Somapura Mahavihara in Bangladesh is among the best known Buddhist viharas in the Indian Subcontinent and is one of the most important archaeological sites in the country. It was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985.
The Brāhmasphuṭasiddhānta is a text of mathematical astronomy contains significant mathematical content, including a good understanding of the role of zero, rules for manipulating both negative and positive numbers, a method for computing square roots, methods of solving linear and quadratic equations, and rules for summing series.
The first documentation of the cotton gin by contemporary scholars is found in the fifth century C.E., in the form of Buddhist paintings depicting a single-roller gin in the Ajanta Caves in western India.
Earliest records about the area which the Monpas inhabit today indicate the existence of a kingdom known as Lhomon or Monyul which existed from 500 B.C to 600 C.E.
Licchavi was an ancient kingdom on the Indian subcontinent, which existed in the Kathmandu Valley in modern-day Nepal from approximately 400 to 750 C.E.
The first documented tribes in Nepal are the Kirat people, who arrived into Nepal from Tibet roughly 2000 to 2500 years ago and moved into the Kathmandu Valley and Southern parts of Nepal, before being made to retreat elsewhere by the invading Licchavais from India.
The Pandyan dynasty was an ancient Tamil dynasty, one of the three Tamil dynasties, the other two being the Chola and the Chera. The kings of the three dynasties were referred to as the Three Crowned Kings of Tamilakam.
The Chola dynasty was one of the longest-ruling dynasties in the history of southern India.
Greek language introduced Greek literature into the former Persian Empire, thereby influencing the philosophical thought and writing of the region
The Dipavamsa is the oldest historical record of Sri Lanka. Together with the Mahavamsa, it is the source of many accounts of ancient history of Sri Lanka and India.
