What are the three periods of Indian history?

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Hindu, Muslim and British

Ancient, Medieval, and Modern

Hindu, Muslim, and Christian

Both 2 and 3 are correct

answer is B.

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Historians divided Indian History into ancient, mediaeval, and modern periods. This periodisation was taken from the west, in which the contemporary period moved forward with science, reason, democracy, liberty, and equality. The industrial revolution was one of the significant periods of the modern age. New machines like spinning jenny, power looms, etc., and the French revolution played a vital role in the current period for the rights of commoners and middle classes. The Mediaeval period was when modernisation did not exist, a period of state empires. This division of periodisation has its problems. We can say that the modern period was accepted to know the people's struggle and described the characterisation of this period for our study. Therefore, this period was referred to as colonial by many historians.

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