The first Indian Empire was “The Mauryan Empire”
founded by Chandragupta Maurya who lived from 340 to 298 BCE. Before him India
was divided into many smaller states. He unified Northern India and Afghanistan
into what was later known as “The Mauryan Empire”.
<span>And the first religion in the area was
Buddhism, Chandragupta Maurya’s grandson Ashoka played the key role in
spreading Buddhism in the Empire. </span>
Columbus believed he had reached Asia when he had traveled less than halfway there because geographical knowledge at the time was limited. They believed if they sailed West they would reach Asia by sea but actually ended up in the Americas. He thought the world was smaller than it actually was.
In its current form, the collection of the Old Testament books<span> was completed by the first century b.c. The individual </span>books<span> themselves, however, are much more ancient—some dating to the tenth and eleventh centuries b.c. or earlier. Because these works purport to tell the </span>history<span> of human origins, many of the </span>events occur<span> ...</span>
