If India's history is said to be one of the great chapters of the history of the world, it can not be called exaggerated. Describing this, India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru said, "Born with contradictions but tied with invisible strings strong". The characteristic of Indian history is that he is engaged in the continuous process of finding himself and constantly growing, so those who try to understand it at a time find this elusive.
The history of this wonderful subcontinent is almost 75,000 years old and its proof comes from homo sapiens' human activity. It is surprising that 5,000 years ago the settlers of the Indus Valley Civilization developed an urban culture based on agriculture and trade.
According to the era, the history of India is as follows
Pre historic period
Stone Age
The Stone Age began from 500,000 to 200,000 years ago and recently the recent findings in Tamilnadu reveal the presence of human being in this area first. Weapons made by humans from 200,000 years ago have been discovered from the northwest part of the country.
Bronze Age
In the Indian subcontinent, the Bronze Age began with the Indus Valley Civilization of about 3,300 BC. Besides being a historical part of ancient India, it is one of the earliest civilizations of the world, along with Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt. People of this age developed new technology in metallurgy and handicrafts and produced copper, brass, lead and tin.
Initial historical period
Vedic period:
Those who attacked India were the first Aryans. They came from north around 1,500 BC and brought with them a strong cultural tradition. Sanskrit was one of the oldest languages spoken by him and it was used in writing the Vedas, which are of 12th century BC and are considered the oldest texts.
The Vedas are considered the oldest treatise after Mesopotamia and Egyptian texts. In the subcontinent, Vedic period lasted about 1,500-500 BC and in the same Indian society, the foundation of Hindu religion and other cultural dimensions was found. The Aryans spread Vedic civilization throughout north India, especially in the plains of the Gangetic plains.
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