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

Famous quotes containing the words history of and/or history:

    “There is no example in history of a revolutionary movement involving such gigantic masses being so bloodless.”
    —Leon Trotsky (1879–1940)

    “... in America ... children are instructed in the virtues of the system they live under, as though history had achieved a happy ending in American civics.”
    —Mary McCarthy (1912–1989)