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The name 'Bharata' is used as a designation for the country in their constitution referencing the ancient mythological emperor, Bharata, whose story is told, in part, in the Indian epic <em><a href="/Mahabharata/">Mahabharata</a></em>.</p> <p>According to the writings known as the Puranas (religious/historical texts written down in the 5th century CE), Bharata conquered the whole subcontinent of India and ruled the land in peace and harmony. The land was, therefore, known as Bharatavarsha (`the subcontinent of Bharata'). Hominid activity in the Indian subcontinent stretches back over 250,000 years, and it is, therefore, one of the oldest inhabited regions on the planet.</p><div class="ad_Mobile_Intext ahe-ad intext-ad-1"> <a href="/membership/?utm_source=whe&utm_medium=remove_ads_button_en&utm_campaign=membership" class="ad_membership_notice" rel="nofollow">Remove Ads</a> <div class="ad_header">Advertisement</div>  <div id='div-adcontainer-AHE_Mobile_Intext_1' class="adcontainer innerwrapper worldhistory_content_mobile_dynamic"> </div> </div> <p>Archaeological excavations have discovered artifacts used by early humans, including stone tools, which suggest an extremely early date for human habitation and technology in the area. While the civilizations of <a href="/Mesopotamia/">Mesopotamia</a> and <a href="/egypt/">Egypt</a> have long been recognized for their celebrated contributions to <a href="/civilization/">civilization</a>, India has often been overlooked, especially in the West, though its history and <a href="/disambiguation/culture/">culture</a> is just as rich. The <a href="/Indus_Valley_Civilization/">Indus Valley Civilization</a> (c. 7000-c. 600 BCE) was among the greatest of the ancient world, covering more territory than either Egypt or Mesopotamia and producing an equally vibrant and progressive culture.</p><div id="primis_intext"> <div id="3e3744ed-0893-4ec9-8757-582bfa65ad5c"></div> <div id="6b0cd791-ab2c-4669-b35a-8252ddaa7467"></div> <a href="https://link.worldhistory.org/youtube_intext" target="_blank" class="youtube_notice"> <svg role="img" viewBox="0 0 24 24" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><title>YouTube</title><path d="M23.498 6.186a3.016 3.016 0 0 0-2.122-2.136C19.505 3.545 12 3.545 12 3.545s-7.505 0-9.377.505A3.017 3.017 0 0 0 .502 6.186C0 8.07 0 12 0 12s0 3.93.502 5.814a3.016 3.016 0 0 0 2.122 2.136c1.871.505 9.376.505 9.376.505s7.505 0 9.377-.505a3.015 3.015 0 0 0 2.122-2.136C24 15.93 24 12 24 12s0-3.93-.502-5.814zM9.545 15.568V8.432L15.818 12l-6.273 3.568z"></path></svg> Follow us on YouTube!</a> </div> <script> </script> <p>It is the birthplace of four great world religions - <a href="/hinduism/">Hinduism</a>, <a href="/jainism/">Jainism</a>, <a href="/buddhism/">Buddhism</a>, and Sikhism - as well as the philosophical school of <a href="/Charvaka/">Charvaka</a> which influenced the development of scientific thought and inquiry. The inventions and innovations of the people of ancient India include many aspects of modern life taken for granted today including the flush toilet, drainage and sewer systems, public pools, mathematics, veterinary <a href="/science/">science</a>, plastic surgery, board games, yoga and meditation, as well as many more.</p><div class="ad_Mobile_Intext ahe-ad intext-ad-2"> <a href="/membership/?utm_source=whe&utm_medium=remove_ads_button_en&utm_campaign=membership" class="ad_membership_notice" rel="nofollow">Remove Ads</a> <div class="ad_header">Advertisement</div>  <div id='div-adcontainer-AHE_Mobile_Intext_2' class="adcontainer innerwrapper worldhistory_content_mobile_dynamic"> </div> </div> <h3>Prehistory of India</h3> <p>The areas of present-day India, Pakistan, and Nepal have provided archaeologists and scholars with the richest sites of the most ancient pedigree. The species <em><a href="/Homo_Heidelbergensis/">Homo heidelbergensis</a></em> (a proto-human who was an ancestor of modern <em><a href="/Homo_Sapiens/">Homo sapiens</a></em>) inhabited the subcontinent of India centuries before humans migrated into the region known as <a href="/europe/">Europe</a>. Evidence of the existence of <em>Homo heidelbergensis</em> was first discovered in Germany in 1907 and, since, further discoveries have established fairly clear migration patterns of this species out of <a href="/disambiguation/africa/">Africa</a>.</p> <p>Recognition of the antiquity of their presence in India has been largely due to the fairly late archaeological interest in the area as, unlike work in Mesopotamia and Egypt, western excavations in India did not begin in earnest until the 1920s. Though the ancient <a href="/city/">city</a> of Harappa was known to exist as early as 1829, its archaeological significance was ignored and the later excavations corresponded to an interest in locating the probable sites referred to in the great Indian epics <em>Mahabharata</em> and <em><a href="/The_Ramayana/">Ramayana</a></em> (both of the 5th or 4th centuries BCE) while ignoring the possibility of a much more ancient past for the region.</p><div class="ad_Mobile_Intext ahe-ad intext-ad-3"> <a href="/membership/?utm_source=whe&utm_medium=remove_ads_button_en&utm_campaign=membership" class="ad_membership_notice" rel="nofollow">Remove Ads</a> <div class="ad_header">Advertisement</div>  <div id='div-adcontainer-AHE_Mobile_Intext_3' class="adcontainer innerwrapper worldhistory_content_dynamic"> </div> </div> <div class="youtube-embed-wrapper"><div class="youtube-embed-container"><iframe data-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yh4OxzEFFzA?autoplay=0&cc_lang_pref=en" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen title="Mahabharata: the Ancient Indian Epic"></iframe></div></div> <p>The village of Balathal (near Udaipur in Rajasthan), to cite only one example, illustrates the antiquity of India's history as it dates to 4000 BCE. Balathal was not discovered until 1962 and excavations were not begun there until the 1990s CE. Even older is the <a href="/Neolithic/">Neolithic</a> site of Mehrgarh, dated at c. 7000 BCE but showing evidence of even earlier habitation, which was not discovered until 1974.</p> <div class="big_quote">Archaeological excavations in the past 50 years have dramatically changed the understanding of India's past &, by extension, world history.</div> <p>Archaeological excavations in the past 50 years have dramatically changed the understanding of India's past and, by extension, world history. A 4000-year-old skeleton discovered at Balathal in 2009 provides the oldest evidence of leprosy in India. Prior to this find, leprosy was considered a much younger disease thought to have been carried from Africa to India at some point and then from India to Europe by the <a href="/article/676/the-army-of-alexander-the-great/">army of Alexander the Great</a> following his <a href="/disambiguation/Death/">death</a> in 323 BCE.</p> <p>It is now understood that significant human activity was underway in India by the Holocene Period (10,000 years ago) and that many historical assumptions, based upon earlier work in Egypt and Mesopotamia, need to be reviewed and revised. The beginnings of the Vedic tradition in India, still practiced today, can now be dated, at least in part, to the indigenous people of ancient sites such as Balathal and their interaction and blending with the culture of <a href="/Aryan/">Aryan</a> migrants who arrived in the region between c. 2000-c. 1500 BCE, initiating the so-called Vedic Period (c. 1500-c.500 BCE) during which the <a href="/hinduism/">Hindu</a> scriptures known as <a href="/The_Vedas/">the Vedas</a> were committed to written form.</p><div class="ad_Mobile_Intext ahe-ad intext-ad-4"> <a href="/membership/?utm_source=whe&utm_medium=remove_ads_button_en&utm_campaign=membership" class="ad_membership_notice" rel="nofollow">Remove Ads</a> <div class="ad_header">Advertisement</div>  <div id='div-adcontainer-AHE_Mobile_Intext_4' class="adcontainer innerwrapper worldhistory_content_dynamic"> </div> </div> <h3>Mohenjo-daro & Harappan Civilization</h3> <p>The <a href="/Indus_Valley_Civilization/">Indus Valley</a> Civilization dates to c. 7000 BCE and grew steadily throughout the lower Gangetic Valley region southwards and northwards to Malwa. The <a href="/city/">cities</a> of this period were larger than contemporary settlements in other countries, were situated according to cardinal points, and were built of mud bricks, often kiln-fired. Houses were constructed with a large courtyard opening from the front door, a kitchen/workroom for the preparation of food, and smaller bedrooms.</p> <p>Family activities seem to have centered on the front of the house, particularly the courtyard and, in this, are similar to what has been inferred from sites in <a href="/Rome/">Rome</a>, Egypt, <a href="/greece/">Greece</a>, and Mesopotamia. The buildings and homes of the Indus Valley peoples, however, were far more advanced technologically with many featuring flush toilets and "wind catchers" (possibly first developed in ancient <a href="/Persia/">Persia</a>) on the rooftops which provided air conditioning. The sewer and drainage systems of the cities excavated thus far are more advanced than those of Rome at its height.</p> <p><figure class="image_intext_wrapper" rel="2130"> <a href="/image/2130/excavation-site-at-mohenjo-daro/" title="Excavation Site at Mohenjo-daro" /> <picture> <source srcset="https://www.worldhistory.org/img/r/p/500x600/2130.jpg.webp?v=1729704191 500w, https://www.worldhistory.org/img/r/p/1000x1200/2130.jpg.webp?v=1729704191 1000w" type="image/webp"> <source srcset="https://www.worldhistory.org/img/r/p/500x600/2130.jpg?v=1729704191 500w, https://www.worldhistory.org/img/r/p/1000x1200/2130.jpg?v=1729704191 1000w" type="image/jpeg"> <img loading="lazy" src="https://www.worldhistory.org/img/r/p/500x600/2130.jpg?v=1729704191" alt="Excavation Site at Mohenjo-daro" class="in_text_image" width="500" height="375" /> </picture> <figcaption class="image_caption"><div class="figtitle">Excavation Site at Mohenjo-daro</div><div class="figauthor">Grjatoi (CC BY-NC-SA)</div></figcaption> </a> </figure> <script type="application/ld+json"> {"@context":"https://schema.org","@id":"https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2130/excavation-site-at-mohenjo-daro/#imageobject","@type":"ImageObject","acquireLicensePage":"https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2130/excavation-site-at-mohenjo-daro/","caption":"Ruins of Mohenjo-daro in present-day Sindh, Pakistan, one of the largest settlements of the ancient Indus Valley Civilization.\r\n\r\nMohenjo-daro is one of the world's earliest major urban settlements, contemporaneous with the civilizations of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Crete. \r\n\r\nThe city was abandoned around 1800 BCE and rediscovered in 1922 CE.","contentUrl":"https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/2130.jpg","copyrightNotice":"Grjatoi - CC BY-NC-SA - This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included.","creator":{"@type":"Person","name":"Grjatoi"},"creditText":"Grjatoi / Wikipedia","dateModified":"2024-11-23T21:10:18+0000","datePublished":"2013-11-08T14:35:19+0000","encodingFormat":"image/jpeg","headline":"Excavation Site at Mohenjo-daro","height":2112,"isAccessibleForFree":true,"isBasedOn":{"@type":"CreativeWork","url":"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mohenjo-daro.jpg"},"isFamilyFriendly":true,"isPartOf":"https://www.worldhistory.org#website","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/","mainEntityOfPage":"https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2130/excavation-site-at-mohenjo-daro/","publisher":"https://www.worldhistory.org#organization","representativeOfPage":false,"url":"https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2130/excavation-site-at-mohenjo-daro/","width":2816} </script> </p> <p>The most famous sites of this period are the great cities of Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa both located in present-day Pakistan (Mohenjo-daro in the Sindh province and Harappa in Punjab) which was part of India until the 1947 partition of the country which created the separate nation. Harappa has given its name to the Harappan Civilization (another name for the Indus Valley Civilization) which is usually divided into Early, Middle, and Mature periods corresponding roughly to 5000-4000 BCE (Early), 4000-2900 BCE (Middle), and 2900-1900 BCE (Mature). Harappa dates from the Middle period (c. 3000 BCE) while Mohenjo-Daro was built in the Mature period (c. 2600 BCE).</p><div class="ad_Mobile_Intext ahe-ad intext-ad-5"> <a href="/membership/?utm_source=whe&utm_medium=remove_ads_button_en&utm_campaign=membership" class="ad_membership_notice" rel="nofollow">Remove Ads</a> <div class="ad_header">Advertisement</div>  <div id='div-adcontainer-AHE_Mobile_Intext_5' class="adcontainer innerwrapper worldhistory_content_dynamic"> </div> </div> <p>Harappa's buildings were severely damaged and the site compromised in the 19th century when British workers carried away a significant amount of material for use as ballast in constructing the <a href="/disambiguation/Railroad/">railroad</a>. Prior to this time, many buildings had already been dismantled by citizens of the local village of Harappa (which gives the site its name) for use in their own projects. It is therefore now difficult to determine the historical significance of Harappa save that it is clear it was once a significant <a href="/disambiguation/Bronze_Age/">Bronze Age</a> community with a population of as many as 30,000 people.</p> <p>Mohenjo-Daro, on the other hand, is much better preserved as it lay mostly buried until 1922. The name <em>Mohenjo-Daro</em> means `mound of the dead' in Sindhi and was applied to the site by local people who found bones of humans and animals there, as well as ancient ceramics and other artifacts, emerging from the soil periodically. The original name of the city is unknown although various possibilities have been suggested by finds in the region, among them, the Dravidian name `Kukkutarma', the city of the cock, a possible allusion to the site now known as Mohenjo-Daro as a center of ritual cock-fighting or, perhaps, as a breeding center for cocks.</p> <p>Mohenjo-Daro was an elaborately constructed city with streets laid out evenly at right angles and a sophisticated drainage system. The Great Bath, a central structure at the site, was heated and seems to have been a focal point for the community. The citizens were skilled in the use of metals such as <a href="/copper/">copper</a>, <a href="/disambiguation/bronze/">bronze</a>, lead, and tin (as evidenced by artworks such as the bronze statue of the Dancing Girl and by individual seals) and cultivated barley, wheat, peas, sesame, and cotton. <a href="/disambiguation/trade/">Trade</a> was an important source of commerce and it is thought that ancient Mesopotamian texts which mention Magan and Meluhha refer to India generally or, perhaps, Mohenjo-Daro specifically. Artifacts from the Indus Valley region have been found at sites in Mesopotamia though their precise point of origin in India is not always clear.</p><div class="intext_6"></div> <p><figure class="image_intext_wrapper" rel="3323"> <a href="/image/3323/harappa-ruins/" title="Harappa Ruins" /> <picture> <source srcset="https://www.worldhistory.org/img/r/p/500x600/3323.jpg.webp?v=1727283376 500w, https://www.worldhistory.org/img/r/p/1000x1200/3323.jpg.webp?v=1727283376 1000w, https://www.worldhistory.org/img/r/p/750x750/3323.jpg.webp?v=1727283376 750w, https://www.worldhistory.org/img/r/p/1500x1500/3323.jpg.webp?v=1727283376 1500w" type="image/webp"> <source srcset="https://www.worldhistory.org/img/r/p/500x600/3323.jpg?v=1727283376 500w, https://www.worldhistory.org/img/r/p/1000x1200/3323.jpg?v=1727283376 1000w, https://www.worldhistory.org/img/r/p/750x750/3323.jpg?v=1727283376 750w, https://www.worldhistory.org/img/r/p/1500x1500/3323.jpg?v=1727283376 1500w" type="image/jpeg"> <img loading="lazy" src="https://www.worldhistory.org/img/r/p/750x750/3323.jpg?v=1727283376" alt="Harappa Ruins" class="in_text_image" width="750" height="422" /> </picture> <figcaption class="image_caption"><div class="figtitle">Harappa Ruins</div><div class="figauthor">Hassan Nasir (CC BY-SA)</div></figcaption> </a> </figure> <script type="application/ld+json"> {"@context":"https://schema.org","@id":"https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3323/harappa-ruins/#imageobject","@type":"ImageObject","acquireLicensePage":"https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3323/harappa-ruins/","caption":"Harappa Ruins, Punjab, Pakistan, part of the Indus Valley Civilization, 2600-1300 BCE.","contentUrl":"https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/3323.jpg","copyrightNotice":"Hassan Nasir - CC BY-SA - This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon a work even for commercial reasons, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. 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Statues of various deities (such as <a href="/Indra/">Indra</a>, the <a href="/God/">god</a> of storm and <a href="/war/">war</a>) have been found at many sites and, chief among them, terracotta pieces depicting the <a href="/Devi/">Shakti</a> (the Mother Goddess) suggesting a popular, common worship of the feminine principle. In c. 2000 - c.1500 BCE it is thought another race, known as the <a href="/Aryan/">Aryans</a>, migrated into India through the Khyber Pass and assimilated into the existing culture, bringing their gods and the language of <a href="/Sanskrit/">Sanskrit</a> with them which they then introduced to the region's existing belief system. Who the Aryans were and what effect they had on the indigenous people continues to be debated but it is generally acknowledged that, at about the same time as their arrival, the Harappan culture began to decline.</p> <p>Scholars cite climate change as one possible reason noting evidence of both drought and flood in the region. The Indus River is thought to have begun flooding the region more regularly (as evidenced by approximately 30 feet or 9 meters of silt at Mohenjo-Daro) and this destroyed crops and encouraged famine. It is also thought the path of the monsoon, relied upon for watering the crops, could have changed and people left the cities in the north for lands in the south. Another possibility is loss of trade relations with Mesopotamia and Egypt, their two most vital partners in commerce, as both of those regions were undergoing domestic conflicts at this same time.</p> <p>Racialist writers and political philosophers of the early 20th century, following the lead of the German philologist Max Muller (l. 1823-1900), claimed the Indus Valley Civilization fell to an invasion of light-skinned Aryans but this theory has now long been discredited. Equally untenable is the theory that the people were driven south by extra-terrestrials. Among the most mysterious aspects of Mohenjo-daro is the vitrification of parts of the site as though it had been exposed to intense heat which melted the brick and stone. This same phenomenon has been observed at sites such as Traprain <a href="/disambiguation/law/">Law</a> in <a href="/disambiguation/Scotland/">Scotland</a> and attributed to the results of <a href="/warfare/">warfare</a>. Speculation regarding the destruction of the city by some kind of ancient atomic blast, however, (the work of aliens from other planets) is not generally regarded as credible.</p><div id="mobilenewsletter" class="grey_box mobilenewsletter"> <div class="headline">Love History?</div> <p>Sign up for our free weekly email newsletter!</p> <form action="//ancient.us8.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=c3168e59d8bfba7986977db46&id=ac74a77c22" method="post" id="mailchimp-mobile-form" name="mc-embedded-subscribe-form" class="validate"> <input type="email" placeholder="Email address..." name="EMAIL" class="required email" id="mce-EMAIL-mobile" style="width:60%;" required> <input type="submit" value="Sign Up" name="subscribe" id="mc-embedded-subscribe-mobile" style="margin-top: 10px;">  <div style="position: absolute; left: -5000px;"><input type="text" name="b_c3168e59d8bfba7986977db46_ac74a77c22" tabindex="-1" value=""></div> </form> </div> <h3>The Vedic Period</h3> <p>Whatever the reason for the abandonment of the cities, the period that followed the decline of the Indus Valley Civilization is known as the Vedic Period, characterized by a pastoral lifestyle and adherence to the religious texts known as <em>The <a href="/The_Vedas/">Vedas</a>.</em> Society became divided into four classes (the <em>Varnas</em>) popularly known as 'the caste system' which were comprised of the <em>Brahmana</em> at the top (priests and scholars), the <em>Kshatriya</em> next (the warriors), the <em>Vaishya</em> (farmers and merchants), and the <em>Shudra</em> (laborers). The lowest caste was the <em>Dalits</em>, the untouchables, who handled meat and waste, though there is some debate over whether this class existed in antiquity.</p> <p>At first, it seems this caste system was merely a reflection of one's occupation but, in time, it became more rigidly interpreted to be determined by one's birth and one was not allowed to change castes nor to marry into a caste other than one's own. This understanding was a reflection of the belief in an eternal order to human life dictated by a supreme deity.</p> <div class="big_quote">Sanatan Dharma holds there is one god, <a href="/Brahma/">Brahma</a>, who, cannot be fully apprehended save through the many aspects which are revealed as the different gods of the Hindu <a href="/Pantheon/">pantheon</a>.</div> <p>While the religious beliefs which characterized the Vedic Period are considered much older, it was during this time that they became systematized as the <a href="/religion/">religion</a> of <em>Sanatan Dharma</em> ('Eternal Order') known today as Hinduism (this name deriving from the Indus (or Sindus) River where worshippers were known to gather, hence, 'Sindus', and then 'Hindus'). The underlying tenet of <em>Sanatan Dharma</em> is that there is an order and a purpose to the universe and human life and, by accepting this order and living in accordance with it, one will experience life as it is meant to be properly lived.</p><div class="intext_7"></div> <p>While<em> Sanatan Dharma</em> is considered by many a polytheistic religion consisting of many gods, it is actually monotheistic in that it holds there is one god, Brahman (the Self but also the Universe and creator of the observable universe), who, because of his greatness, cannot be fully apprehended save through the many aspects which are revealed as the different gods of the Hindu pantheon.</p> <p>It is Brahman who decrees the eternal order and maintains the universe through it. This belief in an order to the universe reflects the stability of the society in which it grew and flourished as, during the Vedic Period, governments became centralized and social customs integrated fully into daily life across the region. Besides <em>The Vedas</em>, the great religious and literary works of the <em>Puranas</em>, the <em>Mahabharata</em>, <em><a href="/Bhagavad_Gita/">Bhagavad</a>-Gita</em>, and the <em>Ramayana</em> all come from this period.</p> <p><figure class="image_intext_wrapper" rel="321"> <a href="/image/321/map-of-india-600-bce/" title="Map of India, 600 BCE" /> <picture> <source srcset="https://www.worldhistory.org/img/r/p/500x600/321.png.webp?v=1717416970 500w, https://www.worldhistory.org/img/r/p/1000x1200/321.png.webp?v=1717416970 1000w" type="image/webp"> <source srcset="https://www.worldhistory.org/img/r/p/500x600/321.png?v=1717416970 500w, https://www.worldhistory.org/img/r/p/1000x1200/321.png?v=1717416970 1000w" type="image/png"> <img loading="lazy" src="https://www.worldhistory.org/img/r/p/500x600/321.png?v=1717416970" alt="Map of India, 600 BCE" class="in_text_image" width="500" height="410" /> </picture> <figcaption class="image_caption"><div class="figtitle">Map of India, 600 BCE</div><div class="figauthor">Kmusser (CC BY-SA)</div></figcaption> </a> </figure> <script type="application/ld+json"> {"@context":"https://schema.org","@id":"https://www.worldhistory.org/image/321/map-of-india-600-bce/#imageobject","@type":"ImageObject","acquireLicensePage":"https://www.worldhistory.org/image/321/map-of-india-600-bce/","caption":"Mahajanapadas (Sanskrit: \u092e\u0939\u093e\u091c\u0928\u092a\u0926, Mah\u0101janapadas), literally \"great realms\", (from maha, \"great\", and janapada \"foothold of a tribe\", \"country\") were ancient Indian kingdoms or countries. Ancient Buddhist texts like Anguttara Nikaya make frequent reference to sixteen great kingdoms and republics (Solas Mahajanapadas) which had evolved and flourished in a belt stretching from Gandhara in the northwest to Anga in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent and included parts of the trans-Vindhyan region, prior to the rise of Buddhism in India.","contentUrl":"https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/321.png","copyrightNotice":"Kmusser - CC BY-SA - This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon a work even for commercial reasons, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. 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These changes in religion were a part of a wider pattern of social and cultural upheaval which resulted in the formation of city-states and the rise of powerful kingdoms (such as the <a href="/Magadha_Kingdom/">Magadha Kingdom</a> under the ruler <a href="/Bimbisara/">Bimbisara</a>) and the proliferation of philosophical schools of thought which challenged orthodox Hinduism.</p> <p>Mahavira rejected the Vedas and placed the responsibility for salvation and enlightenment directly on the individual and the <a href="/Siddhartha_Gautama/">Buddha</a> would later do the same. The philosophical school of Charvaka rejected all supernatural elements of religious belief and maintained that only the senses could be trusted to apprehend the truth and, further, that the greatest goal in life was pleasure and one's own enjoyment. Although Charvaka did not endure as a school of thought, it influenced the development of a new way of thinking which was more grounded, pragmatic, and eventually encouraged the adoption of empirical and scientific observation and method.</p> <p>Cities also expanded during this time and the increased <a href="/urbanization/">urbanization</a> and wealth attracted the attention of <a href="/Cyrus_the_Great/">Cyrus II</a> (the Great, r. c. 550-530 BCE) of the Persian <a href="/Achaemenid_Empire/">Achaemenid Empire</a> (c. 550-330 BCE) who invaded India in 530 BCE and initiated a campaign of <a href="/warfare/">conquest</a> in the region. Ten years later, under the reign of his son, <a href="/Darius_I/">Darius I</a> (the Great, r. 522-486 BCE), northern India was firmly under Persian control (the regions corresponding to Afghanistan and Pakistan today) and the inhabitants of that area subject to Persian laws and customs. One consequence of this, possibly, was an assimilation of Persian and Indian religious beliefs which some scholars point to as an explanation for further religious and cultural reforms.</p> <p><figure class="image_intext_wrapper" rel="14917"> <a href="/image/14917/gupta-dynasty-india-320---c-550-ce/" title="Gupta Dynasty India, 320 - c. 550 CE" /> <picture> <source srcset="https://www.worldhistory.org/img/r/p/500x600/14917.png.webp?v=1729260549 500w, https://www.worldhistory.org/img/r/p/1000x1200/14917.png.webp?v=1729260549 1000w" type="image/webp"> <source srcset="https://www.worldhistory.org/img/r/p/500x600/14917.png?v=1729260549 500w, https://www.worldhistory.org/img/r/p/1000x1200/14917.png?v=1729260549 1000w" type="image/png"> <img loading="lazy" src="https://www.worldhistory.org/img/r/p/500x600/14917.png?v=1729260549" alt="Gupta Dynasty India, 320 - c. 550 CE" class="in_text_image" width="500" height="376" /> </picture> <figcaption class="image_caption"><div class="figtitle">Gupta Dynasty India, 320 - c. 550 CE</div><div class="figauthor">Simeon Netchev (CC BY-NC-ND)</div></figcaption> </a> </figure> <script type="application/ld+json"> {"@context":"https://schema.org","@id":"https://www.worldhistory.org/image/14917/gupta-dynasty-india-320---c-550-ce/#imageobject","@type":"ImageObject","acquireLicensePage":"https://www.worldhistory.org/image/14917/gupta-dynasty-india-320---c-550-ce/","caption":"A map illustrating the rise to power and expansion of the Gupta dynasty in India. 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Again, foreign influences were brought to bear on the region giving rise to the Greco-<a href="/buddhism/">Buddhist</a> culture which impacted all areas of culture in northern India from art to religion to dress. Statues and reliefs from this period depict Buddha, and other figures, as distinctly <a href="/greece/">Hellenic</a> in dress and pose (known as the <a href="/Gandhara_Civilization/">Gandhara</a> School of Art). Following <a href="/disambiguation/Alexander/">Alexander</a>'s departure from India, the <a href="/Mauryan_Empire/">Mauryan Empire</a> (322-185 BCE) rose under the reign of <a href="/Chandragupta_Maurya/">Chandragupta Maurya</a> (r. c. 321-297 BCE) until, by the end of the third century BCE, it ruled over almost all of northern India.</p> <p><a href="/Chandragupta_Maurya/">Chandragupta</a>'s son, Bindusara (r. 298-272 BCE) extended the <a href="/empire/">empire</a> throughout almost the whole of India. His son was <a href="/Ashoka_the_Great/">Ashoka the Great</a> (r. 268-232 BCE) under whose rule the empire flourished at its height. Eight years into his reign, <a href="/Ashoka_the_Great/">Ashoka</a> conquered the eastern <a href="/Polis/">city-state</a> of Kalinga which resulted in a death toll numbering over 100,000. Shocked at the destruction and death, Ashoka embraced the teachings of the Buddha and embarked on a systematic program advocating Buddhist thought and principles.</p> <p>He established many monasteries, gave lavishly to Buddhist communities, and is said to have erected 84,000 stupas across the land to honor the Buddha. In 249 BCE, on pilgrimage to sites associated with the Buddha's life, he formally established the village of <a href="/Lumbini/">Lumbini</a> as Buddha's birthplace, erecting a pillar there, and commissioned the creation of his famous <a href="/Edicts_of_Ashoka/">Edicts of Ashoka</a> to encourage Buddhist thought and values. Prior to Ashoka's reign, Buddhism was a small sect struggling to gain adherents. 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This era saw the increase of trade with Rome (which had begun c. 130 BCE) following <a href="/augustus/">Augustus</a> <a href="/disambiguation/caesar/">Caesar</a>'s incorporation of Egypt into the newly established <a href="/Roman_Empire/">Roman Empire</a> in 30 BCE. Rome now became India's primary partner in trade as the Romans also had already annexed much of Mesopotamia. This was a time of individual and cultural development in the various kingdoms which finally flourished in what is considered the Golden Age of India under the reign of the <a href="/Gupta_Empire/">Gupta Empire</a> (320-550 CE).</p> <p>The <a href="/disambiguation/gupta/">Gupta</a> Empire is thought to have been founded by one Sri Gupta (`Sri' means `Lord') who probably ruled between 240-280 CE. As Sri Gupta is thought to have been of the <em>Vaishya</em> (merchant) class, his rise to power in defiance of the caste system is unprecedented. He laid the foundation for the government which would so stabilize India that virtually every aspect of culture reached its height under the reign of the Guptas. <a href="/philosophy/">Philosophy</a>, <a href="/literature/">literature</a>, science, mathematics, <a href="/disambiguation/architecture/">architecture</a>, astronomy, technology, art, engineering, religion, and astronomy, among other fields, all flourished during this period, resulting in some of the greatest of human achievements.</p> <p><figure class="image_intext_wrapper" rel="901"> <a href="/image/901/bodhisattva-head-gandhara/" title="Bodhisattva Head, Gandhara" /> <picture> <source srcset="https://www.worldhistory.org/img/r/p/500x600/901.jpg.webp?v=1730062694-1436244934 500w, https://www.worldhistory.org/img/r/p/1000x1200/901.jpg.webp?v=1730062694-1436244934 1000w" type="image/webp"> <source srcset="https://www.worldhistory.org/img/r/p/500x600/901.jpg?v=1730062694-1436244934 500w, https://www.worldhistory.org/img/r/p/1000x1200/901.jpg?v=1730062694-1436244934 1000w" type="image/jpeg"> <img loading="lazy" src="https://www.worldhistory.org/img/r/p/500x600/901.jpg?v=1730062694-1436244934" alt="Bodhisattva Head, Gandhara" class="in_text_image" width="375" height="500" /> </picture> <figcaption class="image_caption"><div class="figtitle">Bodhisattva Head, Gandhara</div><div class="figauthor">Mary Harrsch (Photographed at The Art Institute of Chicago) (CC BY-NC-SA)</div></figcaption> </a> </figure> <script type="application/ld+json"> {"@context":"https://schema.org","@id":"https://www.worldhistory.org/image/901/bodhisattva-head-gandhara/#imageobject","@type":"ImageObject","acquireLicensePage":"https://www.worldhistory.org/image/901/bodhisattva-head-gandhara/","caption":"Head of a Bodhisattva, Pakistan or Afghanistan Gandharan region 4th-6th century CE. 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Kalidasa the poet and playwright wrote his masterpiece <em>Shakuntala </em>and the <em>Kamasutra </em>was also written, or compiled from earlier works, by Vatsyayana. Varahamihira explored astronomy at the same time as Aryabhatta, the mathematician, made his own discoveries in the field and also recognized the importance of the concept of zero, which he is credited with inventing. As the founder of the Gupta Empire defied orthodox Hindu thought, it is not surprising that the Gupta rulers advocated and propagated Buddhism as the national belief and this is the reason for the plentitude of Buddhist works of art, as opposed to Hindu, at sites such as Ajanta and Ellora.</p> <h3>The Decline of Empire & the Coming of <a href="/islam/">Islam</a></h3> <p>The empire declined slowly under a succession of weak rulers until it collapsed around 550 CE. The Gupta Empire was then replaced by the rule of Harshavardhan (590-647 CE) who ruled the region for 42 years. A literary man of considerable accomplishments (he authored three plays in addition to other works) <a href="/Harsha/">Harsha</a> was a patron of the arts and a devout Buddhist who forbade the killing of animals in his kingdom but recognized the necessity to sometimes kill humans in <a href="/disambiguation/battle/">battle</a>.</p> <p>He was a highly skilled military tactician who was only defeated in the field once in his life. Under his reign, the north of India flourished but his kingdom collapsed following his death. The invasion of the <a href="/Huns/">Huns</a> had been repeatedly repelled by the Guptas and then by Harshavardhan but, with the fall of his kingdom, India fell into chaos and fragmented into small kingdoms lacking the unity necessary to fight off invading forces.</p> <p><figure class="image_intext_wrapper" rel="4627"> <a href="/image/4627/ruins-of-nalanda-bihar/" title="Ruins of Nalanda, Bihar" /> <picture> <source srcset="https://www.worldhistory.org/img/r/p/500x600/4627.jpg.webp?v=1729819450 500w, https://www.worldhistory.org/img/r/p/1000x1200/4627.jpg.webp?v=1729819450 1000w" type="image/webp"> <source srcset="https://www.worldhistory.org/img/r/p/500x600/4627.jpg?v=1729819450 500w, https://www.worldhistory.org/img/r/p/1000x1200/4627.jpg?v=1729819450 1000w" type="image/jpeg"> <img loading="lazy" src="https://www.worldhistory.org/img/r/p/500x600/4627.jpg?v=1729819450" alt="Ruins of Nalanda, Bihar" class="in_text_image" width="500" height="334" /> </picture> <figcaption class="image_caption"><div class="figtitle">Ruins of Nalanda, Bihar</div><div class="figauthor">Tushar Dayal (CC BY-NC-SA)</div></figcaption> </a> </figure> <script type="application/ld+json"> {"@context":"https://schema.org","@id":"https://www.worldhistory.org/image/4627/ruins-of-nalanda-bihar/#imageobject","@type":"ImageObject","acquireLicensePage":"https://www.worldhistory.org/image/4627/ruins-of-nalanda-bihar/","caption":"Ruins of the Nalanda University complex, an ancient Buddhist center of learning, located in modern-day Bihar, India. 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Jain sources say that Chandragupta turned into an ascetic and follower of <a href="/jainism/">Jainism</a>, migrated south and starved himself to <a href="/disambiguation/Death/">death</a>. </li> <li class="timeline_entry" id="tl_1785" title=""> <div class="date">298 BCE</div> Indian ruler <a href="/Chandragupta_Maurya/">Chandragupta Maurya</a> dies. </li> <li class="timeline_entry" id="tl_1821" title=""> <div class="date">297 BCE - c. 273 BCE</div> <a href="/Chandragupta_Maurya/">Chandragupta</a>'s son, Bindusara, rules and expands the <a href="/Mauryan_Empire/">Mauryan Empire</a>. </li> <li class="timeline_entry" id="tl_1786" title=""> <div class="date">268 BCE</div> <a href="/Ashoka_the_Great/">Ashoka</a> becomes emperor of the <a href="/Mauryan_Empire/">Mauryan Empire</a> in <a href="/india/">India</a>. </li> <li class="timeline_entry" id="tl_4422" title=""> <div class="date">268 BCE - 232 BCE</div> Reign of <a href="/Ashoka_the_Great/">Ashoka the Great</a>, third ruler of the <a href="/Mauryan_Empire/">Mauryan Empire</a>. </li> <li class="timeline_entry" id="tl_1783" title=""> <div class="date">232 BCE</div> Indian ruler <a href="/Ashoka_the_Great/">Ashoka</a> dies and the <a href="/Mauryan_Empire/">Mauryan Empire</a> declines within fifty years. </li> <li class="timeline_entry" id="tl_320" title=""> <div class="date">c. 200 BCE</div> Beginning of the Greco-Bactrian conquests in <a href="/india/">India</a>. </li> <li class="timeline_entry" id="tl_3438" title=""> <div class="date">c. 200 BCE - c. 600 CE</div> Construction of the 30 <a href="/buddhism/">Buddhist</a> cave-shrines at <a href="/Ajanta/">Ajanta</a>, many of which display features of <a href="/Gupta_Architecture/">Gupta architecture</a>. </li> <li class="timeline_entry" id="tl_693" title=""> <div class="date">186 BCE</div> Demetrios wins a decisive <a href="/disambiguation/battle/">battle</a> in <a href="/Gandhara_Civilization/">Gandhara</a>, beginning the Yona (or <a href="/disambiguation/greek/">Greek</a> era) in <a href="/india/">India</a>. </li> <li class="timeline_entry" id="tl_3444" title=""> <div class="date">c. 180 BCE - 80 BCE</div> Period of <a href="/Indo-Greek/">Indo-Greek</a> rule in the <a href="/Gandhara_Civilization/">Gandhara</a> region. </li> <li class="timeline_entry" id="tl_339" title=""> <div class="date">c. 165 BCE</div> The Greco-Bactrian king <a href="/disambiguation/Eucratides/">Eucratides</a> invades <a href="/india/">India</a>. </li> <li class="timeline_entry" id="tl_1787" title=""> <div class="date">160 BCE - 135 BCE</div> <a href="/Indo-Greek/">Indo-Greek</a> king Menander rules the Punjab. </li> <li class="timeline_entry" id="tl_341" title=""> <div class="date">c. 130 BCE</div> Eucratids flee from <a href="/Bactria/">Bactria</a> to <a href="/india/">India</a>. Rivalry between Eucratids and Euthydemids takes place in the <a href="/Indo-Greek/">Indo-Greek</a> kingdoms. </li> <li class="timeline_entry" id="tl_3445" title=""> <div class="date">c. 80 BCE - c. 75 CE</div> The combined Scytho-Parthians rule <a href="/Gandhara_Civilization/">Gandhara</a>. </li> <li class="timeline_entry" id="tl_2404" title=""> <div class="date">c. 50 BCE - c. 600 CE</div> The <a href="/Perfection_of_Wisdom/">Perfection of Wisdom</a> texts are written by Mahayana <a href="/buddhism/">Buddhist</a> sages in <a href="/india/">India</a>; expounding upon the central vision of the <a href="/Siddhartha_Gautama/">Buddha</a>. </li> <li class="timeline_entry" id="tl_943" title=""> <div class="date">30 BCE</div> <a href="/Pepper/">Pepper</a> is directly imported by <a href="/disambiguation/Roman/">Roman</a> ships from <a href="/india/">India</a> and its price decreases. </li> <li class="timeline_entry" id="tl_397" title=""> <div class="date">c. 1 CE</div> First non-stop voyages from <a href="/egypt/">Egypt</a> to <a href="/india/">India</a>. </li> <li class="timeline_entry" id="tl_1781" title=""> <div class="date">c. 1 CE - c. 100 CE</div> The Mahayana movement begins in <a href="/india/">India</a> with its belief in bodhisattva - saintly souls who helped the living. </li> <li class="timeline_entry" id="tl_3446" title=""> <div class="date">c. 75 CE - c. 450 CE</div> Kushan rule in the <a href="/Gandhara_Civilization/">Gandhara</a> region, arguably the golden era of the <a href="/Gandhara_Civilization/">Gandhara civilization</a> in which art, <a href="/disambiguation/architecture/">architecture</a> and the propagation of the <a href="/buddhism/">Buddhist</a> <a href="/religion/">religion</a> excelled. </li> <li class="timeline_entry" id="tl_1784" title=""> <div class="date">320 CE</div> <a href="/disambiguation/gupta/">Gupta</a> I founds the <a href="/Gupta_Empire/">Gupta Empire</a> in northern <a href="/india/">India</a> </li> <li class="timeline_entry" id="tl_3437" title=""> <div class="date">c. 320 CE - c. 550 CE</div> <a href="/disambiguation/gupta/">Gupta</a> period, considered a golden age of ancient <a href="/india/">India</a> in art and <a href="/disambiguation/architecture/">architecture</a>. </li> <li class="timeline_entry" id="tl_1788" title=""> <div class="date">380 CE - 415 CE</div> Reign of Chandra <a href="/disambiguation/gupta/">Gupta</a> II in northern <a href="/india/">India</a>. </li> <li class="timeline_entry" id="tl_1789" title=""> <div class="date">450 CE</div> <a href="/india/">India</a> is invaded by the <a href="/White_Huns_(Hephthalites)/">White Huns</a> across the <a href="/hinduism/">Hindu</a> <a href="/Kush/">Kush</a>. </li> <li class="timeline_entry" id="tl_3448" title=""> <div class="date">455 CE - 484 CE</div> Reign of the Tegin Tunjina or Khingila of the <a href="/White_Huns_(Hephthalites)/">White Huns</a> in the region known as <a href="/Gandhara_Civilization/">Gandhara</a>. </li> <li class="timeline_entry" id="tl_3447" title=""> <div class="date">470 CE</div> Beginning of White <a href="/Huns/">Hun</a> Raids into <a href="/india/">India</a>. </li> <li class="timeline_entry" id="tl_3449" title=""> <div class="date">484 CE - 515 CE</div> Reign of the White <a href="/Huns/">Hun</a> king Tormana, son of Tunjina. </li> <li class="timeline_entry" id="tl_2773" title=""> <div class="date">c. 500 CE</div> Life of Ajita Kesakambali, prominent member of the <a href="/Charvaka/">Charvaka</a> school. </li> <li class="timeline_entry" id="tl_1782" title=""> <div class="date">c. 500 CE - c. 600 CE</div> In <a href="/india/">India</a> the Tantric expands the number of deities to include helpful demons, contactable through ritual. </li> <li class="timeline_entry" id="tl_3450" title=""> <div class="date">515 CE - 533 CE</div> Reign of the king Mihirakula of the <a href="/White_Huns_(Hephthalites)/">White Huns</a> in <a href="/Gandhara_Civilization/">Gandhara</a>. </li> <li class="timeline_entry" id="tl_3458" title=""> <div class="date">c. 535 CE - 566 CE</div> Reign of Chalukya ruler Pulakesin I. </li> <li class="timeline_entry" id="tl_1790" title=""> <div class="date">c. 550 CE</div> The end of the reign of Visnugupta Chandraditya, last of the <a href="/disambiguation/gupta/">Gupta</a> rulers in northern <a href="/india/">India</a>. </li> <li class="timeline_entry" id="tl_7192" title=""> <div class="date">554 CE - 606 CE</div> The <a href="/Maukhari_Dynasty/">Maukhari Dynasty</a> flourishes in northern <a href="/india/">India</a>. </li> <li class="timeline_entry" id="tl_3459" title=""> <div class="date">610 CE - 642 CE</div> Reign of Chalukya ruler Pulakesin II. </li> <li class="timeline_entry" id="tl_3813" title=""> <div class="date">630 CE - 634 CE</div> <a href="/Harsha/">Harsha</a> fights and gets defeated by Pulakesin II. </li> <li class="timeline_entry" id="tl_3460" title=""> <div class="date">655 CE - 681 CE</div> Reign of Chalukya ruler Vikramaditya I. </li> <li class="timeline_entry" id="tl_1822" title=""> <div class="date">712 CE</div> Muslim general Muhammed bin Quasim conquers northern <a href="/india/">India</a>. </li> <li class="timeline_entry" id="tl_3723" title=""> <div class="date">c. 770 CE</div> The Kailasa rock-cut <a href="/temple/">temple</a> at Ellora is completed and dedicated to <a href="/shiva/">Shiva</a>. </li> <li class="timeline_entry" id="tl_3469" title=""> <div class="date">c. 950 CE</div> The Mukteshvara <a href="/temple/">Temple</a> is built at <a href="/Bhubaneswar/">Bhubaneswar</a>. </li> <li class="timeline_entry" id="tl_3467" title=""> <div class="date">985 CE - 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