The Indus Valley Civilization was an advanced society from 2600 BCE to 1900 BCE with unique writing, urban planning, and public baths.
The Indus Valley Civilization was also one of the first societies to practice sanitation and hygiene, with a sophisticated drainage system and public
India's Iron Age began in 1200 BCE, and advanced metallurgical practices developed by 600 BCE.
The Mauryan Empire (321 BCE-185 BCE) was powerful, large, and centralised, with an army and taxation system.
Ashoka, a Mauryan emperor, promoted welfare, religious tolerance, and Buddhism and is remembered as a great ruler.
The Gupta Empire (320 CE-550 CE) is known as India's "golden age" with progress in medicine, astronomy, and mathematics.
The Mahabharata, an epic poem in Sanskrit, has over 100,000 verses and was likely composed between 400 BCE and 400 CE.
The Kama Sutra, a Sanskrit text on human sexuality, was written in India around the 2nd century BCE.
The Indus Valley Civilization had a standardised weights and measures system, implying central planning and organisation.
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