Indians or Indian people are the citizens and nationals of the Republic of India.
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11 Facts About Indian people
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Indian people established during the ancient and medieval periods to the early eighteenth century some of the greatest empires and dynasties in South Asian history like the Maurya Empire, Satavahana dynasty, Gupta Empire, Rashtrakuta dynasty, Chalukya Empire, Chola Empire, Karkota Empire, Pala Empire, Vijayanagara Empire, Delhi Sultanate, Mughal Empire, Maratha Empire and Sikh Empire.
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The first great empire of the Indian people was the Maurya Empire having Patliputr as its capital, conquered the major part of South Asia in the 4th and 3rd centuries BC during the reign of the Indian Emperors Chandragupta Maurya and Ashoka alongside their senior advisor, Acharya Chanakya, the world's pioneer of the fields of political science and economics.
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Indian people religions, known as Dharmic religions, are a major form of world religions along with Abrahamic ones.
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India has the largest population of Indian people adhering to Zoroastrianism and Baha'i Faith in the world, even though these two religions are not native to India.
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The study suggested that Indian people culture is trending away from traditional arranged marriages, they find that the marriage trends in India are similar to trends observed over last 40 years where arranged marriages were previously common, particularly in China and Japan.
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In urban centres, Indian people often wear western clothing and variety of other contemporary fashion.
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Oldest preserved examples of Indian people music are the melodies of the Samaveda that are still sung in certain Srauta sacrifices; this is the earliest account of Indian people musical hymns.
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Indian people have played a major role in the development of the philosophy, sciences, mathematics, arts, architecture and astronomy throughout history.
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In modern times, Indian people have continued to contribute to mathematics, sciences and astrophysics.
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Indian people's is usually depicted as a woman clad in an orange or saffron sari holding a flag and sometimes accompanied by a lion.
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