Population and settlement
Settlement and population: The first evidence of human settlements in India date all the way back to 3000 B.C. The Indus valley civilization flourish until the coming of the Aryans. Although evidence of this time in history is unclear, there is still enough evidence to show that the Indus valley civilization was very urbanized. History can’t explain why the Indus valley disappeared as completely as it did.
India’s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, described India’s history as “a bundle of contradictions held together by strong but invisible threads.” The Vedic Period, which lasted from 1500 B.C. to 500 B.C. laid down the foundation of Hinduism and other cultural aspects in India. The next period, the Mahajanapadas, was a time of great urbanization since the Indus Valley Civilization. In the era, the Persian and Greek conquest of India took place. Much of the northwest came under the rule of the Persian Empire in 520 B.C. In 326 B.C. Alexander the Great conquered the northwest part of the Sub-Continent as he defeated King Porus. In 322-185 B.C. the Maurya Empire was a geographically extensive and political empire that thrived under the rule of Ashoka the Great.
In 1526, Babur established the Mughal, which ruled most of India until 1600. The Empire then collapsed during India’s first war on Independence in 1857. The British Rule in India began in the 1600’s and lasted all the way until 1947 when India got it’s independence.
India’s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, described India’s history as “a bundle of contradictions held together by strong but invisible threads.” The Vedic Period, which lasted from 1500 B.C. to 500 B.C. laid down the foundation of Hinduism and other cultural aspects in India. The next period, the Mahajanapadas, was a time of great urbanization since the Indus Valley Civilization. In the era, the Persian and Greek conquest of India took place. Much of the northwest came under the rule of the Persian Empire in 520 B.C. In 326 B.C. Alexander the Great conquered the northwest part of the Sub-Continent as he defeated King Porus. In 322-185 B.C. the Maurya Empire was a geographically extensive and political empire that thrived under the rule of Ashoka the Great.
In 1526, Babur established the Mughal, which ruled most of India until 1600. The Empire then collapsed during India’s first war on Independence in 1857. The British Rule in India began in the 1600’s and lasted all the way until 1947 when India got it’s independence.
LINKS TO MORE INFORMATION: http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/History/mainhist.html
http://www.historyindia.org/
http://www.historyindia.org/
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Early settlements in India on Dipity.
From these two graphs on the population in India from 1950-2100, you can see that the population has increased more than double and people are living longer than they were in the past, which increases the population more.