History

The Indian subcontinent is the site of a civilization as ancient as any in the world. City states aro se in North India, along the Indus River, at about the same time as the early civilizations of the Tigris-Euphrates at Sumer and other locations.

Common Phrases

• नमस्कार : namaskāra : Hello
• स्वागत : svāgata : Welcome
• सुप्रभात : suprabhāta : Good morning
• नमस्ते : Namaste : Goodbye
• धन्यवाद : dhanyavāda : Thank you
• आप : āpa : You (formal/polite)
• हाँ : hān : Yes
• नहीं : nahīṃ : No
• माफ कीजिए : māpha kījie : Sorry
• मै अच्छा हूँ : mai acchā hūn : I am fine (male)
• मै अच्छी हूँ : mai acchī hūn : I am fine (female)
• आप कैसे हैं? : āpa kaise hain? : How are you? (male)
• और आप? : aura āpa? : And you?
• Bhai-saahub, is kurte ka kya daam hai? : (Excuse me, what is the cost of this kurta?)
• Yeh to bahut zyada hai. : (That is too much.)

Food

Naan

Sambar

Chicken Tikka