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āĻĒā§āϰāϏā§āϤāϰ āϝā§āĻ āĻ āϏāĻžāĻāĻāϏāĻŽā§āĻš: Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic sites (Mehrgarh, Burzahom, Bhimbetka)
āϤāĻžāĻŽā§āϰ-āĻĒā§āϰāϏā§āϤāϰ āĻ āϞā§āĻš āϝā§āĻ: Chalcolithic Age & Iron Age origins
āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āĻā§āύā§āĻĻā§āϰāϏāĻŽā§āĻš: Major Sites (Harappa, Mohenjodaro, Lothal, Dholavira, Kalibangan, Rakhigarhi)
āύāĻāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻāϞā§āĻĒāύāĻž: Town planning, grid system, Great Bath, drainage system
āĻŦāĻžāĻŖāĻŋāĻā§āϝ āĻ āϏāĻāϏā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ: Harappan trade, seals, religion, script, and decline theories
āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ āĻ āϰāĻžāĻāύā§āϤāĻŋāĻ āĻā§āĻŦāύ: Early Vedic vs. Later Vedic society, economy, & politics
āĻŦā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤā§āϝ: 4 Vedas, Brahmanas, Aranyakas, Upanishads
āϰāĻžāĻāύā§āϤāĻŋāĻ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāώāĻĻ: Sabha, Samiti, Vidatha; Varna system evolution
āĻŽā§āϞ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻā§āϤāĻž: Life & teachings of Gautama Buddha & Vardhamana Mahavira
āĻŽā§āϞ āĻĻāϰā§āĻļāύ: Four Noble Truths, Eightfold Path, Triratna, 5 Vows
āϏāĻā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤā§āϝ: 4 Buddhist Councils (Venues, Presidents, Royal Patrons), Tripitakas
ā§§ā§ŦāĻāĻŋ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻāύāĻĒāĻĻ: 16 Mahajanapadas (Monarchies vs Republics/Gana-Sanghas)
āĻŽāĻāϧā§āϰ āϰāĻžāĻāĻŦāĻāĻļ: Haryanka (Bimbisara, Ajatashatru), Shishunaga, Nanda dynasties
āĻĒāĻžāϰāϏāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ: Persian invasion under Darius I
āĻā§āϰā§āĻ āĻāĻā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ: Alexander's invasion of India (326 BC) & Battle of Hydaspes with Porus
āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻž āĻ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤā§āϝ: Chandragupta Maurya, Kautilya's Arthashastra, Megasthenes' Indica
āϏāĻŽā§āϰāĻžāĻ āĻ āĻļā§āĻ: Kalinga War (261 BC), Dhamma policy
āĻļāĻŋāϞāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻĒāĻŋ āĻ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻžāϏāύ: Major Rock & Pillar Edicts (Major Rock Edict XIII), Mauryan Administration
āĻĻā§āĻļā§ā§ āϰāĻžāĻāĻŦāĻāĻļ: Sungas, Kanvas, Satavahanas (Gautamiputra Satakarni, Naneghat inscription)
āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āĻļāĻŋāĻ āϰāĻžāĻāĻŦāĻāĻļ: Indo-Greeks (Menander), Sakas (Rudradaman), Kushanas (Kanishka & 78 AD Saka Era)
āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āĻļāĻžāϏāĻāĻāĻŖ: Samudragupta (Prayag Prasasti by Harisena, 'Napoleon of India' title), Chandragupta II (Vikramaditya)
āϏāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤā§āϝ āĻ āĻā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖāĻāĻžāϰā§: Kalidasa, Fa-Hien's visit, Navaratnas
āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāύ āĻ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāϤā§āϝ: Gupta Art, Architecture, Aryabhata, Varahamihira, Nalanda University
āĻāϤā§āϤāϰ āĻāĻžāϰāϤ: Harshavardhana (Pusyabhuti dynasty, Ratnavali, Banabhatta, Hiuen Tsang visit)
āĻĻāĻā§āώāĻŋāĻŖ āĻāĻžāϰāϤ: Chalukyas of Badami (Pulakesin II, Aihole Inscription) & Pallavas of Kanchi
āϏāĻāĻāĻŽ āϝā§āĻ āĻ āĻā§āϞ āĻŦāĻāĻļ: Sangam Age & Imperial Cholas (Raja Raja I, Rajendra I, Local Self-Government)
āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϰāĻŽā§āĻāĻŋāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻāϞāĻž: Gangaridai kingdom, Sasanka of Gauda
āĻĒāĻžāϞ āϰāĻžāĻāĻŦāĻāĻļ: Matsyanyaya, Gopala, Dharmapala, Devapala, Ramapala & Kaivarta Revolt
āϏā§āύ āϰāĻžāĻāĻŦāĻāĻļ: Vijaya Sen, Ballal Sen's Kaulinya system, Lakshman Sen & Jayadeva
āϤā§āϰāĻŋāĻĒāĻā§āώā§āϝāĻŧ āϏāĻāĻā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ: Tripartite Struggle (Palas, Pratiharas, Rashtrakutas)
āϤā§āϰā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ: Invasions of Mahmud of Ghazni (17 raids) & Muhammad Ghori (Battles of Tarain 1191, 1192)
āĻĻāĻžāϏ āĻŦāĻāĻļ: Qutbuddin Aibak, Iltutmish (Forty Nobles), Razia Sultana, Balban
āĻāĻŋāϞāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻāĻļ: Alauddin Khalji (Market control reforms, Price regulation, Dag & Chehra)
āϤā§āĻāϞāĻ āĻ āϞā§āĻĻā§ āĻŦāĻāĻļ: Muhammad bin Tughlaq (Capital transfer, Token currency), Firuz Shah Tughlaq (Canals), Ibrahim Lodi & 1st Battle of Panipat (1526)
āĻŦāĻŋāĻāϝāĻŧāύāĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻŽā§āϰāĻžāĻā§āϝ: Harihara & Bukka, Krishnadevaraya (Amuktamalyada)
āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āĻļāĻŋāĻ āĻĒāϰā§āϝāĻāĻ āĻ āϝā§āĻĻā§āϧ: Foreign travelers (Ibn Battuta, Abdur Razzak, Nicolo Conti) & Battle of Talikota (1565)
āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϰāĻŽā§āĻāĻŋāĻ āĻŽā§āĻāϞ āĻ āϏā§āϰ āĻŦāĻāĻļ: Babur, Humayun, Sher Shah Suri (GT Road, Patta & Kabuliyat, Dam coin)
āϏāĻŽā§āϰāĻžāĻ āĻāĻāĻŦāϰ: Mansabdari system, Din-i-Ilahi, Todar Mal's Dahsala revenue system
āĻĒāϰāĻŦāϰā§āϤ⧠āĻŽā§āĻāϞ: Jahangir, Shah Jahan (Golden age of architecture), Aurangzeb & Mughal Decline
āĻļāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻā§ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāϰāĻžāĻ: Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Ashta Pradhan council, Chauth & Sardeshmukhi taxes
āĻĒā§āĻļā§āϝāĻŧāĻž āϰāĻžāĻāϤā§āĻŦ: Peshwa Era (Baji Rao I) and 3rd Battle of Panipat (1761)
āĻāĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻāύā§āĻĻā§āϞāύ: Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (Gaudiya Vaishnavism), Kabir, Guru Nanak, Mirabai
āϏā§āĻĢāĻŋ āĻāύā§āĻĻā§āϞāύ: Sufi Silsilas (Chishti Order - Moinuddin Chishti & Suhrawardi Order)
āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāϧā§āύ āϏā§āϞāϤāĻžāύāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻāϞāĻž: Iliyas Shahi Dynasty (Shamsuddin Iliyas Shah) & Hussain Shahi Dynasty (Alauddin Hussain Shah)
āϏāĻāϏā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ āϧāϰā§āĻŽ: Sri Chaitanya Movement & Middle Bengali Literature development
āĻāĻāϰā§āĻĒā§āϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻŦāύā§āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤāĻž: Portuguese, Dutch, English, French rivalries (Carnatic Wars)
āĻŦāĻžāĻāϞāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϏāĻžāĻŽā§āϰāĻžāĻā§āϝ āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻžāϰ: Battle of Plassey (1757), Battle of Buxar (1764), Dual Government in Bengal
āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻžāϰ āύā§āϤāĻŋ: Subsidiary Alliance (Wellesley), Doctrine of Lapse (Dalhousie)
āĻā§āĻŽāĻŋāϰāĻžāĻāϏā§āĻŦ āύā§āϤāĻŋ: Permanent Settlement of Bengal (1793 - Cornwallis & Sunset Law), Ryotwari & Mahalwari Systems
āĻ āϰā§āĻĨāύā§āϤāĻŋāĻ āύāĻŋāώā§āĻāĻžāĻļāύ: Drain of Wealth Theory (Dadabhai Naoroji & R.C. Dutt)
āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻĨāĻŽāĻŋāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϰā§āĻš: Sannyasi-Fakir Rebellion, Wahabi & Faraizi movements, Titu Mir's Bamboo Fort
āĻāĻĒāĻāĻžāϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϰā§āĻš: Santhal Hool (1855), Munda Ulgulan (1899)
āύā§āϞ āĻ āĻā§āώāĻ āĻāύā§āĻĻā§āϞāύ: Indigo Revolt (1859 - Dinabandhu Mitra's Neel Darpan), Tebhaga Movement (1946)
āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ āĻā§āύā§āĻĻā§āϰ: Political, economic, military, and social causes; Mangal Pandey at Barrackpore
āύā§āϤā§āϤā§āĻŦ āĻ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŖāϤāĻŋ: Bahadur Shah II, Rani Lakshmibai, Nana Saheb, Kunwar Singh; Queen Victoria's Proclamation 1858 & Crown Rule
āϰāĻžāĻŽāĻŽā§āĻšāύ āĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝāĻžāϏāĻžāĻāϰ: Raja Rammohan Roy & Brahmo Samaj (Sati Abolition 1829), Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar (Widow Remarriage Act 1856)
āĻ āύā§āϝāĻžāύā§āϝ āϏāĻāϏā§āĻāĻžāϰ: Young Bengal (Derozio), Swami Vivekananda & Ramakrishna Mission, Arya Samaj, Aligarh Movement
āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ-āĻāĻāĻā§āϰā§āϏ āϏāĻāĻāĻ āύ: Indian Association (1876 by Surendranath Banerjee)
āĻāĻāĻā§āϰā§āϏ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻž: INC Formation (1885 by A.O. Hume, W.C. Bonnerjee - Safety Valve Theory)
āύāϰāĻŽāĻĒāύā§āĻĨā§ āĻ āĻāϰāĻŽāĻĒāύā§āĻĨā§: Moderates vs. Extremists (Lal-Bal-Pal & Tilak), Surat Split (1907)
āĻŦāĻā§āĻāĻāĻā§āĻ: Lord Curzon's partition plan, Rabindranath Tagore's Rakhi Bandhan
āϏā§āĻŦāĻĻā§āĻļā§ āĻāύā§āĻĻā§āϞāύ: Boycott movement, National Council of Education, Annulment of Partition (1911)
āĻŦāĻžāĻāϞāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§āϞāĻŦā§ āϏāĻāĻāĻ āύ: Anushilan Samiti & Jugantar Party
āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§āϞāĻŦā§ āĻāĻāύāĻžāĻĒāĻā§āĻā§: Alipore Bomb Case (Khudiram Bose & Prafulla Chaki 1908), Bagha Jatin, Ghadar Party (1913)
āĻāĻā§āĻāĻā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āĻ āϏā§āϤā§āϰāĻžāĻāĻžāϰ: Masterda Surya Sen & Chittagong Armoury Raid (1930), Pritilata Waddedar, Binoy-Badal-Dinesh
āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻĨāĻŽāĻŋāĻ āϏāϤā§āϝāĻā§āϰāĻš: Champaran, Kheda, Ahmedabad Mill Strike (1917â18)
āϰāĻžāĻāϞāĻžāĻ āĻ āĻ āϏāĻšāϝā§āĻ: Rowlatt Act, Jallianwala Bagh Massacre (1919), Non-Cooperation Movement (1920â22), Swaraj Party (1923)
āĻāĻāύ āĻ āĻŽāĻžāύā§āϝ āĻ āĻāĻžāϰāϤ āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧā§: Simon Commission (1927), Nehru Report (1928), Dandi March (1930), Poona Pact (1932), Quit India Movement (1942) & Tamralipta Jatiya Sarkar
āϏā§āĻāĻžāώāĻāύā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻŦāϏā§: Haripura/Tripuri Session (1938-39), Forward Bloc formation
āĻāĻāĻžāĻĻ āĻšāĻŋāύā§āĻĻ āĻĢā§āĻ: Indian National Army (INA), Red Fort Trials (1945), RIN Mutiny (1946)
āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāϧā§āύāϤāĻž āĻ āϰā§āĻāύ: Cabinet Mission (1946), Mountbatten Plan & Indian Independence Act 1947
āĻļāĻžāϏāύāϤāĻžāύā§āϤā§āϰāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻāύ: Regulating Act 1773, Pitt's India Act 1784, GOI Acts 1858, 1909, 1919, 1935
āϏāĻāĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻĒāϤā§āϰ āĻ āĻā§āϰāύā§āĻĨ: Vernacular Press Act 1878, Historic Newspapers (Amrita Bazar Patrika, Sanjibani, Bengal Gazette) and Famous Books & Authors