From the 8th to the 10th century, three dynasties contested for control of northern India: the Gurjara Pratiharas of Malwa, the Palas of Bengal, and the Rashtrakutas of the Deccan. During this period, ...
Main articles: Middle Kingdoms of India, Badami Chalukyas, Rashtrakuta, Eastern Ganga dynasty, Western Chalukyas, Rajput kingdoms and Vijayanagara Empire The "Late-Classical Age" in India began after ...
Main article: Chalukya dynasty The Chalukya Empire (Kannada: ????????? ) was an Indian royal dynasty that ruled large parts of southern and central India between the 6th and the 12th centurie ...
Main article: Empire of Harsha Harsha Vardhana (Sanskrit: ?????????) (c. 590–647), commonly called Harsha, was an Indian emperor who ruled northern India from 606 to 647 from his capital Kan ...
Main article: Vakataka Dynasty The Vākā?aka Empire(Marathi: ??????) was a royal Indian dynasty that originated from the Deccan in the mid-third century CE. Their state is believed to have ext ...
Main article: Gupta Empire See also: Chandra Gupta I, Samudragupta, Chandra Gupta II, Kumaragupta I and Skandagupta Further information: Kalidasa, Aryabhata, Varahamihira, Vishnu Sharma and Vatsyayana ...
See also: Achaemenid Empire, Greco-Buddhism, Indo-Greek Kingdom, Alexander the Great, Nanda Empire and Gangaridai In 530 BCE Cyrus the Great, King of the Persian Achaemenid Empire crossed the Hindu- ...
Stone Age Main article: South Asian Stone Age Further information: Peopling of India, Mehrgarh, Bhimbetka rock shelters and Edakkal Cave Isolated remains of Homo erectus in Hathnora in the Narmada V ...
In recent decades there have been four main schools of historiography regarding India: Cambridge, Nationalist, Marxist, and subaltern. The once common "Orientalist" approach, with its the image of a s ...
Main article: Mughal EmpireIn 1526, Babur, a Timurid descendant of Timur and Genghis Khan from Fergana Valley (modern day Uzbekistan), swept across the Khyber Pass and established the Mughal Empire, c ...
Main article: Colonial IndiaRabindranath Tagore is Asia's first Nobel laureate and composer of India's national anthemSwami Vivekananda was a key figure in introducing Vedanta and Yoga in Europe and U ...
Main articles: Partition of India, History of the Republic of India, History of Pakistan, and History of BangladeshAlong with the desire for independence, tensions between Hindus and Muslims had also ...
Main articles: Middle Kingdoms of India, Badami Chalukyas, Rashtrakuta, Eastern Ganga dynasty, Western Chalukyas, Rajput kingdoms, and Vijayanagara EmpireChola Empire under Rajendra Chola c. 1030 C.E. ...
The time between 200 BCE and ca. 1100 CE is the "Classical Age" of India. It can be divided in various sub-periods, depending on the chosen periodisation. The Gupta Empire (4th-6th century) is regarde ...
During the time between 800 and 200 BCE the Shramana-movement developed, from which originated Jainism and Buddhism. In the same period the first Upanishads were written. After 500 BCE, the so-called ...
