One of the four ancient civilizations in the world. Indus civilization was founded around 2000 BC. About14th century BC, an Aryan who originally lived in Central Asia entered the South Asian subcontinent and conquered the local aborigines. Around 1000 BC, a caste system based on race and social division of labor began to take shape. The peacock dynasty that rose in the 4th century BC began to unify the Indian subcontinent. During the reign of King Ashoka in the 3rd century, the territory was vast, the regime was strong, Buddhism flourished and began to spread abroad. In the Middle Ages, there were many small countries and Hinduism rose. Since 1 1 century, Muslims from the northwest have invaded and ruled India for a long time. The Mughal Empire was founded in 1526 and became one of the world powers at that time. /kloc-in 0/600, Britain invaded and established the East India Company. /kloc-became a British colony in 0/757, and the whole territory of 1849 was occupied by Britain. /kloc-an anti-British uprising broke out in 0/857, and the British government ruled India directly the following year. 1June, 947, Britain divided India into two autonomous regions, India and Pakistan. On August 5, 65438, India was divided and became independent. 1950 65438+1On October 26th, the Republic of India was founded and became a member of the Commonwealth.