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Ancient India may refer to:

The ancient History Of India , which generally includes the ancient history of the whole Indian Subcontinent ( South Asia )

--- Indus Valley Civilization — during the Bronze Age

--- Vedic Period — the period of Vedic Sanskrit , spanning the late Bronze Age and the earlier Iron Age

--- Mahajanapadas — during the later Iron Age

--- Magadha Empire — during Classical Antiquity (6th to 4th centuries BC)

--- Maurya Empire — the largest ancient Indian empire, contemporary to Hellenism in the west (4th to 2nd centuries BC), golden age of early Classical Sanskrit Literature

--the Kingdoms Of Ancient India as described in Sanskrit literature

--- Middle Kingdoms Of India — during Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages

-- Indo-Greek Kingdoms and Kushan Empire (2nd c. BC to 3rd c. AD)

-- Gupta Empire