intrduction: ancient India is important because they invented a lot of things and some we still use today!there is a lot of unique things about ancient India.
Social
In ancient India the social hierarchy had 4 important categories Brahmans, Kshatriyas or rajputs, vaisyas and then shudras.
Ancient Indians wore clothes made from cotton. India is the first place to ever make cotton so that probably why. Men wore a type of clothing called a dhoti. A dhoti is a cloth that they would wrap around their waste and in the back there would be a knot. Women wore dresses and lots of jewelry and a head wrap some people believe it's to keep the sun off of them but no one knows for sure.
In ancient India their culture practiced Hinduism. It is the oldest religion in the world mainly practiced by people in Nepal and India.
Political
One of ancient indias laws is dharma. Dharma is the teaching of Buddhism. There rules are basically like the 10 commandments.
The government in ancient India had Two important things agriculture and a pharaoh. The pharaoh was the most important part in ancient India government. He is the one that gives all the rules.
Ancient India was divided into castes. Only men from the caste system the Brahmans could which is the highest caste system could be king. In this time women couldn't rule because they didn't have as much rights as men.
The people that fought in the war in ancient India were called ksatriyans. Kshatriyas are the second highest ritual status of the 4 varnas.
Religion
In ancient India they believed in Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism is some of the main beliefs they had.80% of the people in ancient India believed in Hinduism. That's more than half of the people in India! Hinduism is beloved to be the oldest religion.
They had Hindu festivals and it is said that there is a festival for each day in the year. The festivals are based on the cycle of nature.
In ancient India the people that spread beliefs are missionaries. The beliefs they spread are Buddhism. They believed in the eightfold path which is the forth of the 4 noble paths. The rules are right view, right aspiration, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right concentration this makes up the eight fold path.
Intellectual
Ancient India had their language called sanskrit. Sanskrit is the first written language of ancient India. They use it in Buddhism, Jainism, and saikhism. The name Sanskrit comes from the joining of the name Sam which means samyak which means perfectly or entirely done which means communication.
The ancient Indians made cotton,they made the ruler, ink, flushing toilets, numbers and a lot more and we still use all of this today!
Technology
Aryabhatta In ancient India, mathematics was known by the general name Ganita, which included arithmetic, geometry, algebra, astronomy and astrology.the notation system, the decimal system and the use of zero.
The people in ancient India had knowledge of Medicine. In the field of medicine, Ayurveda is the most significant contribution of ancient India. Seven hundred hymns in Atharva Veda refer to the topics of Ayurveda. The Vedic hymns attribute various diseases to demons and spirits and the remedies for hymns prescribing the symptoms of several diseases.
Environment
Egypt had help from their land to defeat enemies. They had cataracts which are rapids that keep enemies away. They also had deltas which are triangle shaped areas of land made of soil that is deposited by a river
The sues canal in Egypt is a man made river that connects to the Mediterranean Sea and makes it a quick way for Asia and Europe to get to each other.