Jainism emerges in the Indian sub-continent
Jainsm has a set of five vows: nonviolence, truth-speaking, non-stealing, no sexual immorality and non-attachment to worldly things.
Jainism emerges in the Indian sub-continent Read more
Jainsm has a set of five vows: nonviolence, truth-speaking, non-stealing, no sexual immorality and non-attachment to worldly things.
Jainism emerges in the Indian sub-continent Read more
Vanga was an ancient kingdom and geopolitical division on the Ganges delta in the Indian subcontinent. It was located in southern Bengal, with the core region including present-day southern West Bengal (India) and southwestern Bangladesh.
The Vanga Kingdom comes to power in modern-day India and Bangladesh Read more
The Yajurveda is the Veda primarily of prose mantras for worship rituals. An ancient Vedic Sanskrit text, it is a compilation of ritual offering formulas.
The Yajurveda, one of the four Vedas of the Hindu tradition, is completed Read more
The Rigveda is one of the four canonical sacred texts of Hinduism known as the Vedas. It is one of the oldest extant texts in any Indo-European language.
The Rigveda, one of the four canonical sacred texts of Hinduism, is completed Read more
Black pepper is native to Kerala in Southwestern India and is extensively cultivated there and elsewhere in tropica regions.
At least 130 million domestic water buffalo exist, and more people depend on them than on any other domestic animal.
Humans in the Indian subcontinent domesticate the water buffalo Read more
The Indus Valley Civilisation was a Bronze Age civilisation in South Asia, lasting from 3300 B.C.E. to 1300 B.C.E. Along with ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia it was one of three early civilisations of West- and South Asia.
The Indus Valley Civilization, or Harrapan Civilization, emerges in South Asia Read more
Lost-wax casting is the process by which a duplicate metal sculpture (often silver, gold, brass or bronze) is cast from an original sculpture.
Humans invent lost-wax casting, perhaps in modern-day Pakistan Read more
Irrigation was used as a means of manipulation of water in the alluvial plains of the Indus valley civilization, the application of it is estimated to have begun around 4500 B.C.E. and drastically increased the size and prosperity of their agricultural settlements.
Humans of the Indus Valley civilization invented irrigation Read more
In the Indus Valley, archaeologists discovered evidence of meditation in wall art dating from approximately 5,000 to 3,500 B.C.E.
Humans begin practicing meditation in the Indus Valley Read more