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Ancient India 
The History of India begins with the Indus Valley Civilization and 
the coming of the Aryans. The Aryans had some light in the Indian 
Culture but finally dulled out or faded out from this time in our 
history. In the fifth century, large parts of India were united under 
The 6th Century B.C. was a period of great tumult in India. This 
was the time when Buddhism and Hinduism emerged as popular 
protestant movements to pose a serious challenge to Brahmanic 
His vigorous support of Buddhism during his reign (​c.​ 265–238 
BCE; also given as ​c.​ 273–232 BCE) furthered the expansion of that 
religion throughout India. Following his successful but bloody 
conquest of the Kalinga country on the east coast, Ashoka renounced 
armed conquest and adopted a policy that he called “conquest by 
dharma” (i.e., by principles of right life).- but his fame rests not so 
much on military conquests as on his celebrated renunciation of war.  
For the next four hundred years (after the great Mauryan), India 
remained politically disunited and weak. It was repeatedly raided and 
plundered by foreigners. Stability was restored by the Guptas. The 
Gupta age was the period of peace and prosperity and witnessed an 
unknown flowering of art, literature and the sciences. This period also 
saw the beginning of Hindu temple architecture. 
Each era is unique in its distinctive culture. In the same way 
Indian art forms have continuously evolved over thousands of years. In 
ancient India, various art forms like paintings, architecture and 
sculpture evolved. The history of art in ancient India begins with 
prehistoric rock paintings. 
India and its surrounding countries are so similar in culture and 
climatic conditions that the region is sometimes called the Indian 
subcontinent. In ancient times the geography of India was a little 
different than what it...



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