, List of Indian monarchs - Bharata Dynasty c. 1600-1400 BC, List of Indian monarchs - Puru Dynasty c. 1400-1200 BC, List of Indian monarchs - Kuru Dynasty c. 1200-450 BC, List of Indian monarchs - Paurava Dynasty c. 450-316 BC, List of Indian monarchs - Janjua Shahi Dynasty 960-1013 CE, List of Indian monarchs - Magadhan Emperors c. 684 BC - 550 CE, List of Indian monarchs - Shishunaga Dynasty 684-424 BC, List of Indian monarchs - Shakya Dynasty c. 650-500 BC, List of Indian monarchs - Nanda Dynasty 424-321 BC, List of Indian monarchs - Maurya Dynasty 324-184 BC, List of Indian monarchs - Shunga Dynasty 185-73 BC, List of Indian monarchs - Gupta Dynasty c. 240-550 CE, List of Indian monarchs - Pandya Dynasty c. 550 BC - Present, List of Indian monarchs - Central Pandya Dynasty c. 550 BC - 1311 CE, List of Indian monarchs - Pandalam Dynasty 903 - Present, List of Indian monarchs - Persian Achaemenid Dynasty c. 538-330 BC, List of Indian monarchs - Macedonian Emperors 326-321 BC, List of Indian monarchs - Chera Dynasty c. 300 BC - 1314 CE, List of Indian monarchs - Ancient Chera Kings c. 300 BC - 397 CE, List of Indian monarchs - Kulashekhara Dynasty 825-1314 CE, List of Indian monarchs - Satavahana Dynasty c. 230 BC - 199 CE, List of Indian monarchs - Euthydemid Dynasty c. 221-85 BC, List of Indian monarchs - Chola Dynasty c. 100 BC - 1279 CE, List of Indian monarchs - Sangam Cholas c. 100 BC - 200 CE, List of Indian monarchs - Chola Emperors 848-1279 CE, List of Indian monarchs - Indo-Scythian Rulers c. 85 BC - 45 CE, List of Indian monarchs - North-western India c. 90 BC - 10 CE, List of Indian monarchs - Apracharaja Rulers 12 BC - 45 CE, List of Indian monarchs - Mathura area c. 20 BC - 20 CE, List of Indian monarchs - Minor local rulers, List of Indian monarchs - Indo-Parthian Rulers c. 21-100 CE, List of Indian monarchs - Kushana Dynasty 80-225, List of Indian monarchs - Pallava Dynasty 275-882, List of Indian monarchs - Early Pallavas 275-355, List of Indian monarchs - Middle Pallavas 355-537, List of Indian monarchs - Later Pallavas 537-882, List of Indian monarchs - Kadambas of Banavasi 345-525, List of Indian monarchs - Chalukya Dynasty 543-1156, List of Indian monarchs - Chalukyas of Badami 543-757, List of Indian monarchs - Chalukyas of Kalyana 973-1156, List of Indian monarchs - Shashanka dynasy 600-625, List of Indian monarchs - Harsha dynasty 606-648, List of Indian monarchs - Rashtrakutas of Manyaketha 735-982, List of Indian monarchs - Shahi Dynasty c. 890-895, List of Indian monarchs - Brahmin Shahi Dynasty c. 890-960, List of Indian monarchs - Janjua Shahi Dynasty 960-1013, List of Indian monarchs - Hoysala Dynasty 1000-1346, List of Indian monarchs - Delhi Sultanate 1206-1526, List of Indian monarchs - Slave Dynasty 1206-1290, List of Indian monarchs - Khilji Dynasty 1290-1320, List of Indian monarchs - Tughlaq Dynasty 1321-1398, List of Indian monarchs - Sayyid Dynasty 1414-1451, List of Indian monarchs - Lodi Dynasty 1451-1526, List of Indian monarchs - Bahmani Sultanate 1322-1527, List of Indian monarchs - Vijayanagara Empire 1336-1660, List of Indian monarchs - Sangama Dynasty 1336-1487, List of Indian monarchs - Saluva Dynasty 1490-1567, List of Indian monarchs - Tuluva Dynasty 1542-1614, List of Indian monarchs - Mughals and Suris 1526-1857, List of Indian monarchs - Mughal Dynasty 1526-1540, List of Indian monarchs - Suri Dynasty 1540-1555, List of Indian monarchs - Mughal Dynasty Restored 1555-1857, List of Indian monarchs - Maratha Empire 1674-1818, List of Indian monarchs - Chhatrapatis at Satara, List of Indian monarchs - Chhatrapatis at Kolhapur, List of Indian monarchs - The Peshwas, List of Indian monarchs - Maharajas of Thanjavur, List of Indian monarchs - Scindia Rulers of Gwalior, List of Indian monarchs - The Nawabs 1707-1856, List of Indian monarchs - Nawabs of Bengal 1707-1770, List of Indian monarchs - Nawabs of Awadh 1722-1856, List of Indian monarchs - Nizams of Hyderabad 1724-1948, List of Indian monarchs - Rulers of Mysore 1399-1950, List of Indian monarchs - Wodeyar Dynasty 1399-1782, List of Indian monarchs - Islamic Rulers of Mysore 1766-1799, List of Indian monarchs - Wodeyar Dynasty Restored 1799-1950, List of Indian monarchs - British Emperors of India 1877-1947

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