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History of South Asia

  • Indus Valley CivilisationIn the Balochistan province of Pakistan, a Neolithic site named Mehrgarh emerged around 7000 BCE. This mountain settlement provided new insights into how…
  • Abbasid CaliphateIn the year 747, a man named Abu Muslim stood in the city of Merv and raised a black flag. This banner signaled the start of an armed uprising that would…
  • Achaemenid EmpireIn 550 BC, Cyrus the Great defeated the Median king Astyages and captured Ecbatana. This single event marked the birth of an empire that would stretch from…
  • Rana SangaSangram Singh I was born on the 12th of April 1482 to King Raimal and Queen Ratan Kunwar. He entered a world already divided by bloodlines within his own…
  • Indian independence movementIn 1757, Maveeran Alagumuthu Kone became a military leader in the town of Ettayapuram and was defeated in battle against British forces.
  • Muslim conquests in the Indian subcontinentIn 636 AD, a naval expedition from Bahrain targeted the coastal town of Thane near modern Mumbai. Uthman ibn Abi al-As al-Thaqafi, governor of Bahrain and…