Indian

The Indian group gathers the many peoples of the Indian subcontinent: Bengalis, Punjabis, Marathis, Gujaratis and Sindhis in the north and west, Telugus, Tamils, Kannadigas and Malayalis in the south, and forest and hill peoples such as the Gonds and Bhils. In 1337 Muhammad bin Tughluq ruled the Delhi Sultanate, founded in 1206, while the Vijayanagara Empire had risen in the south in 1336.

Timur sacked Delhi in 1398. Babur's victory at Panipat in 1526 began the Mughal Empire, which Akbar expanded, and the Marathas later rose against it. The British East India Company won Bengal at Plassey in 1757.