Question

How did the historian ‘Burton Stein describe the different periods of Indian History?

Answer 1

The historian Burton Stein, uses the term ‘classical’ to describe the period up to the Gupta empire and dates the ‘medieval’ period from the 7th century A.D.(CE) till the beginning of Mughal rule in the 16th century. The Mughal era, from the 16th to 18th century is referred to as the early modem period.