indo-gangetic evolution

ভিমরুলী - The Vimruli

Man, Metal & Fire 

You know, historically the first great civilizations all grew up in river valleys. The Indo-Gangetic Plain, also known as Indus-Ganga and the North Indian River Plain, is a 255 million hectare (630 million acre) fertile plain encompassing most of northern and eastern India, the most populous parts of Pakistan, and virtually all of Bangladesh.

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The region is named after the Indus and the Ganga, and encompasses a number of large urban areas. The Indus-Ganga plain is bound on the north by the Himalayas which feed its numerous rivers and are the source of the fertile alluvial deposits across the region by the two river systems.

The region is known for the Indus Valley Civilization, which was responsible for the birth of ancient South Asian culture. The flat and fertile terrain has facilitated the repeated rise and expansion of various empires, including the Gupta empire, Kannauj, Magadha, the Mauryan Empire, the Mughal Empire and the Sultanate of Delhi – all of which had their demographic and political centers in the Indo-Gangetic plain.

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During the Vedic and Epic eras of Indian history, this region was referred to as "Aryavarta" (Land of the Aryans) which was bordered on the west by the Indus river, on the east by Anga region of present day easternmost part of Bihar and doorstep of Bengal and on the south by the Vindhya Mountain range. During the Islamic period, the Turkish, Afghan and Iranian rulers referred to this region as "Hindustan" (Land of the Hindus), deriving from the Persian term for the Indus River.

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This term was later used to refer to the whole of India but even into the modern era, the dialect of Hindi-Urdu spoken in this region is called Hindustani, a term which is also used for the local music and culture.

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Both British and independent India also had their demographic and political centers here (first in Calcutta and then Delhi). Many of the pillars (surveys of maurya dynasty) are present there in these plains. We think these Images will help next generation to recocnize the history of indo-gangetic evolution, or the History of biggest riverine civilization.