UTTARAKHAND is combination of two ancient times regions of Kedarkhand and Manaskhand and this name suggest that the a place which located in the north ( Uttar ) regions. This is the only the place which gives the Puranic term for the central stretch of the Indian Himalayas. This Himalayas valleys and peaks gives the old ancients times culture of Indian civilisation. Uttrakhand is also known as adobe of gods and goddesses and source of the Gangas River. This is only the place where the number of ancient time culture were made our civilisation such as Guptas, Katyuris, Palas, Pauravas, Kushanas, Kunindas, the Chands, and Parmars or Panwars etc.
Early History
The region Uttrakhand was originally established by Kols, people of the Dravidian and by Indo-Aryan Khas. This place is completely served for Rishis and Sadhus in Vedic periods. This is believed that after the Mahabharata Pandavas ascent here and took rest here. In 2nd century B.C Garhwal and Kumaon were the Kunindas major dynasties after that Buddhism made inroad in this region. However, Garhwal were restored to nominal Brahmanical due to the work of Shankaracharya.
During the medieval periods, the Garhwal and Kumaon region under the kingdom in the west and the kingdom in the east. In 13th to 18th century this places comes under the Chand Rajas and during this period the Chand Rajas form a new painting or Pahari school of art developed.
After the Medieval periods, the Modern-day Garhwal was regulate under the rule of Parmar/Panwar Rajas, with the mass migration of Brahmins and Rajput’s, also arrived from the Plains.
In 1791, the Ghurkha Empire of Nepal, overran Almora, the seat of the Kumaon kingdom. After the Anglo-Nepalese war in 1816, again the Garhwal Kingdom was re-established from tehri and eastern BritishGarhwal and Kumaon ceded to the British as part of the Treaty of Sugauli.