Indus culture (ca 2500-1600 BC)
The Aryan age (ca 1500-1000 BC)
North Indian Conquest and unification (ca 1000-450 BC)
India's first imperial unification (326-184 BC)
Political fragmentation and economic and cultural enrichment (ca 184 BC-AD 320)
The classical age (AD 320-ca 700)
The impact of Islam (ca 711-1556)
Mughal imperial unification (1556-1605)
Western Europe's vanguard (1498-1669)
Great Mughal glory (1605-1707)
Twilight of the Mughal Empire (1707-64)
John company Raj (1765-93)
The new Mughals (1793-1848)
Unification, modernization, and revolt (1848-58)
Crown rule: a new order (1858-77)
Indian nationalism: the first movement (1885-1905)
The machine solidifies (1885-1905)
Revolt, repression, and reform (1905-12)
The impact of World War One (1914-19)
Toward independence (1920-39)
The impact of World War Two (1939-46)
From collective leadership to Indira Raj (1964-77)
From Janata Raj to Indira Gandhi's assassination (1977-84)
Rajiv Gandhi's Raj (1984-91)
Opening India's economy to globalization (1991-99)
Escalating Indo-Pak conflict and terror (1999-2006)
