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The history of India up to (and including) the times of the Buddha, with his life generally placed into the 6th or 5th century BCE, is a subject of a major scholarly debate. The vast majority of historians in the Western world accept the theory of Aryan Migration with c. 1500-1200 BCE dates for the displacement of Indus civilization by Aryans ...
India is a federal constitutional republic governed under a parliamentary system consisting of 28 states and 8 union territories. [1] All states, as well as the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, Puducherry and the National Capital Territory of Delhi, have elected legislatures and governments, both patterned on the Westminster model. The ...
The middle kingdoms of India were the political entities in the Indian subcontinent from 230 BCE to 1206 CE. The period begins after the decline of the Maurya Empire and the corresponding rise of the Satavahana dynasty, starting with Simuka, from 230 BCE.
The Sur Empire (1538/1540–1555) The British Raj (1858–1947) See also. Imperialism in Asia (disambiguation) Emperor of India; ... This page was last edited on 28 ...
Patna: Sher Shah Suri's Empire Capital between 1538/1540 and 1556 and also served as Capital of Bihar Subah under Mughals. Allahabad: The city was a provincial capital in the Mughal Empire and was the headquarters of Jahangir from 1599 to 1604. [2] Ghor: Capital of Ghurid Sultanate; Budaun: Capital of Iltutmish empire. Kanchipuram Capital of ...
As an Indian state Mizoram: North-Eastern: Aizawl: 21,081 km 2 (8,139 sq mi) 21 January 1972: 20 February 1987: As an Indian state Nagaland: North-Eastern: Kohima: 16,579 km 2 (6,401 sq mi) 29 November 1957: 1 December 1963: As an Indian state Tripura: North-Eastern: Agartala: 10,491 km 2 (4,051 sq mi) 1 November 1956: 21 January 1972: As an ...
The establishment of the Delhi Sultanate in India has been compared to the expansion of the Mongol Empire and called "part of a larger trend occurring throughout much of Eurasia, in which nomadic people migrated from the steppes of Inner Asia and became politically dominant". [28]
The Rajputs rose to political prominence after the large empires of ancient India broke into smaller ones. The Rajputs became prominent in the early medieval period in about seventh century and dominated in regions now known as Rajasthan , Delhi , Haryana , Western Gangetic plains and Bundelkhand .