Ancient India

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Ancient India may refer to:

• the ancient History of India, which generally includes the ancient history of the whole Indian subcontinent
  • the Indus Valley Civilization during the Bronze Age
  • Iron Age India
    • the Mahajanapadas, overlapping with the late Vedic civilization
    • Magadha Empire
    • Maurya Empire
  • the Middle kingdoms of India during Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages
• the Vedic period (the period of Vedic Sanskrit), spanning the Late Bronze and Early Iron Age's
• the kingdoms of Ancient India in Classical Sanskrit literature