History of Ang Desh – The Indus Valley Civilization
Settlements From the beginning of the 4th millennium BC, the individuality of the early village cultures began to be replaced by a more homogeneous style of existence. By the middle of the 3rd...
View ArticleHistory of Ang Desh – The Aryans and the Vedic Age
The Aryans are said to have entered India through the fabled Khyber pass, around 1500 BC. They intermingled with the local populace, and assimilated themselves into the social framework. They adopted...
View ArticleHistory of Ang Desh – Mahajanpadas Era of Indian History and Rise of Ang...
Mahājanapada (Sanskrit: महाजनपद, Mahājanapada, literally “great realm” from maha, “great”, and janapada “foothold of a tribe”, “country”) refers to one of the sixteen kingdoms and oligarchic republics...
View ArticleHistory of Ang Desh – Rise of Religions and Emergence of the State
Buddhism and Jainism The sixth century BC was a time of social and intellectual ferment in India. It was then that Mahavira founded the Jain religion, and Gautam Buddha attained enlightenment. The two...
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History of Ang Desh – The Mauryan Empire
By the end of the third century BC, most of North India was knit together in the first great Indian empire by Chandragupta Maurya. His son Bindusara extended the Mauryan Empire over virtually the...
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History of Ang Desh – The Gupta Age
The greatest empire in the fourth century AD was the Gupta Empire, which ushered in the golden age of Indian history. This empire lasted for more than two centuries. It covered a large part of the...
View ArticleHistory of Ang Desh – The Muslim Invasions
The Delhi Sultanate An event of immense and lasting impact in Indian history was the advent of the Muslims in the north-west. Lured by tales of the fertile plains of the Punjab and the fabulous wealth...
View ArticleHistory of Ang Desh – Coming of the Europeans
The next arrival of overwhelming political importance was that of the Europeans. The great seafarers of north-west Europe, the British, French, Dutch and Portuguese, arrived early in the seventeenth...
View ArticleHistory of Ang Desh – The Struggle for Independence
The First War of Independence A century of accumulated grievances erupted in the Indian mutiny of sepoys in the British army, in 1857. This was the signal for a spontaneous conflagration, in which the...
View ArticleHistory of Ang Desh – The New State
Throughout history, India has absorbed and modified to suit its needs, the best from all the civilizations with which it has come into contact. Once again the fledgling nation demonstrated the...
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