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Indian Culture: Heritage and Influence

Indian culture encompasses a rich heritage of social norms and technologies originating from the diverse ethno-linguistic backgrounds of the Indian subcontinent. It has evolved over millennia, influenced by various historical events, including the Indus Valley Civilization and interactions with East and Southeast Asia. The culture is characterized by its diversity in languages, religions, arts, and customs, and has significantly impacted regions connected to India through immigration and colonization.

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Indian Culture: Heritage and Influence

Indian culture encompasses a rich heritage of social norms and technologies originating from the diverse ethno-linguistic backgrounds of the Indian subcontinent. It has evolved over millennia, influenced by various historical events, including the Indus Valley Civilization and interactions with East and Southeast Asia. The culture is characterized by its diversity in languages, religions, arts, and customs, and has significantly impacted regions connected to India through immigration and colonization.

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Indian culture is the heritage of social norms and technologies that originated in or are associated

with the ethno-linguistically diverse India, pertaining to the Indian subcontinent until 1947 and
the Republic of India post-1947. The term also applies beyond India to countries and cultures whose
histories are strongly connected to India by immigration, colonisation, or influence, particularly
in South Asia and Southeast Asia. India's languages, religions, dance, music, architecture, food, and
customs differ from place to place within the country.
Indian culture, often labelled as a combination of several cultures, has been influenced by a history
that is several millennia old, beginning with the Indus Valley Civilization and other early cultural
areas.[1][2] There is specifically evidence for early influences from East and Southeast Asian-derived
cultural areas, primarily via Austroasiatic (Mon Khmer) groups during the Neolithic period, on certain
cultural and political elements of Ancient India, and which may have arrived together with the spread
of rice cultivation from Mainland Southeast Asia. A significant number of ethnic minorities in Eastern
India are still speaking Austroasiatic languages, most notably the Munda languages.[3][4][5][6][7]
Many elements of Indian culture, such as Indian
religions, mathematics, philosophy, cuisine, languages, dance, music, and movies have had a
profound impact across the Indosphere, Greater India, and the world. The British Raj further
influenced Indian culture, such as through the widespread introduction of the English language,[8] and
a local dialect developed.

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