India is one of the four ancient civilizations. What civilizations have been left behind?

Music and dance: India is a melting pot of cultures. The country’s unique historical background makes it include a variety of cultural trends from ancient times to modern times, from the West to the East, from Asia to Europe. In addition It is a country composed of five major ethnic groups, and it is like a large cultural museum. Mumbai on the west bank of the capital, New Delhi, is the center of culture, while Kolkata has news about culture every day, diversified music, dance, dance dramas and Comedies dazzle tourists and make them forget to leave.

After living in noisy big cities for a long time, people yearn to return to simplicity. And the basis of Indian traditional music is "nature". It praises people The relationship between people, the relationship between people and nature, and the relationship between people and gods. The melodies of the four seasons are reflected in the traditional tune "raga" - legend has it that the ancients heard the song from the chirping of birds in the forest and the burning branches. The sound inspired the creation of the first "Raga". As for the content of the song, it originated from the religious rituals of North India. To this day, traditional songs still retain the ancient pronunciation, and the singer's voice is pure, keeping the song consistent. A simple and pure feeling of hymns. Even if you don't understand the lyrics, you can still feel the sacredness and peace of nature. One of the oldest dances in India - Natyam, means "the art of dance" in Hindi. In addition to emphasizing the rhythm of dance, it also emphasizes that the accompaniment music must be pleasant and pleasant, consisting of solemn poetry and simple music.

Food: Indian curry is world-famous, and many people think that rice and curry It is the main food and seasoning in India. But in fact, only some places in India use rice as the staple food, and curry is an unfamiliar seasoning to most Indians.

In fact, rice is the staple food in some places in India. , the lack of a unified style is the biggest feature of Indian food. And not only are the eating habits of various cities in India very different, but even every family has an obvious eating style. In addition, in many places in India, they like to use A large shallow plate called "thali" is used to hold food. When eating with "thali", you should taste it slowly as the local customs do. Gobbling it up will only make the locals laugh.

Mathematical achievements: since Harappan Since the cultural period, the ancient Indians have used the decimal system, but there was no place value system in the early days. It was not until about the 7th century AD that ancient India had the place value system of notation, but there was no "0" symbol at the beginning. , only one space is used to represent it. In the second half of the 9th century AD, there was a zero symbol, written as ".". The decimal place value method was adopted by many peoples in Central Asia, and was spread to Europe through the Arabs, and gradually evolved into what it is today. The "Arabic notation" that is commonly used in the world. Therefore, Arabic numerals were not created by the Arabs, they only played a role in dissemination. And it was the ancient Indians who really contributed to Arabic numerals.