History of India Quizzes

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Read a bit about History of India and the topics covered in the quizzes.

Pre-historic

the Stone Age and the Bronze Age

Vedic-Period

Vedic society, Sanskritisation, Sanskrit's Epics

Second Urbanisation

Mahajanapada, the Uphanishads and Shramana movements, the Magadha Empire, Persian and Greek conquests, the Maurya Empire

Epic and Early Puranic Period: Early Classical Period and the Golden Age (ca. 200 BCE - 700 CE)

southern India, the Sunga Empire, nortwestern hybrid cultures, the Satavahana dynasty, the Kushan Empire, Gupta Empire (the Golden Age), the Vakataka dynasty, the Empire of Harsha, the Chalukya Empire

Medieval and Late Puranic Period - Late Classical Age (500 - 1500 CE)

northern India, southern India, the Rashtrakuta, the Pala, and the Chola Empires, the western Chalukya Empire, the Islamic Sultanates, the Delhi Sultanate, the Vijayanagara Empire

Mughal Empire

post-Mughal period, the Maratha Empire, the Sikh Empire (north-west), other kingdoms

Colonial Era (1500 -1947)

East India Company rule in India, the rebellion of 1857 and its consequences, British Raj (reforms, famines), the Indian independence movement

Independence and partition ( 1947 - present)

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