B, when we study history, we tend to study unified polities that we can label, like the Roman Empire, or China, or Beliebers. And this emphasis on unity tends to C, lead to labels that mask a lot of historical difference, like for instance Europe, which is such a weird and nebulous word that we don't even know what it means. Plus D, no offense Europe, but there are not many histories more complex than India. And E, a lot of what we know about Indian history comes from British historians who both used and embodied the phrase historical bias. All of which F, makes it very unfortunate that we only have ten minutes, but we will do our best. Okay, we're going to make this like Voldemort's soul and split it up into eight parts. Part One, the Vedas.