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India: Historical Setting

Library of Congress Country Study

 

This document is a portion of a larger work on the country of India
produced by the Library of Congress
edited by James Heitzman and Robert L. Worden
from research completed in September, 1995

Minor edits made by Melissa Snell

 
About this History

The documents here constitute only a portion of "Chapter 1: A Historical Setting," covering India from its earliest history up to the eighteenth century. For the rest of the chapter, visit the Library of Congress Country Studies home page:

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/

 

Contents

Historical Setting

Antecedents
Harappan Culture
Vedic Aryans
Kingdoms and Empires
The Mauryan Empire
The Deccan and the South
 
The Classical Age
Gupta and Harsha
The Southern Rivals
 
The Delhi Sultanate
The Coming of Islam
Southern Dynasties
 
The Mughal Era
The Mughals
The Marathas
The Sikhs
The Coming of the Europeans

Bibliography

Chronology

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