The Rise of Ancient India

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Dr. P.D. Hegde is a Freelance Writer. He is an M.Sc. from Karnatak University, and he has also completed his M.A. from the same University. Mr. Hegde has written books on subjects like, Education, Yoga, Personality Development, Psychology, Agriculture, History, Religion, Etc. Presently, being a freelance writer Mr. Hegde has written [published books] more than 135 books. [Among them 100 books are in English, and 35 books are in Kannada. About 21 Books are yet to be published.] His popular books are, Modern Psychology, Yoga the Spirit of Life, History of India, Criminology, Agro-Chemistry, History of Inventions, Amazing Animals, Prostitution the Curse of Life, Easy Methods to Learn About Computers, The Great Legends of East India, The Biography of Great Indians, Romantic Poets,..Etc. Mr Hegde has also worked as a Lecturer in a Degree college [Bangalore] for few years. At present Mr Hegde is engaged in writing books related to different subjects.

Aryans were the first nomadic tribe to have come and settled in India in the Vedic period. Their culture of nurturing Vedic religion and hymns formed the base for Hinduism. The society was divided into four casts viz; Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya and Shudra. The Vedic Age is marked from 1500 BC-1000 BC followed by the Epic Age between 1000 BC-600 BC. The two famous epics written in this period are "The Ramayana" and "The Mahabharata".

The concept of the nation-state has come up only in modern times. The current territory of India did not have an identity in the past. For the purpose of analysing the influence of geography on history, it makes more sense to consider the Indian sub-continent, or South Asia, which includes the current territories of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and Sri Lanka.

The Indian sub-continent is prominently demarcated, bounded by the seas towards the south, while the Hima- layas in the north and associated mountain ranges of the east and west separate it from the rest of Asia

South of the Gangetic plain are highlands which rise to form the Vindhya range cutting across the middle of the subcontinent. This range is not very high, but had served historically as sufficient barrier between the northern and the southern parts of the subcontinent to result in two distinct cultures - the Vedic culture of the north and the Dravidian culture of the south. Still, it was not barrier enough to prevent the percolation of the Vedic culture southwards.