Brief History of India (Photostat)

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What is the brief history of India? The history of India starts with the existence of India itself as It located in the continent of Asia, India covers 2,973,193 square kilometers of land and 314,070 square kilometers of water.

Making it the 7th largest nation in the world with a total area of 3,287,263 square kilometers. Surrounded by Bhutan, Nepal, and Bangladesh to the North East, China to the North, Pakistan to the North West, and Sri Lanka on the South East coast.

India is a land of ancient civilizations, India's social, economic, and cultural configurations are the products of a long process of regional expansion. Indian history begins with the birth of the Indus Valley Civilization and the coming of the Aryans. These two phases are usually described as the pre- Vedic and Vedic age. Hinduism arose in the Vedic period.

The fifth-century saw the unification of India under Ashoka, who had converted to Buddhism, and it is in his reign that Buddhism spread in many parts of Asia. In the eighth century, Islam came to India for the first time and by the eleventh century had firmly established itself in India as a political force. It resulted in the formation of the Delhi Sultanate, which was finally succeeded by the Mughal Empire, under which India once again achieved a large measure of political unity.

It was in the 17th century that the Europeans came to India. This coincided with the disintegration of the Mughal Empire, paving the way for regional states. In the contest for supremacy, the English emerged victors. The Rebellion of 1857-58, which sought to restore Indian supremacy, was crushed, and with the subsequent crowning of Victoria as Empress of India. the incorporation of India into the empire was complete. It was followed by India's struggle for independence, which we got in the year 1947.

THE stories in this little book tell of the men and women whose deeds have helped to shape the history of India. Some of these men and women were high- minded and true. They put their own interests aside and worked for the welfare of those around them. Others thought of no one but themselves and their own selfish wishes.

We shall read in these stories of selfish kings who made useless wars so that their names might be handed down in history as great conquerors; of ambitious kings, who had the interests of their kingdoms at heart, and made wars to preserve their country at peace and to bring other countries under the same firm and just rule; and of careless, indifferent kings, who allowed their countries to fall into disorder. We shall read further of great men whose whole thoughts and energies were spent in urging people to think noble thoughts and to lead unselfish lives.