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    As Long As 75,000 Years Ago, or With Earlier Hominids Including

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    The history of the Indian subcontinent dates back 75,000 years with evidence of human activity. The Indus Valley Civilization developed between 3300-1300 BCE as the first major civilization in South Asia. During the classical period from the 4th to 3rd centuries BCE, most of the subcontinent was conquered by the Maurya Empire and aspects of Indian civilization spread across Asia. Muslim rule was established over parts of northern India in the early 13th century with the establishment of the Delhi Sultanate, which controlled northern India until declining in the late 14th century. In the late 18th century, large areas of India were annexed by the British East India Company, leading to India gaining independence from the United Kingdom in 1947

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    The history of the Indian subcontinent dates back 75,000 years with evidence of human activity. The Indus Valley Civilization developed between 3300-1300 BCE as the first major civilization in South Asia. During the classical period from the 4th to 3rd centuries BCE, most of the subcontinent was conquered by the Maurya Empire and aspects of Indian civilization spread across Asia. Muslim rule was established over parts of northern India in the early 13th century with the establishment of the Delhi Sultanate, which controlled northern India until declining in the late 14th century. In the late 18th century, large areas of India were annexed by the British East India Company, leading to India gaining independence from the United Kingdom in 1947

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    The history of the Indian subcontinent dates back 75,000 years with evidence of human activity. The Indus Valley Civilization developed between 3300-1300 BCE as the first major civilization in South Asia. During the classical period from the 4th to 3rd centuries BCE, most of the subcontinent was conquered by the Maurya Empire and aspects of Indian civilization spread across Asia. Muslim rule was established over parts of northern India in the early 13th century with the establishment of the Delhi Sultanate, which controlled northern India until declining in the late 14th century. In the late 18th century, large areas of India were annexed by the British East India Company, leading to India gaining independence from the United Kingdom in 1947

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    The history of the Indian subcontinent begins with evidence of human activity of Homo

    sapiens, as long as 75,000 years ago, or with earlier hominids including Homo erectus from about
    500,000 years ago.
    [1]

    The Indus Valley Civilization, which spread and flourished in the northwestern part of the Indian
    subcontinent from c. 3300 to 1300 BCE in present-day Pakistan and northwest India, was the first
    major civilization in South Asia.
    [2]
    A sophisticated and technologically advanced urban culture
    developed in the Mature Harappan period, from 2600 to 1900 BCE.
    [3]
    This civilization collapsed at
    the start of the second millennium BCE and was later followed by the Iron Age Vedic Civilization,
    which extended over much of the Indo-Gangetic plain and which witness the rise of major polities
    known as the Mahajanapadas. In one of these kingdoms, Magadha, Mahavira andGautama
    Buddha were born in the 6th or 5th century BCE and propagated their Shramanic philosophies.
    Most of the subcontinent was conquered by the Maurya Empire during the 4th and 3rd centuries
    BCE. Various parts of India were ruled by numerous Middle kingdoms for the next 1,500 years,
    among which the Gupta Empire stands out. This period, witnessing aHindu religious and intellectual
    resurgence, is known as the classical or "Golden Age of India". During this period, aspects of Indian
    civilization, administration, culture, and religion (Hinduism and Buddhism) spread to much of Asia,
    while kingdoms in southern India had maritime business links with the Roman Empire from around
    77 CE. During this period Indian cultural influence spread over many parts of Southeast Asia which
    led to the establishment of Indianized kingdoms in Southeast Asia.
    [4]

    7th-11th centuries saw the Tripartite struggle between the Pala Empire, Rashtrakuta Empire,
    and Gurjara Pratihara Empire centered around Kannauj. Southern India saw the rule of the Chalukya
    Empire, Chola Empire, Pallava Empire, Pandyan Empire, and Western Chalukya Empire. The Chola
    dynasty conquered southern India and successfully invaded parts of Southeast Asia and Sri
    Lanka in the 11th century.
    [5][6]
    The early medieval period Indian mathematics influenced the
    development of mathematics and astronomy in the Arab world and the Hindu numerals were
    introduced.
    [7]

    Muslim rule started in some parts of north India in the 13th century when the Delhi Sultanate was
    established in 1206 CE.
    [8]
    The Delhi Sultanate ruled the major part of northern India in the early 14th
    century, but declined in the late 14th century, which saw the emergence of several powerful Hindu
    states like the Vijayanagara Empire, Gajapati Kingdom, Ahom Kingdom and Mewar dynasty. In the
    16th century Mughal rule came from Central Asia to cover most of the northern parts of India. The
    Mughal Empire suffered a gradual decline in the early 18th century, which provided opportunities for
    the Maratha Empire, Sikh Empire and Mysore Kingdom to exercise control over large areas in the
    subcontinent.
    [9][10]

    Beginning in the late 18th century and over the next century, large areas of India were annexed by
    the British East India Company. Dissatisfaction with Company rule led to the Indian Rebellion of
    1857, after which the British provinces of India were directly administered by the British Crown and
    witnessed a period of both rapid development of infrastructure and economic stagnation. During the
    first half of the 20th century, a nationwide struggle for independence was launched with the leading
    party involved being the Indian National Congress which was later joined by Muslim League as well.
    The subcontinent gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1947, after the British provinces
    were partitioned into the dominions of India and Pakistan and the princely states all acceded to one
    of the new states.

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