3,0001500 BCE: Indus Valley Civilisation (Old Chronology), or
6,0001900 BCE: Indus-Sarasvati Civilisation (New Chronology)
1500500 BCE: Vedic Period (some say, beginning with the Aryan migration
500 BCE500 CE: Epic, Puranic and Classical Ages
500 CE1200 CE: Early and Middle Medieval Period
Early development of bhakti (esp. in South India).
Formation of sampradayas contesting internally and externally
Theological establishment of Vedanta.
12001757 CE: Muslim Period
Bhakti saints and the cultivation of personal piety
Development of the theistic traditions
17571947 CE: British Period
The reform movements and birth of neo-Hinduism
1947 CEpresent: Independent India
Migration to Britain
Hinduism established as a world religion.
The Dancing Shiva
Nataraj - The Dancing Shiva is the Hindu God of Dance. Nataraj symbolizes not merely the rhythm of physical force but the cosmic process of creation and renewal of life. Shiva as Nataraj also symbolizes spiritual virility in the Yogi (ascetic). In metaphysics, he symbolizes the unity of the spirit of Purusha (essence) with Prakriti (substance).
