恒河是印度的圣河，对印度人来说非常重要。千年以前，印度人便在这里进行各种宗教活动，沐浴、焚尸，经年不衰，致使恒河不堪重负、垃圾泛滥、河水浑浊、污浊不堪，但是印度人不以为然，在恒河中洗浴、洗衣、焚尸、刷牙的人不计其数，恒河作为圣河的地位始终不变，由此可见，恒河对印度人来说非常重要。恒河为什么具有如此高的地位，这个问题值得深思。许多文献多从宗教方面对此进行探讨，并不涉及其他方面的原因，本文从自然、宗教、种姓制度和教育四个层面对这个问题进行探究，比较全面地探讨印度恒河文化形成和发展的原因。

The Ganges is a sacred river in India and is very important to the Indians. Thonds of years ago, Indians used this place for all kinds of religious activities, bathing, burning dead bodies, and over the years, causing the Ganges to become overburdened, overflowed with garbage, and its waters to become muddy and turbid, but the Indians did not care, the Ganges is so important to the Indians that its status as a sacred river has not changed, as there are countless people bathing, washing clothes, burning bodies and brushing their teeth. The question of why the Ganges has such a high status is worth pondering. Most of the literature deals with this issue from the perspective of religion rather than other factors. This paper explores this issue from the perspectives of nature, religion, caste system and education, the reasons for the formation and development of Ganges Culture in India are discussed in a comprehensive way.