This article focuses on the early geopolitical doctrines, the reasons for their emergence and their role in the development of international relations. The views of thinkers who greatly contributed to the development of early geopolitical knowledge in ancient China and India are highlighted. The location of their country, form of government, natural-geographical, socio-economic, logistical possibilities are highlighted in their views. In the analysis of processes in the region, the methods of analysis and synthesis, historicity and logic, comparative comparison, and generalization are appropriately used.