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Title: Ancient India


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Ancient India
  • Information covers Section 2 - pages 591-596 in
    your textbook

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I. Indus River Valley Civilization
  • Thrived about 2500-1700 B.C.
  • Aryans
  • 1. arrived about 1700 B.C. from southern Russia
  • a. through Khyber Pass in the Hindu Kush.

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Aryans continued
  • 2. spoke different language Sanskrit
  • 3. nomads and herders
  • 4. didnt live in cities
  • 5. New technology
  • a. iron plows and weapons
  • b. use of the horse

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Aryans in a nutshell!!
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C. Hinduism
  • Developed based on certain Aryan practices
  • Vedas or Book of Knowledge
  • a. contains prayers, hymns, religious rituals,
    philosophy
  • b. Aryans passed knowledge down orally

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  • 3. Beliefs
  • a. Karma affects after life
  • b. Reincarnation soul is reborn into a
    different body

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Karma and Reincarnation
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D. Maurya Dynasty
  • First Indian Empire
  • a. 324-185 B.C.
  • b. founded by descendent of Aryans
  • c. Ashoka emperor
  • 1. created unified government

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  • 2. built stone palace and religious
    monuments
  • a. Mauryas known for sculptures and sandstone
    carvings

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E. Gupta Dynasty
  • 320-500 A.D.
  • Indias Golden Age
  • a. science, art, literature
  • b. most were Hindus
  • 1. Hindu and Buddhist inspired artist

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  • c. Contribution to math
  • 1. concept of zero
  • 2. Arabic numerals

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The Hindu Caste System
  1. Priests
  2. Warriors and Princes
  3. Merchants and farmers
  4. Laborers
  5. Untouchables
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