India (Hindi: Bhārat), zviri pamutemo Republic of India (Hindi: Bhārat Gaṇarājya), inyika muSouth Asia. Inyika yechipiri ine vanhu vazhinji, nyika yechinomwe hukuru nenzvimbo dzenyika, uye nyika ine vanhu vazhinji kwazvo pasi rose. Yakakomberedzwa neIndian Ocean kumaodzanyemba, Gungwa reArabia kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumadokero, uye Bay reBangal kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumabvazuva, inogovera miganhu yenyika nePakistan kumadokero; China, Nepal, uye Bhutan kuchamhembe; uye Bangladesh neMyanmar kumabvazuva. MuIndian Ocean, India iri munharaunda yeSri Lanka neMaldives; ayo Andaman neNicobar Islands anogovana muganho wegungwa neThailand neIndonesia. Vanhu vemazuva ano vakasvika kuIndia subcontinent kubva kuAfrica pasati papfuura makore makumi mashanu nemashanu apfuura. Kugara kwavo kwenguva refu, pakutanga vachiita zvakasiyana-siyana zvekuzvimiririra sevavhimi-vanounganidza, kwakaita kuti dunhu rive rakasiyana-siyana, kechipiri chete ku Africa mukusiyana kwemarudzi. Hupenyu hwakagadzwa hwakabuda pascontinent kumadokero kwemahombekombe eiyo Indus bheseni makore 9 000 apfuura, ichichinja zvishoma nezvishoma muIndus Valley Civilization yemireniyamu yechitatu BCE. Pakazosvika 1200 BCE, chimiro chekare chechiSanskrit, mutauro weIndo-European, chakange chapinda muIndia kubva kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumadokero, chichiitika semutauro weRigveda, uye kurekodha kutanga kweHinduism muIndia. Mitauro yeDravidhiya yeIndia yakakurirwa munzvimbo dzekuchamhembe nekumadokero. Pakasvika 400 BCE, kubatana uye kusasarudzika nematare zvakabuda mukati meHinduism, uye chiBuddha nechiJainism chakamuka, zvichizivisa magariro ehukama husingaenzaniswi nenhaka. Kubatanidzwa kwekutanga kwezvematongerwo enyika kwakapa mukana wekusunungura-miteya Maurya neGupta Empires inogara muGanges Basin. Nguva yavo yekubatana yakakwenenzverwa nehupamhi-hwakawanda hwekugadzira, asi zvakare yakatarwa nekudzikira kwechimiro chevakadzi, nekubatanidzwa kwekusabatika mune yakarongeka sisitimu yekutenda. KuSouth India, humambo hweMiddle East hwakatumira zvinyorwa zveDravidian-mitauro uye tsika dzechitendero kune humambo hweSoutheast Asia.

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