South Asian history
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South Asia, also known as the Indian subcontinent, is one of the world's cradles of civilisation, with its first civilisations dating back to approximately 3400 BCE. The influences of South Asian kingdoms spread far and wide, leading to the establishment of Indianised kingdoms in Southeast Asia whose legacies endure to this day.
UnderstandSouth Asia has been inhabited since the early Stone Age, over two million years ago. Homo sapiens first arrived on the subcontinent around 73,000–55,000 years ago.
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