HISTORY
MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS
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the Indus Valley.
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the Deccan.
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the Ganges Valley.
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Kashmir.
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Detailed explanation-1: -–600 C.E. This period saw the development of the powerful Maurya, Shunga, and Gupta empires, as well as Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism.
Detailed explanation-2: -1600 BCE and flourished from c. 1500 BCE to 500 BCE in Gandhara, modern-day Pakistan and Afghanistan, is thus the most likely locus of the earliest bearers of Rigvedic culture. According to Parpola, Indo-Aryan clans migrated into South Asia in subsequent waves.
Detailed explanation-3: -How was it possible for the Aryans to spread their influence over the Indus and Ganges river valleys so successfully? The Aryans’ horse-drawn chariots scared the local people and helped Aryans gain power.
Detailed explanation-4: -India’s first civilization developed in the Indus Valley because the Indus river system brings a steady source of irrigation water to the Indus Valley that made farming in this otherwise dry region possible. Regular river flooding also deposited fertile soil that was good for crops.