diverse place many different cultures and languages spread throughout the region coastal plains,...

India Diverse Place

Many different cultures and languages spread throughout the region

Coastal plains, Mountains Rivers, Dry Hilly Interior

Himalayan Mountains Highest in the world

Hindu Kush Separation from other

civilizations Indus River Valley

Dry plateau, modern day Pakistan

Early Indus River Valley Between 3000 B.C. – 1500

B.C. the Indus River had flourishing Civilizations Evidence of Thousands of

Settlements Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro

400 Miles apart, but both along the Indus

Planned Cities with Walls and streets

Drainage Systems carried wastes to a pit outside the city

Chutes for trash throughout the city

Organized and Effective City Planning and Maintenance

Crash Course - Early Indus River Valley

Arrival of the Aryans Also called the Indo-

Aryans About 1800 B.C., Natural

Disasters weaken Indus Valley Earthquake, climate

change, human impact on environment

2000 B.C. Aryans settle India Nomadic Indo-Europeans

from Central Asia Extend Political Control

throughout all of India after 1000 B.C.

New Way of Life Aryans adopt farming

and settle the fertile land in India Use iron plows adopted

from the Hittites Clear Jungle for Farming

1000 B.C. Sanskrit is developed Records religious rituals

Vedas Sacred Writings Reveal the Small

numerous kingdoms in Ancient India

Daily Life in Ancient India Life Centered on Family

Ideal extended with 3 Generations

Families were Patriarchal Only males can inherit Property Women could not serve as

Priests Upper class males could not

marry until they completed 12 years of study

Children expected to take care of Parents

Arranged Marriages Dowry paid to Husbands Suttee, devotion to marriage

Women must fling themselves onto the Husband’s Flaming Corpse

Social Classes in Ancient India Aryans - 4 Varnas of

Society Social Groups:

Brahmins – Priests Khastriyas – Warriors Vaisyas – Commoners Sudras – Servants

Aryan Ideas create a Caste System Born into a Social Group

and remain there in next life

Untouchables, outside the caste system below all of society

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Indian Religions Hinduism

Indus River Valley Created from a

blending of Dravidian and Aryan faiths

Buddhism Founded in Northern

India

Hinduism Belief in many forms of

one God Reincarnation

Rebirth based upon Karma Karma

Knowledge that all thoughts and actions result in future consequences

Vedas and Upanishads Sacred Writings of

Hinduism Spread of faith along

major trade routes

Buddhism Founded by

Siddhartha Gautama Northern India, Present

Day Nepal Four Noble Truths Eightfold Path to

Enlightenment Asoka’s missionaries

and their writings spread Buddhism throughout India, China, and Eastern Asia.

Ancient Indian Empires

Mauryan Empire(400 B.C. – 183 B.C.) - Protect Against Western Invaders

Gupta Empire(320 A.D. – 500 A.D.) -Reunite India, Protect from Invasion

Mauryan Rulers Candragupta Maurya

Rules from 324 B.C. – 301 B.C. Unites against Invaders Centralized Power

Paranoid, sleeps in a different bed

Asoka Chandragupta Maurya’s

Grandson Converts to Buddhism Used Buddhist Ideals Hospitals for Citizens and

their Pets Maintained Roads w/ rest

stops Buddhist Missions

Ancient India War and Peace

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Buddha and Asoka

Gupta Rulers Candra Gupta (No

Relation) Reclaims old Mauryan

Capital Samudra Gupta

Sucessor to Candra Gupta Extends the Empire Reinstitutes Dominance over

Indian Lands Candra Gupta II (375-415

A.D.) Flourishing Era – GOLDEN

AGE Hindu and Buddhist Art Main Trade Route for Silk

Road

Wealth of the Guptas Trade with China,

Southeast Asia, and the Mediterranean

Silver and Gold Mines Live in Luxury

“Wine out of Ruby Cups” Religious Trade

Pilgrims from East Asia visit Hindu and Buddhist temples

Many Temples built in this Era

Huns cause Empire to Collapse in the 500s A.D.

Ancient Indian Achievements

Aryhabata One of the First to use Algebra Discovered the Earth was

Round Lunar Eclipse

Mathematicians develop the Concept of Zero

Arabs adopt the Indian Number System in 800s A.D. Indian-Arabic Numerical System

Literature Emphasis on Moral Lessons and

Good Deeds Vedas

Religious Writings Bhagavad Vita

Sermon of Krishna, Hinduism

India Diverse Place

Many different ____________ and ______________ spread throughout the region

Coastal Plains, ________________, _____________, Dry Hilly Interior

Himalayan Mountains ____________________

__________________ Separation from other

civilizations Indus River Valley

Dry Plateau, __________________________________________

Early Indus River Valley Between 3000 B.C. – 1500 B.C.

the _______________ had flourishing Civilizations Evidence of Thousands of

Settlements ___________________ and

___________________________ 400 Miles apart, but both along the

Indus Planned Cities with _____________

and _______________ _____________________________ carried

wastes to a pit outside the city _________________ for trash

throughout the city Organized and Effective City

_____________________________

Arrival of the Aryans Also called the

______________________ About 1800 B.C.,

_____________________ weaken Indus Valley Earthquake, climate change,

human impact on environment

2000 B.C. ______________ settle India Nomadic Indo-Europeans

from ____________________ Extend

_______________________throughout all of India after 1000 B.C.

New Way of Life Aryans adopt

_______________ and settle the ______________ in India Use ___________ adopted

from the ________________ Clear Jungle for Farming

1000 B.C. ______________ is developed Records

_________________________ ________________________

____________________________ Reveal the

__________________________________________ in Ancient India

Daily Life in Ancient India Life Centered on

______________________ Ideal extended with 3 Generations

Families were Patriarchal Only males can inherit

___________________ _______________ could not serve as

Priests Upper class males could not marry

until they completed ______________________________

Children expected to take care of ______________________

Arranged Marriages _____________ paid to Husbands ________________, devotion to

marriage Women must fling themselves onto

the Husband’s ________________________________

Social Classes in Ancient India Aryans - 4 ____________ of

Society Social Groups:

______________ – Priests ______________ – Warriors ______________ –

Commoners ______________ – Servants

Aryan Ideas create a ____________________ Born into a

________________________ and remain there in next life

__________________, outside the caste system below all of society

Indian Religions Hinduism

__________________ __________________

____________________________________

Buddhism __________________

__________________

Hinduism Belief in many forms of

one _____________ ________________

Rebirth based upon Karma ________________

Knowledge that all thoughts and actions result in future consequences

Vedas and Upanishads ___________________________

_____________________ Spread of faith along

major ________________

Buddhism Founded by

_______________________Northern India, Present Day Nepal

_____________________________________________

_______________________to Enlightenment

__________________________________________ and their writings spread _____________ throughout India, _______________________________________________________________

Ancient Indian Empires

Mauryan Empire(________– _________)- _____________________________

Gupta Empire(________ – _________) -______________________________

Mauryan Rulers ______________________

Rules from 324 B.C. – 301 B.C. Unites against Invaders ___________________

Paranoid, sleeps in a different bed

Asoka Chandragupta Maurya’s

_________________ Converts to _______________ Used Buddhist Ideals _______________ for Citizens

and their Pets Maintained Roads w/

_______________________ Buddhist Missions

Gupta Rulers Candra Gupta (No Relation)

Reclaims old ___________________________

___________ Gupta Sucessor to Candra Gupta

________________________(_________-__________ A.D.)

Flourishing Era – ____________________________

Hindu and Bhuddist Art Main Trade Route for

___________________________

Wealth of the Guptas Trade with China,

_______________, and the__________________

Silver and Gold Mines Live in ____________

“Wine out of Ruby Cups” Religious Trade

Pilgrims from East Asia visit __________________________________________________

Many Temples built in this Era

__________ cause Empire to Collapse in the 500s A.D.

Ancient Indian Achievements

_______________ One of the First to use Algebra Discovered the Earth was Round

________________________ Mathematicians develop the

Concept of ______________ Arabs adopt the Indian

__________System in 800s A.D. Indian-Arabic Numerical System

Literature Emphasis on

__________________________________________________________

Vedas ______________________

Bhagavad Vita ___________________________