Chronology of Indian History

Indian History can be categorized as follows:

Indus Ages (up to 1500 BC) characterized by the brilliant Semito-Dravidian Indus Valley Civilization.
Brahmanic Ages (1500 BC - 1000 AD) These comprised the
- Vedic Dark Ages 1500 BC - 500 BC
- Puranic Ages 500 BC - 100 AD
Hindustani Califate of Delhi (1000 AD - 1857 AD) Also known as the Islamic period.
Post-Delhi Era (1857 -> ) This includes the Post-Colonial Epoch (1947 -> ).

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1. Indus Ages (4000 BC - 1500 BC)
2. Brahmanic Ages (1500 BC - 1000 AD)
- 2.1 Vedic Dark Ages (1500 BC - 500 BC)
  - Barbarian Rigvedic Aryan Invasion (1500 BC - 1200 BC)
    - Destruction of Semito-Dravidian Indus Civilization
    - Genocide of Sudra Blacks
    - Sanskritization and Spoilation
    - Apartheid Caste System Introduced
  - Later Vedic Aryan Invasions (1200 BC - 1000 BC)
  - Mahabharatan Wars of Genocide (1000 BC - 700 BC)
  - Ramaite Aryan Invasion of the Dravidian South (700 BC - 500 BC)
    - Destruction of Dravidian Civilization
    - Aryanization and Commencement of Apartheid, or Caste in South India
- 2.2 Puranic Ages or the High Brahmanic Ages (500 BC - 1000 AD)
  - 2.1 Age of Heterodoxy
    - 2.1.1 Rise of the Nation-States and Heterodoxies, or Janapadas (Nations) and Arhats (Heretics)
    - 2.1.2 Scytho-Hellenistic Kingdoms
  - 2.2 Vedic Revival - The Neo-Vedic Orthodox Aryan Vaishnava Vedic Restoration
    - Destruction of Scytho-Hellenistic Kingdoms
    - Extermination of the Scythians
    - Enslavement and Suppression to Low Castes
    - Oppresion of Heterodox Relgions
    - Aryanization or Sanskritization and Spoilation
    - Wars of Religion
3. Hindustani Califate of Delhi (1000 AD - 1857 )
4. Post Delhi Era (1857 -> )
- 4.1 Barbarian Invasions
- 4.2 European Colonialism and Partition
  - Portugues Viceroyalty
  - British Kingdom
  - Princely States
- 4.3 Post-Colonial Epoch (1947 -> )
  - Indian Republic - Merger of 500 states.
  - Indo-Pak Wars

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