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For the purposes of this article, the term Ancient India refers to that period of Indian history which began in the early 3rd millennium BCE, when a literate, city-based culture first emerged, to the end of the brilliant Gupta empire, just after 500 CE. In 1920-21, the Harappan civilization was discovered in the excavations by D.
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Till 1920, the relics of the civilization were found only in the Indus valley region therefore, it was known as the Indus civilization. Hampi is an ancient village with Vijayanagara remnants Mysore is famous for its glorious Mysore Palace Badami is known for its rock-cut caves and Mahabalipuram steals the heart with its ornate temples. According to the Hindus, the Ganges River is the river of the sky and heaven every Hindu, at least once in his life, he must go to Varanasi and bathe in the waters of the Ganges, killing at least 5 ghats (flights of stone stairs that end in the water of the Ganges) to wash and clean of sins. India was one of the great seats of ancient civilization. Ancient Indian History - Harappan Civilization. Hampi, Mysore, Badami, and Mahabalipuram are some of the famous historical places in South India.
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Varanasi is a place where people come on pilgrimage to the holy bath in the river Ganges. Today the city, very chaotic, does not retain anything of the stones of its ancient past, but you can still breathe, to see, to live a thousand years old and immutable rites. Today it is again Varanasi, one of the most fascinating cities of India, a city holy to Shiva. In Vedic times was called Kashi, Varanasi then became, by the rivers Varuna (flowing north) and Aces (flowing south) and then deformed by the British, who could not pronounce his name well in Benares. City sacred to Hindus and also one of the oldest cities (the settlement dates back to 1200 BC) and inhabited the world.