Ancient Indus valley civilization of Mahenjodaro and Harappa were built by wanderers from Asia Minor and more than 5000 years ago built one of the most astonishing civic settlement. This in turn rolled out subsequent civilised clusters in the region through the ages and the settlers flourished armed with knowledge to improve community life.

Eventually the early settlers were joined by the Nordics evolving into the Indo-Aryan race that constitute the primary population of the country. The evolving population further enhanced their ways of life and over the centuries propagated theosophical wisdom that are expressed in Veda, Purana, Tantra, Geeta. They also developed and perfected indigenous therapy like Auyrveda, Unani and Yoga that now finds worldwide attention and, dispensed education in early universities like Takshashila and Nalanda. The Indians advanced with pioneering scientific knowledge of Aryabatta and Patanjali and spiritual insights of Lord Buddha, Mahavir, Shankaracharya, and Guru Nanak.

The citizens progressively were governed by mighty kings, emperors and dynasties over the centuries who left their indelible mark in the creation of cities, forts, palaces, temples and monuments.

All these make the deeper context of heritage footprint of India, spread across the country, that in many ways is unique from the rest of the world. 

Here are some selection of the coveted heritage that the visitor could consider engaging into when in India:

The Hindu culture of India has been pervaded over the centuries by immigrants and invaders from other parts of world. The Mughuls, the British, Potuguese, French, Dutch all had infused their customs and lifestyle as they joined the social mainstream. Many aspects of the indian heritage is example of this fusion and are illustrated in festivities, performing and visual arts and also in architecture. Visitors would find the following of interest. 

Festivals: Dussera, Diwali, Holi, New Year and many others.

Dance & Music: Classical, folk, popular and fusion.

Arts: Paintings of progressive eras. Ethnic artistry in social representation.

Through the ancient times India has proved to the world of the advanced scientific abilities of its intelligentsia amply illustrated by the pioneering findings of Aryabhatta of the exact circumference of earth and the correct duration of its rotation. His disciples further contributed to study of the decimal number system, zero, negative numbers, arithmetic, and algebra and as the concepts travelled abroad they were developed further. So did the practice of Indian Ayurveda introduced the advanced herbal therapeutic practices. 

Similary Patanjali, a Hindu Vedantist compiled the Yoga Sutras from Vedas that deal with the philosophical aspects of mind and consciousness. Today this physical fitness and meditative workouts and curative aspects of Yoga is popular around the world.