| As far as the history of India is concerned, it traces its | | | | the Ghaznavis. It was finally under the Mughals, which |
| origins to Indus valley civilization. These civilizations | | | | is often termed as the golden period. It was the period |
| spread and developed in the sites, which are now | | | | when the county was united politically. |
| known as Mohenjo-daro, Harappa and Lothal. This | | | | As the mughals started to disintegrate in the early 17th |
| was followed by the arrival of Aryans and scholars | | | | century, the Europeans seized the opportunity to grab |
| usually classify these periods as the Pre Vedic and | | | | ultimate supremacy. The Dutch, French, Portuguese |
| Vedic periods. In the Vedic era Hinduism cam in to | | | | and the British all had substantial interest, but it was the |
| being which it self was largely influenced from the | | | | British who emerged victors. In the year 1857, there |
| Indus valley civilization. | | | | was a mutiny, which consequently took the form of a |
| Near about in the 4th century BC, the entire | | | | rebellion. Thus, India became a colony of the British |
| subcontinent was brought together and unified by the | | | | Empire. But in the year ,1920 a nationalist movement |
| Mauryans. This period saw India being ruled by Ashoka | | | | was taking place asking independence from British |
| the great, who later on converted in to Buddhism. It is | | | | dominion, under the tutelage of leaders like Mohandas |
| under him that Buddhism propagated to the entire | | | | karamchand Gandhi, Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar |
| parts of Asia. It is also a fact that it was due to the | | | | Ballabh Bhai Patel and few others. |
| Mauryan era that is responsible for the formulation of | | | | It took nearly 3 decades and in the year 1947, the |
| present day Hinduism as a religion. | | | | British finally granted independence but it came with a |
| In between the 8th century BC and 11th century BC, | | | | cost. It was divided in to India and Pakistan, as a Muslim |
| Islam had gained a considerable foot hold in the Indian | | | | majority state. The first prime minister was Jawaharlal |
| subcontinent. Islam mainly thrived die to the presence | | | | Nehru. In the year 1950, India became a republic and |
| of numerous dynasties who ruled the country for a | | | | from then on it had been a thriving democracy. |
| brief period of time such as the Lodhis, Tughlaqs and | | | | |