history

[|[[http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/04/ssa/ht04ssa.htmThe|http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/04/ssa/ht04ssa.htm]]] The Metropolitan Museum of Art provides a timeline of art history and key events in South Asia from 20,000 B.C. to the present time. Their website can be accessed by region and time period, providing a short history and examples of artwork.
 * HISTORY**

http://www.geographia.com/india/india02.htm This website produced by InterKnowledge Corporation provides a short history of India in a concise, but readable way. The huge range it covers from ancient times to post-independence makes it light on details (and references), but is good for someone with little or no knowledge about Indian history.

http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ab99 This website provides a history of the Moghuls, from the founding of the empire by Babur in 1504 to 1760. It is a fairly dry account, with a lot of facts and a quick progression through history making it informative, more than entertaining.
 * (The Jewel of Rajasthan, Desert tour, Mughals mystics and economic futures’)**

[|[[http://www.calcuttaweb.com/history.shtmlThis|http://www.calcuttaweb.com/history.shtml]]] This website explores the history of Kolkata, and in particular its time as capital of the British Raj. The highlight of the website are old photographs that date from this time.
 * (Ancient Temples and Cultural Capital, Cultural Kolkata and Ancient Varanasi)**

__http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chola_dynasty__ The Wikipedia entry for the Chola dynasty provides a good background to the history of Tamil Nadu up to the Thirteenth Century. The Chola dynasty has had a lasting impact on Tamil Nadu, with many of the architecture and sculpture surviving today.