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As a linguistic-cultural and political region, North India consists of six [[India]]n states: [[Himachal Pradesh]], [[Uttarakhand]], [[Haryana]], [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]], [[Uttar Pradesh]] and [[Rajasthan]] also The [[New Delhi|National Capital Territory of Delhi]] is also a part of northern India. It shares some of its cultural, historical, musical, and linguistic heritage with neighboring [[Pakistan]] and [[Jammu and Kashmir]], which was part of British India empire prior to the 1947 Independence. The [[North Indian Plain]] is a large part of it. | As a linguistic-cultural and political region, North India consists of six [[India]]n states: [[Himachal Pradesh]], [[Uttarakhand]], [[Haryana]], [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]], [[Uttar Pradesh]] and [[Rajasthan]] also The [[New Delhi|National Capital Territory of Delhi]] is also a part of northern India. It shares some of its cultural, historical, musical, and linguistic heritage with neighboring [[Pakistan]] and [[Jammu and Kashmir]], which was part of British India empire prior to the 1947 Independence. The [[North Indian Plain]] is a large part of it. | ||
==History== | |||
The empires and dynasties that have ruled parts or all of North India include: | |||
* [[Maurya Empire]], 326 – 187 BCE | |||
* [[Indo-Greek Kingdom]], c.150 BCE – 10 CE ([[Menander I]] conquered Punjab) | |||
* [[Northern Satraps]], 1st century BCE to 1st century CE | |||
* [[Gupta Empire]], during the reign of Samudragupta, c.335 – c.550 CE | |||
* [[Empire of Harsha]], 606 to 647 CE | |||
* [[Pala Empire]], 770 to 810 CE | |||
* [[Pratihara Empire]], mid-7th to the 11th century | |||
* [[Delhi Sultanate]], 1206–1526 | |||
* [[Mughal Empire]], 1526–1540, then 1555–1857, interrupted briefly by the Sur Empire, | |||
* [[Sur Empire]] 1540–1556 | |||
* [[Sikh Empire]] 1799–1849 | |||
* [[Maratha Empire]] 1761–1818 | |||
* [[British Indian Empire]] 1858–1947 | |||
The Delhi Sultanate, Mughal and British Indian Empires had Delhi as their capital from time to time.<ref>https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_GbQIAAAAQAAJ</ref> <ref>https://books.google.co.in/books?id=FjxuAAAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y</ref> | |||
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