ancient used as an adjective: Existent or occurring in time long past, usually in remote ages; belonging to or associated with antiquity; old, as opposed to modern. “an ancient author”

adjective. of or in time long past, especially before the end of the Western Roman Empire a.d. 476: ancient history. dating from a remote period; of great age: ancient rocks;ancient trees. very old; aged: She’s fifteen, which is ancient for a dog that size. being old in wisdom and experience; venerable.

other words for very old age-old. antiquated. timeworn. aged. antique.

Ancient means belonging to the distant past, especially to the period in history before the end of the Roman Empire. Ancient means very old, or having existed for a long time.

• Venus of Hohle Fels (38,000–33,000 BC)
• Lion Man of the Hohlenstein Stadel (38,000 BC)
• Sulawesi Cave Art (37,900 BC)
• El Castillo Cave Paintings (Red Disk) (39,000 BC)
• La Ferrassie Cave Petroglyphs (60,000 BC)
• Diepkloof Eggshell Engravings (60,000 BC)
• Blombos Cave Engravings (70,000 BC)

Sumerian civilization

If you look back at the time when humans first decided to give up their nomadic, hunter-gatherer lifestyle in favor of settling down at one place, six distinct cradles of civilization can be clearly identified: Egypt, Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq and Iran), the Indus Valley (present-day Pakistan and Afghanistan).

Egypt: 6000 BC. India: 2500 BC. Vietnam: 4000 Years Old. North Korea: 7th Century BC.

7 Most Advanced Ancient Civilizations in the World

• Ancient China 2100 – 221 BC.
• Ancient Egypt 3150 – 31 BC.
• Inca Civilization 1200 – 1542 AD (Modern day Peru)
• Ancient Greece 800 BC – 146 BC.
• Maya Civilization 2000 BC – early 16th Century (Modern day Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras)

Vedic civilization

The Maurya Empire (320-185 B.C.E.) was the first major historical Indian empire, and definitely the largest one created by an Indian dynasty. The empire arose as a consequence of state consolidation in northern India, which led to one state, Magadha, in today’s Bihar, dominating the Ganges plain.

The official name of the Republic of India was derived from the Sanskrit name ‘Sindhu’ that referred to Indus River. By the time the Persians conquered both, the then Indian subcontinent and Greece in 5th century BCE, ‘Sindhu’ became ‘Hindus’ to mark the ‘land of Hindus’.

Most reference books list Hinduism as the oldest world religion. This is probably because Hinduism has the oldest recorded roots, which lie in Dravidianism. Dravidianism is estimated to have been practiced around 6,000 to 3,000 BCE and as such predates the Sumerian, Egyptian, and Babylonian cultures.

Mesopotamia is a region that spouted whole complex civilizations around 3000 BC which precedes any historical evidence of Hinduism, Can you clarify what you are trying to ask and find out.

The word Hindu is an exonym, and while Hinduism has been called the oldest religion in the world, many practitioners refer to their religion as Sanātana Dharma (Sanskrit: सनातनधर्म:, lit.

Kemetism falls into this category. In its original form it would have a decent claim to being as old as or older than Hinduism. Some final thoughts: The study of religion is quite complicated.

Even by Georgian calendar Hinduism is much more ancient than Greek and roman civilization , Hinduism is oldest and most prospered civilization on the planet .

The early Dravidian religion constituted a non-Vedic form of Hinduism in that they were either historically or are at present Āgamic. The Agamas are non-vedic in origin and have been dated either as post-Vedic texts or as pre-Vedic compositions.

As for Buddhism, it was founded by an Indian Prince Siddhartha Gautama in approximately 566BCE (Before Common Era), about 2500 years ago. In fact, the oldest of the four main religions is Hinduism.

We cannot predict which among these two is older but one thing is sure. Buddha was against the practices in the Veda. He practiced Veda for a long time but after that he stopped all those. It means hinduism was there beore buddha….Answers.

While Hinduism adopted the Buddha in its mythology, Buddhism adopted the Hindu god Krishna in its own mythology. While the Buddhist Jataka texts co-opt Krishna-Vasudeva and make him a student of the Buddha in his previous life, the Hindu texts co-opt the Buddha and make him an avatar of Vishnu.

The history of Buddhism goes back to what is now Bodh Gaya, India almost six centuries before Christianity, making it one of the oldest religions still being practiced. The origins of Christianity go back to Roman Judea in the early first century.

Buddha (Siddhārtha Gautama) insisted he was human and that there is no almighty, benevolent God. He was born in present-day Nepal roughly 500 years before Jesus Christ (Jesus of Nazareth). …

Historical evidence indicates that Jesus was well acquainted with Buddhism. If Jesus did not go to India, then at least India went to Judea and Jesus. Other evidence, while perhaps apocryphal, indicates that he spent most of his so-called lost years outside Judea, possibly in Kashmir to study Buddhism exclusively.

– The religious philosopher Siddhartha Gautama – better known as Buddha – once said, “The faults of others are easier to see than one’s own.” Some 500 years later, Jesus uttered these words: “Why do you see the splinter in someone else’s eye and never notice the log in your own?” Coincidence?

The teachings of the Buddha are aimed solely at liberating sentient beings from suffering. The Basic Teachings of Buddha which are core to Buddhism are: The Three Universal Truths; The Four Noble Truths; and • The Noble Eightfold Path.

Buddhists seek to reach a state of nirvana, following the path of the Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, who went on a quest for Enlightenment around the sixth century BC. There is no belief in a personal god. Buddhists believe that nothing is fixed or permanent and that change is always possible.

Both religions stress ethical living, compassion/love to other people. Like Buddhism, Christianity also encourages followers to take steps to improve their well being. Like Christianity, Buddhism has a strong devotional aspect. Both religions have both a monastic and lay approach.