History notes time sequence of ancient to modern history in india

History notes time sequence of ancient to modern history in india

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  History Notes: TimeSequence of Ancient to Modern History in India Dear Readers, History covers a good number of questions making it an important topic to cover in SSC Exams. Around 5 - 8 questions are asked from History which surely makes it important for you to study the topic well. So today we are providing you the Chronological order of the events that took place from Ancient to Modern History in India. Chronological order of Ancient to Modern History of India Indian History can be classified into three periods:  Ancient India  Medieval India  Modern India. Ancient India (Pre-historic to AD 700) There were activities of proto humans (Homo erectus) in the Indian subcontinent 20 lakh years (2 million years) ago, and of Homo sapiens since 70,000 BC. But they were gathers/hunters.  The first inhabitants of Indian subcontinent might have been tribals like Nagas (North-East), Santhals (East-India), Bhils (Central India), Gonds (Central India), Todas (South India) etc.  Most of them are speakers of the Austric, pre-Dravidian languages, such as Munda and Gondvi. Dravidians and Aryans are believed to be immigrants who came later to the sub-continent.  Ancient India can be studied under other heads like Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic and Chalcolithic period – based on the type of stone/ metal tools people used. Pale olithic Period (2 million BC – 10,000 BC)  Fire  Tools made up of lime stone  Ostrich Eggs  Important Paleolithic sites : Bhimbetka (M.P), Hunsgi, Kurnool Caves, Narmada Valley (Hathnora, M.P), Kaladgi Basin Mesolithic Period (10,000 BC – 8,000 BC)  Major Climatic Change happened  Domestication of animals ie Cattle rearing started  Microliths found at Brahmagiri (Mysore), Narmada, Vindya, Gujarat Ne olithic Period (8000 BC – 4,000 BC)  Agriculture Started  Wheel discovered  Inamgaon = An early village  Important Neolithic Sites : Burzahom(Kashmir), Gufkral(Kashmir), Mehrgarh(Pakistan), Chirand(Bihar), Daojali Hading(Tripura/Assam), Koldihwa(UP), Mahagara(UP), Hallur(AP), Paiyampalli(AP), Maski, Kodekal, Sangana Kaller, Utnur, Takkala Kota.  NB: Megalithic Sites: Brahmagiri, Adichanallur
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  Chalcolithic Period (4000BC – 1,500 BC)  Copper Age. Can be considered part of Bronze Age. (Bronze = Copper + Tin)  Indus Valley Civilization(BC 2700 – BC 1900).  Also cultures at Brahmagiri, Navada Toli (Narmada region), Mahishadal (W.Bengal), Chirand (Ganga region) Iron Age (BC 1500 – BC 200)  Vedic Period (Arrival of Aryans ie. BC 1600 – BC 600) – Nearly 1000 years (Basic books of Hinduism, ie Vedas were composed, might have written down later.)  Jainism and Buddhism  Mahajanapadas – Major Civilization after Indus Valley- On banks of river Ganga  Magadha empire – Bimbisara of Haryanka Kula  Sisunga dyanasy – Kalasoka (Kakavarnin)  Nanda empire – Mahapadma-nanda, Dhana-nanda  Persian- Greek : Alexander 327 BC Mauryan Empire (321-185 BC) Chandra Gupta Maurya, Bindusara, Asoka Post Mauryan Kingdoms (Middle Kingdoms):  Sunga (181-71 BC), Kanva (71-27BC), Satavahanas (235-100BC), Indo-Greeks, Parthians (19- 45AD), Sakas (90BC-150AD), Kushanas(78AD)  South Indian Kingdoms – Chola, Chera, Pandyas (BC 300) Gupta Kingdom (300AD – 800AD) : Classical Period  Samudra Gupta (Indian Napoleon) Post Guptas or Contemporary Guptas  Harshvardana, Vakatakas, Pallavas, Chalukyas. Also, Hunas, Maitrakas, Rajputs, Senas and Chauhans. Medieval India (AD 700 – AD 1857)  AD: 800-1200: Tri partite struggle – Prathiharas, Palas and Rashtrakutas  Attack of Muhammed Bin Kassim (AD 712)  Rise of Islam and Sufism  Mohammed Ghazni (AD 1000-27)  Mohammed Ghori (AD 1175-1206) * Kingdoms of South India During Medieval India – Bhamini and Vijayanagara De lhi Sultanate (1206 AD – 1526 AD) 1. Slave Dynasty 2. Kilji Dynasty 3. Tuglaq Dynasty 4. Sayyid Dynasty 5. Lodi Dyanasty Mughals (AD 1526 – AD 1857)
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   Great Mughals Later Mughals  Arrival of Europeans  Other Kingdoms of North India – Marathas, Sikhs Modern India (AD 1857 +)  First War of Indian Independence (1857)  Formation of Indian National Congress (1885)  Formation of Muslim League (1906)  Non Co-operation Movement (1920)  Civil Disobedience Movement (1930)  Quit India Movement (1942)  Partition of India (1947)  Constitutional Development of India (1946 – 1950)  Economic Development of India  Wars – India-Pak – Formation of Bangladesh; India- China  New Economic Policy of 1991  Nuclear, Space and Defense Development