subject: Indian History In Short [print this page] Indian History begins with the birth of the Indus Valley Civilization in several sites like Harappa, Mohenjo-Daro, the coming of the Aryans and the and scholars usually etc. However, these two phases are usually described as the Vedic periods and the pre-Vedic. It is in the Vedic period that Hinduism first arose: this is the only time to which the Vedas are dated.
It has been said that in the fifth century, the large parts of India were united under the Ashoka emperor and he wanted to convert that India into Buddhism. Therefore, for this his reign that to spread Buddhism to other 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 and the Successor states were more fragmented in the History of India.
Moreover, the Islam Islam had gained a considerable foot hold in the Indian subcontinent in the 18TH century and by 11th century, it had firmly established itself in India as a political force, the North Indian dynasties of the Tughlaqs, Lodhis, the Ghaznavis and numerous others, whose remains are visible in Delhi and scattered elsewhere around North India, which were finally succeeded by the Mughal empire, which is often termed as the golden period under that India once again achieved a large measure of political unity. This was greatly marked in the History of India.
Similarly, in the 17th century the European present in India and it is in the latter part of this century that the Mughal Empire began to paving the way for regional states and disintegrates. After that, in the contest for supremacy, the English emerged 'victors', their rule marked by the conquests at the battlefields of Plassey and Buxar. Furthermore, The Rebellion of 1857-58, which sought to restore Indian supremacy, was crushed; and with the consequent 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 Indian History in 1947.
