note on modern history
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Modern history, the modern period or the modern era, is the linear, global, historiographical approach to the time frame after post-classical history. Modern history can be further broken down into periods:
The early modern period began approximately in the early 16th century; notable historical milestones included the European Renaissance, the Age of Discovery, and the Protestant Reformation.
The late modern period began approximately in the mid-18th century; notable historical milestones included the American Revolution, the French Revolution, the Industrial Revolution, the Great Divergence, and the Russian Revolution. It took all of human history up to 1804 for the world's population to reach 1 billion; the next billion came just over a century later, in 1927.
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In the 20th century the Indian archaeological exploration and research started under British rule. A number of ancient sites were excavated under supervision of Sir Alexander Cunningham, the first Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India.
Harappan civilisation wss discovered during the tenure of Sir John Marshall. Because of this discovery the antiquity of Indian history could be traced to 3rd millenium B.C.E or even earlier.
Many British officials in India wrote about Indian History. Their writings display strong influence of colonial policies of British