History of Medieval Hindu India (Being a History of India, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)

In these volumes it is proposed to give the history in detail of India during what may be called the Mediaival Hindu period. The histor of India naturally falls into two main portions, the ancient and the modern. It is plain that the modern history of India commences from the establishment of the Slave Dynasty of Mahomedan emperors and is divisible into three periods viz. (1 )the Mussalman period from about 1200 A. D. to roughly 1650 A.D. (2 )the Maratha period from 1650 A.D. to 1818 A.D., the date of the fall of the Peshwas and (3 )the British period from 1818 A. D. down to the present day. The ancient history of India also sub-divides itself into three main periods which may be called the A ryan period, the A ryo-B uddhistic period and the Hindu period. The A ryan period commencing from the most ancient times variously considered to go back to from 4000 to 2000 B. C. comes down to about 300 B. C. and closes with the invasion of India by A lexander. Ancient A ryan Kshatriya kingdoms then disappeared and the Sudra Maurya dynasty, of emperors was established in I ndia, ushering in the supremacy of Buddhism under A soka. The second period is remarkable for the alternate triumphs of Buddhism and Aryanism politically as well as religiously, and this period may, therefore, be called not Buddhistic but A ryo-B uddhistic. It extends from 300 B. C. to 600 A. D. and closes with the final and greatest triumph of Buddhism under Harsha. The third period of ancient Indian history wliich it is proposed to treat of in these volumes begins with the fall of Buddhism after Harsha and the rise of new Hindu (not A rj -an) kingdoms in I ndia.
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