Much of modern Indian culture can be traced to Vedic civilization.
<u>Explanation:</u>
Vedic civilization is the earliest civilization in the history of India which was of the ancient times. The literature and the art of this civilization influences the people of today's time also.
This civilization which developed during the ancient times near the river saraswarti now has two states of modern India which are Punjab and Haryana. Even in today's time, a lot of knowledge is taken by the people from the vedas which were written during the time of vedic civilization.
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