Indian History

Resources in this category:

Ancient coins of Bactria and North-West India
http://www.snible.org/coins/hn/bactria.html

Coins (and a short history) from the two areas mentioned after the conquests of Alexander until the Kushan conquest.

Beat of India
http://www.beatofindia.com/index.html

A collection of folk music resources including information about and examples of wedding and childbirth songs. Other features consist of artist biographies and a calendar of events.

Harappa.com
http://www.harappa.com/

This website has a wealth of historical photographs, archaeological images, postcards, sounds and movies related to ancient Indus Valley civilization, along with the British Raj. "Harappa.com is a media spigot to South Asia's past."

India: Country Study
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/intoc.html

A detailed profile of India including its history from ancient times to the present, geography, languages, religions, economy, social systems, industries, agriculture, and more.

An Invitation to the Indus Civilization
http://pubweb.cc.u-tokai.ac.jp/indus/english/index.html

A guide to the Indus civilization starting around 7000 BC, dealing with the region and environment, the culture of the civilization as well as its fall and various successors.

Kamat's Potpourri: The History, Mystery, and Diversity of India
http://www.kamat.com/

"A large searchable archive of documents, pictures, articles, and citations on the history, mystery, and diversity of India; includes a section on Gandhi, a photo archive and interesting trivia on the Indian subcontinent."

The South Asian Literary Recordings Project
http://www.loc.gov/acq/ovop/delhi/salrp/

Part of the Library of Congress' Archive of Recorded World Literature, this "project has captured the readings of prominent South Asian poets, novelists, and playwrights. The authors recorded so far represent more than fifteen of the languages of India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh."