India: History
History
The historical discussion that follows deals, until Indian independence, with the Indian subcontinent, which includes the regions that are now Bangladesh and Pakistan, and thereafter concentrates on the history of India.
Sections in this article:
- Introduction
- India in the Late Twentieth Century
- Problems on India's Borders
- Independence and the India-Pakistan Split
- India Moves toward Independence
- India under British Rule
- The Arrival of the Europeans
- From the Indus Valley to the Fall of the Mughal Empire
- History
- Government
- Economy
- People and Culture
- Land
- Bibliography
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