Indian History
Introduction
Indian History
Experts believe that the Hominin expansion from Africa reached the Indian subcontinent approximately two million years ago. Archeologists have found fossils of Homo erectus or Homo heidelbergensis in the Narmada Valley which have been dated to about half a million years. There are a few other finds that are supposed to be older but their dating is not considered to be reliable.
By 7000BC, the formerly nomadic tribes had discovered agriculture and slowly evolved into urban settlements. By 3000BC, these cultures united into an integrated environment in what is now the Indus Valley Region. The Indus Valley Civilization lasted for a long time but started declining around 1800BC. The exact reason for the decline is not known but there are multiple theories about why that might have been the case.