History of Uttar Pradesh

The history of Uttar Pradesh, an Indian State, can be divided into five periods:

  1. The prehistoric & Early Vedic Period (up to c. 600 BC),
  2. The Buddhist-Hindu period (c. 600 BC to c. 1200 AD),
  3. The Muslim period (c. 1200 to c. 1857),
  4. The British period (c. 1857 to 1947), and
  5. The post-independence period (1947 to the present).

Read more about History Of Uttar Pradesh:  Evolution of The State, Muslim Period, Modern-colonial, Post-independence

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