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Title: Ancient Indian Civilizations


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Ancient Indian Civilizations
CHAPTER 3
  • Section 1 Indus River Valley
  • Section 2 Indo-Aryan Migrants
  • Section 3 Hinduism and Buddhism
  • Section 4 Ancient Indian Dynasties
  • Section 5 Ancient Indian Life and Culture

2
Objectives
Section 1
Indus River Valley
  • Examine the role geography and climate played in
    the settlement of the Indian subcontinent.
  • Investigate how people in the first Indus River
    valley civilization lived.

3
The Importance of Geography and Climate
Section 1
Indus River Valley
  • Physical geography Himalayas, Ganges River,
    Indus River
  • The climate monsoons and high temperatures

4
Early Civilization in the Indus
Section 1
Indus River Valley
  • River valley
  • Large, carefully planned cities
  • Facilities for storage and distribution of
    surplus food

5
Objectives
Section 2
Indo-Aryan Migrants
  • Explain how life in northern India changed with
    the coming of the Indo-Aryans.
  • Identify the major contributions of the
    Indo-Aryans to ancient Indian society.

6
The Nomadic Indo-Aryans
Section 2
Indo-Aryan Migrants
  • The Vedic Age
  • Indo-Aryan religion from nature

7
Early Indo-Aryan Society
Section 2
Indo-Aryan Migrants
  • Indo-Aryan society settled communities,
    marriage was important
  • The Indo-Aryan economy barter
  • Southern India

8
Section 3 Objectives
Section 3
Hinduism and Buddhism
  • Describe the importance of religion in ancient
    Indian society.
  • Identify the principal elements of Hinduism.
  • Identify the basic beliefs of Buddhism.

9
The Upanishads and the Epics
Section 3
Hinduism and Buddhism
  • Upanishads written explanation of Vedic
    religion
  • Upanishads come from the Brahmins
  • ( priests that would perform religious ceremonies)

10
  • Epics long poems based on historical or
    religious themes
  • Why were the epics written? Ordinary people
    could not read or write, so they could not use
    the Upanishads. They listened to the epics that
    were told by the priests.
  • All of the stories were combined into two major
    epics, the Mahabarata, and the Ramayana.
  • Bhagavad Gita- Part of the Mahabarata, and one of
    the most famous of Hindu scriptures. (Pg. 60)

11
  • Carvings of dieties at Kanchi Puraam, the temple
    in Madras, India. There are millions of gods and
    goddesses in Hinduism.

12
The God Vishnu- Part of the Epic the Bhagavad Gita
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A Changing Society
Section 3
Hinduism and Buddhism
  • Caste system
  • Varnas social classes

14
Hinduism
Section 3
Hinduism and Buddhism
  • Hindu beliefs monism, reincarnation
  • Hindu religious practices yoga, seasonal
    festivals

15
Buddhism
Section 3
Hinduism and Buddhism
  • The Buddhas teachings reincarnation, ethics,
    selflessness
  • The spread of Buddhism

16
Objectives
Section 4
Ancient Indian Dynasties
  • Explain how the Mauryan rulers increased their
    power.
  • Examine the reasons for the decline of Gupta rule.

17
Rise of the Mauryan Empire
Section 4
Ancient Indian Dynasties
  • Chandragupta Maurya powerful leader
  • Asoka great ruler, Buddhist

18
The Gupta Rulers
Section 4
Ancient Indian Dynasties
  • Less centralized rule
  • Local leaders
  • Invaders from Asia

19
Objectives
Section 5
Ancient Indian Life and Culture
  • Describe how womens rights were limited in
    ancient Indian society.
  • Identify the most important achievements of the
    Gupta period.

20
Economy and Society
Section 5
Ancient Indian Life and Culture
  • Women were prohibited from owning property
  • Polygyny

21
Cultural Achievements
Section 5
Ancient Indian Life and Culture
  • Art and architecture
  • Education Nalanda
  • Mathematics and astronomy algebra, quadratic
    equations
  • Medicine inoculation
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