Bharat ka itihas pracheen kaal se shuru hota hai. Bharat ki sabhyata duniya ki sabse prachin sabhyataon mein se ek hai. Bharat ka itihas lagbhag 5000 saal purana hai, jab Sindhu Ghati Sabhyata (Indus Valley Civilization) ka vikas hua tha, jo 3300 BCE ke aas-paas se shuru hui thi.

Iske baad Vaidik Yug aaya, jo Rigveda ke rachna kaal se juda hai (lagbhag 1500 BCE). Is yug mein Arya log Bharat aaye aur yahaan ke sabhyata ke vikas mein yogdaan diya.

Iske baad kai mahatvapurn samrajyon ka uday hua, jaise Maurya Samrajya (Chandragupta Maurya aur Ashoka ke samay mein), Gupta Samrajya, Mughal Samrajya, aur phir British Shasan, jo Bharat ke aazadi tak chala.

Bharat ka itihas vividh, samriddh aur kai yugon se guzar chuka hai, jo is desh ke samaj, dharm, rajneeti aur sanskriti ke vikas ko rochak aur mahatvapurn banata hai.