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A country that has geological jewels and culture it is the birth placeof one of the oldest religions and is rising rapidly to become a world for cein trade and commerce from ancient monuments and lavish palaces from great wealth to poverty a country that has witnessed a turbulent history of wargaming and extremes of weather .

Tis the history of India in the 5th and 6thcentury AD there lived a man by the name of Aryabhatta often considered a genius of its time his mathematical prowess deciphered the volume of pie he described a model of the solar system and even has a spacecraft named after him he was a man of skill and knowledge when he considered he obviously had no access to a calculator or computer if you want to polish your skills then I can recommend Skill share  is an online learning community with high quality classes along with experts available to help you achieve your goals Skill share has thousands of classes covering subjects from animation illustration creative writing photography music web development and more a question I'm often asked is how I animate these videos I use a mixture Of Adobe After Effects illustrator and Photoshop but these pick skill to master Skill share gives you the opportunity to learn these skills and many more Irecently viewed a few classes for character animation and 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Valley cities were abandoned there was amigration of indo-aryans into the Indian subcontinent these migrants were known to introduce the ancient religious texts known as The Vedas which were to define religious truth for Hindus the Vedic periodically rushed from 1500 BC to 500 BC it was also around this time that the caste system was developed the caste system which was a class system determined by birth created a hierarchy of Brahmins or priests kshatriyas or warriors and kings next came the Viashyas or skilled workers and merchants and then finally the sutras or Labour's farmers and unskilled workers towards the end of this period the Aryans spread from the Punjab region to the Ganges River where several kingdoms formed the Nanda Empire subjugated the surrounding kingdoms butwould soon be overthrown by Chandra Gupta after his conquests Chandra Guptaencountered Seleucus a general of Alexander the Great who had establishedan empire for herself a peace treaty was signed withinmarriage between the royal families and the gift of 500 elephants ChandraGupta's grandson Ashoka expanded the Mauryan Empire and waged a great waragainst the state of Kalinga killing a hundred thousand soldiers on both sidesfollowing his conquest Ashoka became a devout follower of the Buddha'steachings for the rest of his 36 year reign Ashoka took a vow of non-violenceand spread Buddhism throughout his realm however fifty years after his death thesubcontinent fractured into multiple kingdoms once more meanwhile the southof India was controlled by the Tamil kings who reigned over three statesdisagreements were rife and war was frequently waged against each otherwhere they excelled in trade it was between the 4th and 5th century AD thatIndia was widely acknowledged to have entered a golden age with the rise ofthe Gupta Empire a period of invention and discovery in science technologyengineering mathematics astronomy art and literature was born all these fieldssaw an explosion of understanding and knowledge and set the mark of the worldto follow it is also believed the game chess was invented in this periodfollowing the collapse of the Gupta Empire there followed centuries ofmultiple kingdoms and dynasties that rose and ultimately fell however in thetenth century King Rajaraja was successful in uniting the southernkingdoms under one leadership the chola empire under this king expanded furtherand though one of the largest Hindu temples within India dedicated to thegod Shiva this Empire with a centralised government created unique architectureand boasted naval skills that spread their influence throughout SoutheastAsia it was in the 11th century that the Ghazvanid of Turkic Mameluke originover on the North Indian Plains using Swift horsecavalry and vast armies united by ethnicity and religion eventually theMuslim army broke up and led to the establishment of the Islamic DelhiSultanate it was the beginning of an Indo Muslim fusion of cultures theSultanate was to control much of northern India and would make incursionsinto South India and they successfully repelled the Mongol invasions howeverinternal instability and Hindu reconquest resulted in the decline ofthe Sultanate and new Muslims alternates splintered from the Empire India and theRoman Empire had liaised of each other since as early as 30 BC this connectionwas mainly through merchants and trade however with the collapse of the RomanEmpire contact between India and Europe was all but lost during the 15th centuryPortugal dedicated to shipbuilding and exploration sent explorers to sail downthe coast of Africa Vasco da Gama subsequently discovered a new sea routeto India he met with the Zamorin of Calicut who granted permission totrade following successful trade expeditions the Portuguese soon set uptrading posts in Goa Calicut Colombo Cochin Bombay and many more largelythrough conquest and diplomacy as trading posts and thoughts expandeddisagreements were rife between the Portuguese and then hustling rivals theMughals who were an Islamic empire had successfully campaigned to dominateIndia Muhammad Babur was the founder of the Mughal Empire and was himself adescendant of Emperor Timur and Genghis Khan his grandson Akbar the Greatendeavoured to establish good relation with all religious groups throughout hisempire and withdrew the cheesy attacks for non-Muslimsunder aquas rule the Empire tripled in size and wealth libraries and schoolswere built across the Empire for both Muslims and Hindus he appreciated thearts and culture and cultivated them throughout his empire assuring in theMughal style of architecture which combined elements of Islamic Persian andHindu design the reign of Shah Jahan was the Golden Age of Mughal architectureperhaps the most profound and lasting monument was the Taj Mahal which stillattracts millions of tourists every year in the early 18th century the MughalEmpire sank into chaos and violent feuds weakened by tension between the Hindupopulation and the Muslim ruling class as well as invasions by the Afghans andother Indian rulers the Maratha Empire capitalised on the struggling Mughalsand expanded further and became the dominant power in the region meanwhilethe Portuguese Dutch Danish French and English had gradually establishedseveral forts and trading posts along the Indian coast line the English EastIndia Company was founded in 1600 but gathered greater power within Indiabecause of a private army and an imposing Navy who gradually overwhelmedtheir European competitors in 1757 the East India Company under the leadershipof Robert Clive won victory against the now up of Bengal which consolidated thecompany's power Robert Clive amassed a personal fortune but his actions andatrocities led to the deaths of millions of people as he enforced the cultivationof non-food crops which resulted in extreme famine in 1760 the company andasserted control over a vast quantity of the subcontinent to direct control ortributaries they continued to expand over the following decades theyencountered resistance from the Sikhs who had established an empire in thePunjab region after the death of a Sikh leader the Empire was weakened byinternal division which enabled the British to conquer themfollowing their Anglo-Sikh Wars the East India Company managed to rule India dueto large naval vessels the introduction of steam trains and the use of moreadvanced weapons the British population was nowhere near the same size as Indiaso the British employed Indian infantry thoughts their boys who were under thecommand of British officers the set boys were not treated well receiving low payand weren't forced to fight abroad this fueled frustrations Butler furtherupsets when the British band child marriage and outlawed slavery which werepart of an Indian culture at the time a rebellion began when they're supposedwere issued with ammunition coated in pig and beef fat which they refused touse and deeply offended them and they amongst others mutiny rebellion andmutiny failed largely because there was little shared identity between Indiansand in 1857 the British crown took direct rule of India with Queen Victoriabeing declared Empress of India in 1876 during World War one over a millionIndians saw combat on the western front the Mesopotamian campaign East AfricaEgypt and Gallipoli claiming the lives of 75,000 people shortly after the endof World War one Gandhi amongst other leaders led Indians to challenge theBritish for independence and during World War two he called for the Britishto quit India however during World War Two as part of the Allied nations overtwo and a half million Indians volunteered to fight in 1947 Britaingranted independence British India was partitioned into a Hindu majority Indiaand a Muslim majority Pakistan this period also saw one of the largest massmigrations ever recorded in modern history with a total ofaround 15 million Hindus Sikhs and Muslims moving between the newly creatednations in India and Pakistan in 1971 East Pakistan was formed into thecountry of Bangladesh and to this day tensions between Pakistan and Indiaremain tense today India is the world's largest democracy with a rapidly growingeconomy science and technology achievements are both ancient and modernthe Indian Space Research Organisation are currently sending mission to themoon and beyond and are arguably one of the best countries in space explorationthe Indian film industry of Bollywood is one of the world's largest cricket haslong been a passion for many Indians India is also the birthplace of Hinduismand many follow its practices throughout the world India Today and her out history has a varied past it is the seventh largest country by area and thesecond largest country by population it cannot be denied that India today asmuch to offer the world in the decades cup I hope you have enjoyed this ..