Ancient India 1230410 223864198 2008-07-06T05:58:37Z Eastsidehastings 2041176 Converted dates to Common Era notation. {{South Asian history}} '''Ancient India''' may refer to: *The ancient history of the whole [[Indian subcontinent]] ([[South Asia]]) **[[History of South Asia]] and [[History of India]] **[[Indus Valley Civilization]] — during the [[Bronze Age India|Bronze Age]] **[[Vedic period]] — the period of [[Vedic Sanskrit]], spanning the late [[Bronze Age India|Bronze Age]] and the earlier [[Iron Age India|Iron Age]] **[[Mahajanapadas]] — during the later [[Iron Age India|Iron Age]] **[[Magadha|Magadha Empire]] — during [[classical antiquity]] (6th to 4th centuries BCE) ***[[Maurya Empire]] — the largest ancient Indian empire, contemporary to [[Hellenism]] in the west (4th to 2nd centuries BCE), golden age of early Classical [[Sanskrit literature]] ***[[Gupta Empire]] **the [[Kingdoms of Ancient India]] as described in Sanskrit literature **[[Middle kingdoms of India]] — during [[late antiquity]] and the [[early Middle Ages]] ***[[Indo-Greek Kingdom]] and [[Kushan Empire]] (2nd c. BCE to 3rd c. CE) {{disambig}} [[Category:Ancient India|Ancient India]]