Culture of India

Culture of India

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Please help improve this article. article. The discussion page may page  may contain suggestions. The culture culture of  of India has been shaped by the long history of India, India, its uniue geography geography and  and the absorption of customs, traditions and ideas from both immigrants and invaders, !hile preserving its ancient heritage from the Indus "alley #ivili$ation. India%s great diversity of cultural practices, languages languages,, customs, and traditions are e&les of this uniue co' mingling over the past five millinea. India is also the birth place of several religious systems such as (induism (induism,, Jainism Jainism,, )uddhism )uddhism,, and *ikhism,, !hich have had a great influence not *ikhism only over India but also over the rest of o f the !orld. From the t!elfth century on!ards, follo!ing the Islamic conuests and the subseuent +uropean occupation, the culture of India !as influenced by Persian Persian,, rabic rabic,,

Turkish and +nglish Turkish and +nglish cultures.  cultures. The various religions and the multi'hued traditions traditions of  of India that !as created !ith those amalgamations have influenced *outh +ast sia and sia and other different parts of the !orld. Contents

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