December, 1994

When you learned Indian history, a startling amount of myth may have inadvertently been mixed in the masala with fact. […]

Much of what India and Hinduism are today can be understood by examining their origins and history. Here is a

1000: World population is 265 million. India population is 79 million, 29.8% of world. ca 1000: A few Hindu communities

-1000: World population is 50 million, doubling every 500 years. -975: King Hiram of Phoenicia, for the sake of King

1500: World population 425 million; 105 million live in India. 1503-1566: Lifetime of Nostradamus, French physician and astrologer who wrote

1803: Second Anglo-Maratha war results in British Christian capture of Delhi and control of large parts of India. 1803: India's

How to Read the Timeline The thick line represents the flow of time from the date on the top to