India's Indus Valley Civilization (c. 3300 BCE) is generally considered older in its early urban phase than China's formative dynasties (Shang, c. 1600 BCE; Xia, mythologically earlier), though both are among the world's most ancient, continuously existing civilizations, with China often highlighted for its unbroken cultural continuity and unified statehood.
Egypt and Iraq (ancient Mesopotamia) are often recognized as the earliest cradles of civilization, both dating back to around 3100 BC. Iran (Persia), India, and China followed soon after, developing powerful kingdoms, writing systems, and organized societies that shaped human history.
India has a recorded history dating back to around 3000 BCE, making it older than China, which has a recorded history dating back to around 1600 BCE. However, both countries have a rich and ancient cultural heritage that predates their recorded histories.
The list continues with China, whose origins are marked at 2070 BC, coinciding with the Xia Dynasty, traditionally considered the first dynasty in Chinese history. India, with a history reaching back to 2000 BC, is contemporary with the Indus Valley Civilization, one of the world's oldest urban civilizations.
In terms of age, civilizations in other parts of the world precede China. Writing systems in Egypt and Mesopotamia predate Chinese writing by a thousand years. The world's first city, Uruk, in modern-day Iraq, dates back seven thousand years. Even in comparison to Europe, China isn't that old.
Both were juggernauts in Asia in terms of cultural dominance and advances in science and literature but Chinese history seems to be much more explored than Indian history and seems to have had a much larger impact on global history than India.
The oldest recorded civilization in the world is the Mesopotamia civilization. Overall, the 4 oldest civilizations of the world are Mesopotamia Civilization, Egyptian Civilization, Indus Valley Civilization, and Chinese Civilization.
By Date of Self-Sovereignty
India, 2500 B.C.E. China, 1600 B.C.E. Taiwan, 1600 B.C.E. Japan, 660 B.C.E.
China is mentioned as one among the northern kingdoms in Mahabharata, Book 6, chapter 9: –Among the tribes of the north are the Mlecchas, and the Kruras, the Yavanas, the Chinas, the Kambojas, the Darunas, and many Mleccha tribes; the Sukritvahas, the Kulatthas, the Hunas, the Parasikas, the Ramanas, and the ...
Yes, recent evidence suggests the Indus Valley Civilization (India) might be older, potentially pushing its origins back to around 8,000 BCE, making it older than traditional estimates for Ancient Egypt (around 3100 BCE), though Egypt often features as an older "nation" due to its continuous identity and early unified state, but India's civilization (Harappan civilization) is one of the world's oldest cradles of civilization.
🇨🇳 🇮🇳 Ancient Chinese referred to the Indian subcontinent as Tianzhu (天竺), meaning "Centre of Heaven," a name that reflected the profound reverence for India as the sacred birthplace of Buddhism.
After a number of border skirmishes between 1959 and 1962, which began initially as a by-product of the uprising in Tibet, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China forcefully attacked across the disputed boundaries on October 20, 1962.
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In 1967, India and China fought again, on the heights of Cho La and Nathu La at the India-China border near the Himalayan kingdom of Sikkim. This time, India triumphed. These battles of 1967 restored parity between the two nations and revived India's pride after the defeat earlier.
Archeological studies suggest at least Vaishnavism and Shaivism schools of Hinduism had arrived in China in its history. At present, there are no Hindus in Quanzhou. However, there previously existed a Tamil Hindu community in the city who, in the late 13th century, built the Kaiyuan Temple dedicated to Lord Shiva.
Kashi Nath Upadhyaya dates it a bit earlier, but after the rise of Buddhism, as the Mahabharata contains references to the Buddha and Buddhist references. He states that the Gita was always a part of the Mahabharata and that dating the latter suffices in dating the Gita.
According to Puranic sources, Krishna's disappearance marks the end of Dvapara Yuga and the start of Kali Yuga, which is dated to 17/18 February 3102 BCE.
Mehrgarh (7000 BCE to c. 2500 BCE), to the west of the Indus River valley, is a precursor of the Indus Valley Civilisation, whose inhabitants migrated into the Indus Valley and became the Indus Valley Civilisation. It is one of the earliest sites with evidence of farming and herding in South Asia.
Rise of civilization
The earliest signs of a process leading to sedentary culture can be seen in the Levant to as early as 12,000 BC, when the Natufian culture became sedentary; it evolved into an agricultural society by 10,000 BC.
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Dating to at least 3500 BCE, Sumerian could well be the oldest written language in the world. The earliest evidence of Sumerian is on a limestone tablet known as the Kish Tablet, found in Iraq. Sumerian was eventually succeeded by Akkadian, with the latter becoming the new vernacular language.