Stone Age to Independence-India History.pptx

chronological outline highlighting significant rulers and dynasties from ancient to modern times

1. HISTORY Stone age to till independence overview

2. Stone Age (Approx. 2.5 million years ago – 3300 BCE): Paleolithic Age (Approx. 2.5 million years ago – 8000 BCE) Mesolithic Age (Approx. 8000 BCE – 4000 BCE) Neolithic Age (Approx. 4000 BCE – 3300 BCE)

3. Indus Valley Civilization (3300–1300 BCE): Mature Harappan Phase (2600–1900 BCE) Late Harappan Phase (1900–1300 BCE)

4. Vedic Period (1500–500 BCE): Early Vedic Period (1500–1000 BCE) Later Vedic Period (1000–500 BCE) RIGVEDA YAJURVEDA SAMAVEDA ATHARVAVEDA

5. Mahajanapadas (600–300 BCE): Magadha: Bimbisara , Ajatashatru Kosala: King Prasenjit Avanti: King Pradyota Maurya Empire (322–185 BCE): Chandragupta Maurya (founder) Bindusara Ashoka the Great Post-Maurya Period Shunga Dynasty (185–73 BCE) Pushyamitra Shunga (founder) Agnimitra

6. Vakataka Dynasty (3rd–5th century CE) Vindhyashakti Pravarasena I Kanva Dynasty (73–26 BCE) Vasudeva (founder) Kushan Empire (1st–3rd century CE) Kujula Kadphises Kanishka Gupta Empire (4th–6th century CE) Chandragupta I Samudragupta Chandragupta II ( Vikramaditya ) Skandagupta

7. Chola Dynasty (9th–13th century CE) Vijayalaya Chola (founder) Rajaraja Chola I Rajendra Chola I Delhi Sultanate (1206–1526 CE) Qutb- ud -din Aibak Iltutmish Alauddin Khalji Muhammad bin Tughlaq Firoz Shah Tughlaq Sikandar Lodi Vijayanagara Empire (1336–1646 CE) Harihara I Bukka Raya I Krishnadevaraya

8. Mughal Empire (1526–1857 CE) Babur (founder) Humayun Akbar the Great Jahangir Shah Jahan Aurangzeb Colonial Period East India Company Rule (1757–1858) Robert Clive Warren Hastings Lord Cornwallis Lord Wellesley Lord Dalhousie

9. British Crown Rule (1858–1947) Various British monarchs, with Viceroys overseeing India: Lord Canning Lord Curzon Lord Irwin Lord Mountbatten (last Viceroy) Independence Movement Key Leaders of Independence Movement Mahatma Gandhi Jawaharlal Nehru Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Subhas Chandra Bose Bhagat Singh Independence (1947) India gains independence on August 15, 1947.