Ancient India was home to great civilizations that developed along the Indus and Ganges Rivers despite the land's varied terrain and extreme weather. The Indus Valley Civilization, also known as the Harappan civilization, built well-organized brick and stone cities along the Indus River from around 2600 to 1700 BC. They developed systems of weights, measurement, and trade. Around 2000 BC, a group of migrants called the Aryans arrived from Central Asia and settled in the Indus River Valley. Hinduism later emerged as one of the main religions in India over 2000 years ago, with early written records of Hindu gods and beliefs dating to around the fourth century AD, though oral traditions supporting these beliefs predated the

1. Ancient India
This India is not now days India, it is Ancient India .Ancient
India was a littledifferent from now days India.
Geography: The people of ancient India lived in a land of
use extremes. The terrain was varied and often presented
great challenges. Occasions extremes of weather such as
droughts and moonsons were also part of life in this land.
However, great civilizations developed and flourished
amidts the rivers, mountains, plains and deserts of the
subcontinent, because as we know India is a subcontinent.
Where did the Ancient Indians live? : Ancient India had a lot
of rivers. Two biggest rivers in Ancient India were:
Ganges River & Indus River. Most of the Ancient Indians
settled on Indus River Valley. (From about 2600 BC – 1700
BC )
Indus River Valley: The cities of the Indus Valley
Civilization were well organized and solidly built out of
brick and stone. There was a big city or a big
civilizations called Harappan civilization.The people of
the Indus Valley also developed a writing system which
was used for several hundred years. However, unlike
some other ancient civilizations , we are still unable to

2. read the words that they wrote.The Harapans also
developed system of weights and trade.
Then on 2000 BC a group of people from Caspian sea ,
central Asia migrated on Ancient India , on Indus River
Valley , this group of people was called Aryans.
Religion-Hinduism: Hinduism has been one of the main
religions in India for over 2000 years.The earliest records
of Hindu gods, goddesses and Hindu beliefs were first
written down in about the fourth century AD. However ,
by this time , there was already a strong oral tradition
which supported these beliefs. The early Hindu epics
and myths help us to understand the evolution of the
gods and goddesses and the development of beliefs
which form the basis of the modern Hindu religion.
By: Genta Dauti * Social Studies*