History of Uttarakhand
History of Uttarakhand Know About the Ancient Medieval History of this Place The Kols originally inhabited the Himalayan region. They were later joined by the Indo-Aryan khas tribe from the North Western part during the Vedic period. During the Vedic period the Uttarakhand region was served by both the sadhus as well as rishis. As per the legend, Sage Vyasa first scripted The Mahabharata as it is believed that the Pandavas have camped and stayed in this particular region. Kunindas in the 2nd century were one among the first major dynasties and they practised Shaivism at its earliest forms. These people traded in Salt with the Western part of Tibet. Again between the 7th and the 14th centuries, the Katyuri dynasty started dominating lands of varying areas starting from the Katyur valley in the Kumaon region. By the middle period the region again got consolidated under the Kumaon kingdom in the Eastern part of the country and the Garhwal kingdom in the Western part of the country. From