About India.
The country, archived. History, culture, regions, traditions — added piece by piece.
India is one of the oldest continuously inhabited civilisations on earth. It's the world's largest democracy, home to over 1.4 billion people speaking more than 19,500 languages and dialects. It's where Chanakya wrote the Arthashastra around 300 BCE, where the Bhagavad Gita was composed, where Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism were born, and where some of the most foundational ideas of mathematics, astronomy, and metallurgy emerged.
This section of Indiagram Conversations is a slowly growing knowledge base about India — its history, its regions, its languages, its traditions, and the figures who shaped it. We're adding articles over time. If something you want to know about isn't here yet, tell us and we'll prioritise it.
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