Ancient India

Writing

• As time went by India used many different types of writing systems.
• The first Indian script was developed around 2600 B.C. in the Indus Valley.
• India's writing is considered the oldest writing in the world.
• The Vedas, Ramayana, and Mahabharata writing dates back to 5000 B.C.
• The Indians used pictographs to write like the Egyptian Hieroglyphs.       

Time

• People have been living in India for thousands of years.
• Indians have built some of the greatest civilizations in the world.
• For over two millennia India suffered bloody invasions back to back.
• Over time Yoga was originated in India in the ancient times.
• Ancient Indians used something referred to as an Egyptian Shadow Clock.

Geography

• 50 or 60 million years ago India smashed into South Asia.
• When India hit South Asia it formed the Himalaya and Hindu Kush mountains.
• In the ancient times India was extended far north into modern day Pakistan.
• In the earlier years of India there were far more rivers than now.
• The most important of them was Sarawati, which can not be traced now. 

Kingdoms

• Cities began to slowly grow in India, by 600 B.C. they had formed kingdoms.
• These kingdoms were called Mahajanapadas.
• Most kingdoms had a main city in the middle and that was their capital. 
• New kingdoms were formed when a clan produced more than one King in a gener
• Tax was collected by the officers appointed by the King.

Ancient Indians

• Bhaskaracharya calculated the correct time to revolve around the sun.
• Charaka created the first school of medicine known to mankind.
• Gyandev, a poet saint, introduced the game of Snakes and Ladders.
• Quadratic Equations were introduced to India by Sridharacharya.
• The famous Indian Budhayana mathematician calculated the value of "PI".

Transportation

• The Kings, Emperors, & Soldiers used elephants, horses, camels, & chariots.
• Common men used something called bullock carts, horses, and boats.
• The women, elderly, and disabled mainly used a manual lifted cart.
• These carts that the women and the old used were called a "Palki".
• Other modes of transportation in India was by using donkeys & buffalos.

Nuclear War

Scientist have proven that there was once a nuclear war in India around 2500 B.C. Some of the Indians think it is nothing more than a myth, but scientists have found radioactive material on some of the skeletal remains and evidence of where the bomb was dropped and left marks on the Earth.

Clothing

• Cotton was the style of clothing in ancient India.
• Traditionally women would wear Saris.
• Apart from the cotton saris there were also silk saris.
• A sari is a piece of cloth/silk that could be 5 to 9 feet in length.
• Ancient Indian clothing was not stitched together.

Fun Facts

• India got its name from the Indus River.
• The game of chess was invented in India.
• India founded algebra, trigonometry, and calculus. 
• In 700 B.C. the world's first university was established in Takshila, India
• Even 2,600 years ago surgery existed in India.

Bibliography

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