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title: "These 10 facts will blow your mind about prehistoric India"  
description: "Ashoka, a Mauryan emperor, promoted welfare, religious tolerance, and Buddhism and is remembered as a great ruler."  
author: "Babita Soni"  
published: 2023-03-14  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/2009/these-10-facts-will-blow-your-mind-about-prehistoric-india  
category: "history"  
tags: ["prehistoric", "India"]  
reading_time: 2 minutes  

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# These 10 facts will blow your mind about prehistoric India

![These 10 facts will blow your mind about prehistoric India](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/baefb864-8f83-44af-a06d-c1d3e36b84f4/images/f8657761-e632-4c9f-ae06-9549ede1556e.jpeg) The oldest human remains found in India date back to the Stone Age, around 30,000 years ago. ![These 10 facts will blow your mind about prehistoric India](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/baefb864-8f83-44af-a06d-c1d3e36b84f4/images/126a14b3-fd6a-46aa-892e-4c6070737abf.jpeg) The Indus Valley Civilization was an advanced society from 2600 BCE to 1900 BCE with unique writing, urban planning, and public baths. ![These 10 facts will blow your mind about prehistoric India](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/baefb864-8f83-44af-a06d-c1d3e36b84f4/images/c4e03e75-16b4-4b70-8328-4d0d903cd89e.jpeg) The Indus Valley Civilization was also one of the first societies to practice sanitation and hygiene, with a sophisticated drainage system and public ![These 10 facts will blow your mind about prehistoric India](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/baefb864-8f83-44af-a06d-c1d3e36b84f4/images/c478d6c8-4567-4bad-a183-4ea3c1f2c227.jpeg) India's Iron Age began in 1200 BCE, and advanced metallurgical practices developed by 600 BCE. ![These 10 facts will blow your mind about prehistoric India](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/baefb864-8f83-44af-a06d-c1d3e36b84f4/images/cdb6d2e9-2528-4832-aad0-1ae1049d282e.jpeg) The Mauryan Empire (321 BCE-185 BCE) was powerful, large, and centralised, with an army and taxation system. ![These 10 facts will blow your mind about prehistoric India](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/baefb864-8f83-44af-a06d-c1d3e36b84f4/images/cfa232fb-2ac8-4cf4-8ea5-a1cb8e4ceb9b.jpeg) Ashoka, a Mauryan emperor, promoted welfare, religious tolerance, and Buddhism and is remembered as a great ruler. ![These 10 facts will blow your mind about prehistoric India](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/baefb864-8f83-44af-a06d-c1d3e36b84f4/images/70051b7d-9d32-428f-8106-dd444fa3431f.jpeg) The Gupta Empire (320 CE-550 CE) is known as India's "golden age" with progress in medicine, astronomy, and mathematics. ![These 10 facts will blow your mind about prehistoric India](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/baefb864-8f83-44af-a06d-c1d3e36b84f4/images/db260237-a59f-46d0-9577-940fd535b22b.jpeg) The Mahabharata, an epic poem in Sanskrit, has over 100,000 verses and was likely composed between 400 BCE and 400 CE. ![These 10 facts will blow your mind about prehistoric India](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/baefb864-8f83-44af-a06d-c1d3e36b84f4/images/0a807c38-ab75-4c63-9fc7-5cca4471d956.jpeg) The Kama Sutra, a Sanskrit text on human sexuality, was written in India around the 2nd century BCE. ![These 10 facts will blow your mind about prehistoric India](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/baefb864-8f83-44af-a06d-c1d3e36b84f4/images/2d014efe-1aaa-41ef-980e-c6b14ec2c534.jpeg) The Indus Valley Civilization had a standardised weights and measures system, implying central planning and organisation.

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