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Title: SPLIT IN BUDDHISM 1' Theravada Buddhists are


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SPLIT IN BUDDHISM 1. Theravada Buddhists are
traditional believe in the Enlightenment.
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MAHAYANA BUDDHISTS believe Buddha is a god.
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DRAVIDIANS 1. The original people of
India moved south.
2. Settled the south Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
3. TAMIL a unique language of the Dravidians.
Today Ceylon is Sri Lanka gt
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CONQUERORS 1. Persians ruled Indus Valley (500 BC
to 327 BC) 2. Alexander the Great conquered
Persia and India 327 BC
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MAURYAN EMPIRE (aka Gupta Empire) 1. Established
by Chandragupta Maurya in N.W. India
2. Built a strong central government
expanded with a powerful military.
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3. GOLDEN AGE BEGINS INDIA enters a time
of education, art science.
4. TRADE to China Arabia of spices,
jewels, perfumes exotic animals.
A Ruby
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ASHOKA 1. Conquered more territory but converted
to Buddhism. (aka Asoka)
Read p. 75 in Voice from the Past In World
History.
Ashoka, The grandson of Chandragupta is a great
hero of Ancient India his story has now been
made into a film.
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2. AHISMA was a policy of non-violence
tolerance.
Asoka became appalled by the warfare
destruction when he realized slaughter was
needless.
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GUPTA EMPIRE 1. All of Northern India had united
under Chandragupta by 320 A.D. 2. Science Math
(algebra, Zero decimal system) were advanced
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The Fall - Khyber Pass (left) crossed by Huns in
the 5th Century. Caused India to fall apart.
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INDIA UNDER MUSLIM RULE 1. Four groups of
Muslims invaded India from the 700s to 1500s.
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2. Religious Conflict Islam vs. Hindus
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3. Monotheism vs. Polytheism Equality (Koran)
vs. Caste System
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SUTTEE A ritual suicide to purify women after
a husbands death
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DEHLI SULTANATE Sultans (Muslim Kings) ruled
India from Dehli for 300 years. (Northern plains
the Deccan)
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MONGOL INVASION 1. Led By Genghis Khan (1200s)
swept N. India looting destroying.
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2. TAMERLANE (descendant of G. Khan) sacked Delhi
in 1398 killing enslaving before moving on.
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MOGUL EMPIRE 1. Babur conquered Delhi in 1526
began a new empire.
2. Mogul is the Persian word for Mongol.
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REIGN OF AKBAR 1. A king at 13 who ruled for 49
years.1556 to 1605. The empire expanded under his
rule.
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Religious freedom eased conflicts between Hindus
Muslims below is a view of the tomb of Akbar a
very popular ruler.
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SHAH JAHAN 1. Became ruler in 1628 spent
fortunes on forts, mosques and monuments.
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2. TAJ MAHAL was built as a tomb for the wife of
Jahan in Agra.
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BRITISH CONTROL 1. Great Britains empire
expanded into S. Asia in the 1600s seeking
riches.
2. By 1757 the British East India Co. ruled India
used Sepoys (Indian troops)
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3. The 1857 Sepoy Rebellion resulted in the
British military intervention.
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INDIAN NATIONALIST MOVEMENT 1. The Indian
Nationalist Congress (1885) the Muslim League
(1906) demanded self-rule in India.
British policies helped Industrial progress in
India by exploiting the people who resented the
British overlords.
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2. The British also fought in Afghanistan (1839
1878) to create a buffer against Russia.
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MOHANDAS GANDHI 1. Led India toward
self-government by passive resistance against the
British.
2. Known as Mahatma (Great Soul) Gandhi saw
India gain independence in 1948 although the
Muslims formed West East Pakistan as a Muslim
state.
Gandhi was assassinated in 1948 by a Hindu who
objected to Gandhis efforts to win equal rights
for untouchables.
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PAKISTAN Became a Muslim nation but ½ million
Hindus Muslims died in the move across borders.
East Pakistan became Bangladesh in 1971.
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AFGHANISTAN The U.S. invaded Afghanistan (2002)
in response to the 9-11 terrorist attack.
Although the oppressive Taliban regime was
overthrown, Osama bin Ladin remains uncaptured.
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