SEVEN BASIC PERIODS

Furthermore, when attempting to identify how many "civilization-s" and how many "culture-s" there are in India, it would appear that one has to mention at least seven, as follows:
 
OLD INDIC PERIODS

I. The Indus Valley civilization 
(and related cultures) 
(3000 B.C.E. - 1500 B.C.E.)

 

II. The Indo-Brahmanical civilization 
(and related cultures) 
(c. 1500 B.C.E. - 600 B.C.E.)


III. The Indo-Shramanical civilization 
(and related cultures) 
(c. 600 B.C.E. - 300 C.E.)


IV. The Indic civilization
 (and related cultures)
(c. 300 - 1200)

 

NEW INDIC PERIODS
Indo-Islamic
Mughal Empire 

V. Islamic
(c. 1200-1757)

Princely States

Partition

VI. The Indo-British civilization 
(and related culture-s) (c. 1757 - 1947)

VII. India as an independent nation-state in the modern global system (1947 - present)
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VII. India as an independent nation-state in the modern global system (1947 - present)
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