markets and music modern indian marketplace It is a busy day at the market in ancient India A girl and her mother walk through the stalls in the Gupta city of Mathura They buy rice lentils and grapes They skip the meat seller though Their Buddhist family eats a vegetarian diet
veena performance The girl is especially excited this morning Later her family will attend a musical performance She hopes to hear a musician playing a stringed instrument called a veena It is her favorite
Who Were the Ancient indians Indus river in Ladakh India
Ancient India was a period that lasted from around 1500 BCE to 550 CE Several civilizations ruled the region over time The largest the Mauryan Empire extended over what is now India Pakistan Nepal and Bangladesh Its population may have reached 30 million people India’s name comes from the Indus River Early Indian settlers used the word sindhu for the waterway This means river in Sanskrit In the 300s BCE Greeks began saying Indus instead Mauryan Empire 321-185 BCE key Mauryan Empire indus river ganges river W N s E
