Transcription: The seeds of Indian civilization were planted around 2500 BC in the Indus Valley. Centered in the cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro, the Indus Valley civilization lasted for nearly a thousand years. Around 1500 BC, a people called the Aryans migrated to northern India, developing a society with a complex caste system that survives to this day. From the roots of Aryan religious beliefs emerged two of the world's major religions, Hinduism Buddhism and Buddhism. The period of the Gupta Empire from 320 to 540 AD has been called India's Golden Age, a time of great accomplishments in literature, th ...