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Neha Nidhi
India’s history can be condensed into a week, which gives us a really amusing view on the past.
Each day of each week corresponds to roughly 700 years in Indian history from the time of the
Harappans until the present.
In Northwest India, agriculture can be seen on Sunday. The Indus River Valley, the Gujarat
coast, Rajasthan, as well as Haryana are all areas where the Harappan civilisation rose with
well-organized towns. The Iron Age Trading Network includes these. Cotton, beads, cotton,
poultry, and sesame are all sent to the Gulf. Emoticon-themed and unicorn-themed seals are
used to control business. India was unaware of horses on Sunday because they had only been
tamed on Monday, north of a Caspian Sea.
Harappan cities started to slowly disappear on Monday. Around the planet, the Stone Age
network slowly disintegrated. The environment was chaotic. Only on Tuesdays would the world
witness warriors riding on horseback throughout Egypt, Greece, the Middle East, China, and
even India.
Tuesday would see men riding horses enter Punjab from Eurasian Steppes after several
generations in the Oxus civilization of Central Asia. They would wed local women, and the
languages of Eurasia, Oxus, Indus, and Harappa would be preserved in the Sanskrit language
that their offspring would develop. Like their ancestors, they would address themselves as Arya
and give thanks to the heavenly deities. In the Gangetic plains, where the soil was fertile and
iron was discovered, they would transition from a nomadic cattle-herding lifestyle to a more
established agricultural lifestyle. In the South, cattle-herding groups without any ties to the
Northern Aryas would build mounds of ash, raise enormous dolmen stones to dead, but also
perform pot burials.
By Wednesday, the Gangetic plains were a major centre of Vedic culture. Trade was taking
place, and traders even used money to send cotton and elephants to Persia (karshapana).
Princes like Buddha became monks in urban cultures with oligarchies and pondered the
purpose of luxury and money. Popular themes include liberty, debt relief, and rebirth. The
exploits of Alexander the Great, who overthrew the Persian Empire, sparked Pataliputra’s
imperial aspirations. Beginning to have an impact on the southern river valleys of the Narmada,
Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna, or Kaveri were Buddhist, Jain, and Brahmin priests.
On Thursday, Vedic sacrifices are performed by Satavahan monarchs from Nashik, allowing Jain
and Buddhist traders to import cotton from Andhra then transport that to Rome through
Sopara (Mumbai). Greeks, Scythians, Parthians, Central Asian Kushans, and Huns are only a few
examples of the alien tribes that ruled the North and supported Buddhist monasteries and
Sanskrit. In the South, we heard Tamil and Prakrit epic ballads about wives, courtesans, even
nuns as well as passionate poetry about lovers and warriors. There is a new school of Hinduism
that emphasizes the myths of Vishnu, Shiva, but also Durga.
The southern temple-based empires (raja-mandala) of the Chalukyas of Deccan, Rashtrakutas,
Cheras, Cholas, Hoyasalas, Kakatiyas, Palas, and Sena flourish on Friday. Strong regional
languages include Bengali, Kannada, Marathi, Telugu, Odia, and Kannada. Adi Shankara,
Ramanuja, and Madhva lived during this era. Buddhism and Jainism have been supplanted by
Brahmin culture. Caste now prevails.
The Sultanates of Delhi and the Bahamas, Rajputs, and Gajapatis are all mentioned on Saturday.
the ascent and decline of the Vijayanagara, Mughal, Maratha, even British Empires, as well as
the fights for freedom. It is the era of industrialization, democracy, and bhakti.
