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* [[Timeline of Indian history]] |
* [[Timeline of Indian history]] |
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=== Prehistory |
=== Prehistory=== |
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* [[Stone Age |
* [[South Asian Stone Age]] |
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* [[Bronze Age |
* [[Bronze Age in South Asia|Bronze Age]] |
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* [[Iron Age |
* [[Iron Age in South Asia|Iron Age]] |
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** [[Vedic period]] |
** [[Vedic period]] |
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** [[Mahajanapadas]] |
** [[Mahajanapadas]] |
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* [[Soanian|Soanian people]] (500,000 BP) |
* [[Soanian|Soanian people]] (500,000 BP) |
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==== Stone Age |
==== Stone Age ==== |
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[[Stone Age |
[[South Asian Stone Age]] (50,000–3000 BCE) |
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* [[Bhirrana|Bhirrana Culture]] (7570-6200 BCE) |
* [[Bhirrana|Bhirrana Culture]] (7570-6200 BCE) |
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* [[Mehrgarh|Mehrgarh Culture]] (7000–3300 BCE) |
* [[Mehrgarh|Mehrgarh Culture]] (7000–3300 BCE) |
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* [[Kalachuris of Kalyani]] (1156–1184 CE) |
* [[Kalachuris of Kalyani]] (1156–1184 CE) |
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=== Medieval |
=== Medieval Period === |
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[[Medieval India|Late medieval period]] (1206–1596) |
[[Medieval India|Late medieval period]] (1206–1596) |
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* [[Sikh Empire]] (1799–1849 CE) |
* [[Sikh Empire]] (1799–1849 CE) |
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=== Colonial |
=== European Colonial Period === |
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[[Colonial India|Colonial period]] (1510–1961 CE) |
[[Colonial India|Colonial period]] (1510–1961 CE) |
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* [[Company rule in India|Company Raj]] (1757–1858 CE) |
* [[Company rule in India|Company Raj]] (1757–1858 CE) |
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* [[British Raj]] (1858–1947 CE) |
* [[British Raj]] (1858–1947 CE) |
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* [[Partition of India]] (1947 CE) |
* [[Partition of British India]] (1947 CE) |
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=== Kingdoms of Sri Lanka === |
=== Kingdoms of Sri Lanka === |
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Revision as of 04:54, 29 June 2017
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the history of South Asia:
History of South Asia – South Asia includes the contemporary political entities of the Indian subcontinent and associated islands, therefore, its history includes the histories of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Afghanistan, Bhutan, and the island nations of Sri Lanka and the Maldives.
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By period
Prehistory
Riwatian people
- Riwatian people (1,900,000 BP)
Soanian people
- Soanian people (500,000 BP)
Stone Age
South Asian Stone Age (50,000–3000 BCE)
- Bhirrana Culture (7570-6200 BCE)
- Mehrgarh Culture (7000–3300 BCE)
Bronze Age India
Bronze Age India (3000–1300 BCE)
- Indus Valley Civilization (3300–1700 BCE)
- Early Harappan Culture (3300–2600 BCE)
- Mature Harappan Culture (2600–1900 BCE)
- Ochre Coloured Pottery culture (from 2000 BCE)
- Vedic period (1750–1200 BCE)
- Late Harappan Culture (1700–1300 BCE)
- Swat culture (1600–500 BCE)
- Black and Red ware culture (1300–1200 BCE)
Iron Age India
Iron Age (1200–230 BCE)
- Vedic period (1200–500 BCE)
- Black and Red ware culture (1200–1000 BCE)
- Painted Grey Ware culture (1200–600 BCE)
- Janapadas (1200–600 BCE)
- Northern Black Polished Ware (700–200 BCE)
- Haryanka Kingdom (684–424 BCE)
- Maha Janapadas (600–300 BCE)
- Pandyan Kingdom (600 BCE– 1650 CE)
- Achaemenid Empire (550–330 BCE)
- Magadha Kingdom (500–321 BCE)
- Ror Kingdom (450 BCE–489 CE)
- Nanda Empire (424–321 BCE)
- Shishunaga Kingdom (413–345 BCE)
- Macedonian Empire (330–323 BCE)
- Maurya Empire (321–184 BCE)
- Seleucid Empire (312–63 BCE)
- Chera Kingdom (300 BCE–1102 CE)
- Chola Empire (300 BCE–1279 CE)
- Pallava Empire (250 BCE–800 CE)
- Maha-Megha-Vahana Empire (250 BCE–400 CE)
- Parthian Empire (247 BCE–224 CE)
Middle kingdoms of India
Middle kingdoms of India (Classical period) (230 BCE–1279CE)
- Satavahana Empire (230 BCE–220 CE)
- Kuninda Kingdom (200 BCE–300 CE)
- Indo-Scythian Kingdom (200 BCE–400 CE)
- Shunga Empire (185–73 BCE)
- Indo-Greek Kingdom (180 BCE–10 CE)
- Kanva Empire (75–26 BCE)
- Indo-Parthian Kingdom (21–130s CE)
- Western Satrap Empire (35–405 CE)
- Kushan Empire (60–240 CE)
- Bharshiva Dynasty (170–350 CE)
- Nagas of Padmavati (210–340 CE)
- Sasanian Empire (224–651 CE)
- Indo-Sassanid Kingdom (230–360 CE)
- Vakataka Empire (250s–6th century CE)
- Kalabhra Empire (250–600 CE)
- Gupta Empire (280–550 CE)
- Kadamba Empire (345–525 CE)
- Western Ganga Kingdom (350–1000 CE)
- Kamarupa Kingdom (350–1100 CE)
- Vishnukundina Empire (420–624 CE)
- Maitraka Empire (475–767 CE)
- Huna Kingdom (475–576 CE)
- Rai Kingdom (489–632 CE)
- Shahi Empire (6th century–1026 CE)
- Chalukya Empire (543–753 CE)
- Maukhari Empire (550s–8th century CE)
- Kalachuris of Mahishmati (6th-7th century CE)
- Harsha Empire (606–647 CE)
- Tibetan Empire (618–841 CE)
- Eastern Chalukya Kingdom (624–1075 CE)
- Rashidun Caliphate (632–661 CE)
- Gurjara-Pratihara Empire (650–1036 CE)
- Umayyad Caliphate (661–750 CE)
- Kalachuris of Tripuri (7th-12th century CE)
- Pala Empire (750–1174 CE)
- Rashtrakuta Empire (753–982 CE)
- Paramara Kingdom (800–1327 CE)
- Yadava Empire (850–1334 CE)
- Chaulukya Kingdom (942–1244 CE)
- Western Chalukya Empire (973–1189 CE)
- Lohara Kingdom (1003–1320 CE)
- Hoysala Empire (1040–1346 CE)
- Sena Empire (1070–1230 CE)
- Eastern Ganga Empire (1078–1434 CE)
- Zamorin Kingdom (1102–1766 CE)
- Kakatiya Kingdom (1083–1323 CE)
- Sutiya Kingdom (1187-1673 CE)
- Kalachuris of Kalyani (1156–1184 CE)
Medieval Period
Late medieval period (1206–1596)
- Delhi Sultanate (1206–1526 CE)
- Mamluk Sultanate (1206–1290 CE)
- Khilji Sultanate (1290–1320 CE)
- Tughlaq Sultanate (1320–1414 CE)
- Sayyid Sultanate (1414–1451 CE)
- Lodi Sultanate (1451–1526 CE)
- Deva Kingdom (12th century–13th century CE)
- Ahom Kingdom (1228–1826 CE)
- Chitradurga Kingdom (1300–1779 CE)
- Reddy Kingdom (1325–1448 CE)
- Vijayanagara Empire (1336–1646 CE)
- Garhwal Kingdom (1358–1803 CE)
- Mysore Kingdom (1399–1947 CE)
- Gajapati Kingdom (1434–1541 CE)
- Keladi Kingdom (1499–1763 CE)
- Deccan Sultanates (1490–1596 CE)
- Koch Kingdom (1515–1947 CE)
Early modern period
Early modern period (1526–1858)
- Mughal Empire (1526–1858 CE)
- Sur Empire (1540–1556 CE)
- Madurai Kingdom (1559–1736 CE)
- Thanjavur Kingdom (1572–1918 CE)
- Marava Kingdom (1600–1750 CE)
- Thondaiman Kingdom (1650–1948 CE)
- Maratha Empire (1674–1818 CE)
- Sikh Confederacy (1707–1799 CE)
- Durrani Empire (1747–1823 CE)
- Travancore Kingdom (1729–1947 CE)
- Sikh Empire (1799–1849 CE)
European Colonial Period
Colonial period (1510–1961 CE)
- Portuguese India (1510–1961 CE)
- Dutch India (1605–1825 CE)
- Danish India (1620–1869 CE)
- French India (1759–1954 CE)
- Company Raj (1757–1858 CE)
- British Raj (1858–1947 CE)
- Partition of British India (1947 CE)
Kingdoms of Sri Lanka
Kingdoms of Sri Lanka
- Kingdom of Tambapanni (543–505 BCE)
- Kingdom of Upatissa Nuwara (505–377 BCE)
- Anuradhapura Kingdom (377 BCE–1017 CE)
- Kingdom of Ruhuna (200 CE)
- Kingdom of Polonnaruwa (300–1310 CE)
- Jaffna Kingdom (1215–1624 CE)
- Kingdom of Dambadeniya (1220–1272 CE)
- Kingdom of Yapahuwa (1272–1293 CE)
- Kingdom of Kurunegala (1293–1341 CE)
- Kingdom of Gampola (1341–1347 CE)
- Kingdom of Raigama (1347–1415 CE)
- Kingdom of Kotte (1412–1597 CE)
- Kingdom of Sitawaka (1521–1594 CE)
- Kingdom of Kandy (1469–1815 CE)
- Portuguese Ceylon (1505–1658 CE)
- Dutch Ceylon (1656–1796 CE)
- British Ceylon (1815–1948 CE)
History of South Asia, by region
- History of Afghanistan
- History of Bangladesh (See History of Bangladesh after independence for post-1971 history)
- History of Bhutan
- History of India for pre-1947 history.
- Timeline of Indian history
- History of Andhra Pradesh
- History of Arunachal Pradesh
- History of Assam
- History of Bihar
- History of Chhattisgarh
- History of Goa
- History of Gujarat
- History of Haryana
- History of Himachal Pradesh
- History of Jammu and Kashmir
- History of Jharkhand
- History of Karnataka
- History of Kerala
- History of Madhya Pradesh
- History of Maharashtra
- History of Manipur
- History of Meghalaya
- History of Mizoram
- History of Nagaland
- History of Odisha
- History of Punjab
- History of Rajasthan
- History of Sikkim
- History of Tamil Nadu
- History of Telangana
- History of Tripura
- History of Uttar Pradesh
- History of Uttarakhand
- History of West Bengal
- History of the Republic of India for post-1947 history
- History of the Maldives
- History of Nepal
- History of Pakistan
- History of Sri Lanka
- History of British Indian Ocean Territory
History of South Asia, by subject
- History of architecture in South Asia
- Coinage of India
- History of South Asian cuisine
- Timeline of cultivation and domestication in South and West Asia
- Economic history of India
- History of education in the Indian subcontinent
- Execution by elephant
- Genetics and archaeogenetics of South Asia
- Timeline of Hindu clan conversions to Islam
- Indian literature
- Indian maritime history
- Military history of India
- List of Indian monarchs
- Indology
- Linguistic history of the Indian subcontinent
- Timeline of mathematical innovation in South and West Asia
- History of metallurgy in South Asia
- History of science and technology in South Asia
See also
- Greater India
- History of Asia
- History of Central Asia
- History of East Asia
- History of Southeast Asia
- Former subdivisions of Pakistan
- Partition of India
Notes
Sources
- Flood, Gavin D. (1996), An Introduction to Hinduism, Cambridge University Press
- Hiltebeitel, Alf (2002), Hinduism. In: Joseph Kitagawa, "The Religious Traditions of Asia: Religion, History, and Culture", Routledge
- Michaels, Axel (2004), Hinduism. Past and present, Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press
- Samuel, Geoffrey (2010), The Origins of Yoga and Tantra. Indic Religions to the Thirteenth Century, Cambridge University Press