ANCIENT INDIA

'Ancient India' may refer to:

★ The ancient 'History of India', which generally includes the ancient history of the whole Indian subcontinent (South Asia)

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★ Indus Valley Civilization — during the Bronze Age

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★ Vedic period — the period of Vedic Sanskrit, spanning the late Bronze Age and the earlier Iron Age

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★ Mahajanapadas — during the later Iron Age

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★ Magadha Empire — during classical antiquity (6th to 4th centuries BC)

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★ Maurya Empire — the largest ancient Indian empire, contemporary to Hellenism in the west (4th to 2nd centuries BC), golden age of early Classical Sanskrit literature

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★ the Kingdoms of Ancient India as described in Sanskrit literature

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★ Middle kingdoms of India — during late antiquity and the early Middle Ages

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★ Indo-Greek kingdoms and Kushan Empire (2nd c. BC to 3rd c. AD)

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★ Gupta Empire