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why history is divided into periods​

Answer 1

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#History is divided into parts because it would be hard to provide all the information of certain time together as there may have some changes...

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Answer 2

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Because of its vastness.

Even if we ignore the prehistoric archeological evidences, yet the first civilisation shifts us back to 3300 BCE, that is Indus Valley civilisation.

So when the modern approach of writing history of India came forward, the first and foremost requirement was it's classification.  

Being the colonial representative, James Mill divided Indian history into three parts, i.e.- “Hindu”, “Muslim” and “British” history of India. But that was not accepted, as it was confusing and biased.

So, like world history, Indian history also followed the easiest of the classification system, i.e.-

Ancient India(3300 BCE- 200 BCE),

Medival India(200 BCE -1526 CE),

Modern(1526 CE-Post Independence and up to to present).

Those periods are further classified into sub periods as per their significance like ruler, economy,urbanisation, language etc.

There is another part of history,that is learned in a whole different section called “Art and Culture”. This contains art forms, architectures, sculptures, paintings, monuments, walls, languages, dance and song forms, ethnicity, literature, food etc, from ancient to modern period altogether.

The political science also contains history of administration, different types of government or ruling procedures, economy etc.

The sociology also deals with historical civilisations, their social structures and functions etc.

They all can be called as “Loosely classified part of History”.  

They are not bound through period but concept.

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