This curriculum unit was developed by a participant in the 1993 Fulbright-Hays Program "India: Continuity and Change." The unit attempts to place India in the "picture frame" of the ancient world as a part of a whole, not as a separate entity. Reading materials enable students to draw broader general conclusions based on the facts presented. The Indian culture today is tied together with the glorious ancient past through Hinduism. The eight readings include: (1) "Ethiopian/Kush: The Indian Connection"; (2) "The Glory that was Nubia" ('Smithsonian,' June 1993); (3) "Indus Valley Inhabitants"; (4)"Prehistory and the Indus Civilization"; (5) "Discovery of the Indus Valley Civilization"; (6) "India's Vedic Age"; (7) "Birth and Development of Hinduism"; and (8) "Quest for the Universal One." Activities and handouts accompany the readings. (EH)