The known history of India begins with the Indus Valley Civilization, which spread and flourished in the north-western part of the Indian subcontinent, from c.... , which generally includes the ancient history of the whole Indian subcontinent
Indian subcontinent
The Indian subcontinent is a large section of the Asian continent consisting of the land lying substantially on the Indian Plate. The subcontinent includes parts of various countries in South Asia, including those on the continental crust , an Island#Continental islands country on the continental shelf , and an Island#Oceanic islands countr... (South Asia
South Asia
South Asia, also known as Southern Asia, is the southern region of the Asian continent, which comprises the sub-Himalayan countries and, for some authorities , also includes the adjoining countries on the west and the east.... )
The Indus Valley Civilization , abbreviated IVC, was an ancient civilization that flourished in the Indus River basin. Primarily centered along the Indus river, the civilization encompassed most of Pakistan, including its Sindh, Punjab and Balochistan provinces, and extending into modern day Indian states of Gujarat, Haryana, Punjab... — during the Bronze Age
Bronze Age India
The Bronze Age?in South Asia begins around 3000 BC in North India, and in the gives rise to the Indus Valley Civilization, which had its mature period between 2600 BC and 1900 BC....
The Vedic Period is the period during which the Vedas, the oldest sacred texts of Indo-Iranians, were being composed. Scholars place the Vedic period in the 2nd millennium BCE and 1st millennium BCE millennia BCE continuing up to the 6th century BCE based on literary evidence.... — the period of Vedic Sanskrit
Vedic Sanskrit
Vedic Sanskrit is an Old Indic language. It is the language of the Vedas, the oldest shruti texts of Hinduism, compiled over the period of the mid 2nd to mid 1st millennium BC.... , spanning the late Bronze Age
Bronze Age India
The Bronze Age?in South Asia begins around 3000 BC in North India, and in the gives rise to the Indus Valley Civilization, which had its mature period between 2600 BC and 1900 BC.... and the earlier Iron Age
Iron Age India
The Iron Age in the Indian subcontinent succeeds the Late Harappan culture, also known as the last phase of the Indus Valley Tradition....
Mahajanapadas literally "Great Kingdoms" . Ancient Buddhist texts like Anguttara Nikaya make frequent reference to sixteen great kingdoms and republics which had evolved and flourished in the northern/north-western parts of the Indian subcontinent prior to the rise of Buddhism in India.... — during the later Iron Age
Iron Age India
The Iron Age in the Indian subcontinent succeeds the Late Harappan culture, also known as the last phase of the Indus Valley Tradition....
Magadha formed one of the sixteen Mahajanapadas or Kingdoms of Ancient India. The core of the kingdom was the area of Bihar south of the Ganges; its first capital was Rajagaha then Pataliputra .... — during classical antiquity
Classical antiquity
Classical antiquity is a broad term for a long period of cultural history centered on the Mediterranean Sea, comprising the interlocking civilizations of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome.... (6th to 4th centuries BC)
The Maurya Empire , ruled by the Mauryan dynasty, was geographically extensive, great power, and a political military empire in history of India.... — the largest ancient Indian empire, contemporary to Hellenism
Hellenism
Hellenism may refer to:*Hellenism , an esthetic movement in 18th and 19th century England and Germany*Hellenism , the academic study of ancient Greece ... in the west (4th to 2nd centuries BC), golden age of early Classical Sanskrit literature
Sanskrit literature
Indian literature in Sanskrit begins with the Vedas, and continues with the Sanskrit Epics of Iron Age India; the golden age of Classical Sanskrit literature dates to late Antiquity ....
Epic India is the depiction of Greater India in the Sanskrit epics, viz. the Mahabharata and the Ramayana as well as Puranas literature .The historical context of the Sanskrit epics are the late Vedic period Mahajanapadas and the subsequent formation of the Maurya Empire, the beginning of the "golden age" of Classical Sanskrit literatur... as described in Sanskrit literature
Middle kingdoms of India refers to the political entities in India from the 2nd century BC since the decline of the Maurya Empire, and the corresponding rise of the Satavahana dynasty, beginning with Simuka, from 230 BC.... — during late antiquity
Late Antiquity
Late Antiquity is a periodization used by historians to describe the transitional centuries from Classical antiquity to the Middle Ages, in both mainland Europe and the Mediterranean world: generally from the end of the Roman Empire's Crisis of the Third Century to the Islamic conquests and the re-organization of the Byzantine Empire under... and the early Middle Ages
Early Middle Ages
The Early Middle Ages is a period in the history of Europe following the fall of the Western Roman Empire spanning roughly five centuries from AD 500 to 1000....
The Kushan Empire of Ancient India originally formed in Bactria on either side of the middle course of the Oxus River or Syr Darya in what is now northern Afghanistan, Pakistan, southern Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.... (2nd c. BC to 3rd c. AD)
The Gupta Empire was ruled by members of the Gupta dynasty from around 280 to 550 CE and covered most of Northern India, Southern and Eastern Pakistan, parts of Gujarat and Rajasthan and what is now western India and Bangladesh....
