Ancient India

Like Mesopotamia, Egypt, and China, ancient India was a place where one of the world’s first great civilizations was born. Ancient India was also one of the largest ancient civilizations, stretching across the entire Indian subcontinent, which includes all of what is known today as India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Even more importantly, the ancient Indian civilization that formed around the Indus River gave birth to many of India’s unique cultural traditions, such as the Hindu religion. Over the years, ancient India was also home to some of the world’s first and most powerful kingdoms, including the Maurya Empire and the Gupta Empire. India and Indian culture continued to grow and change long after these and other empires fell, and the...