AIM: How did the Aryan migration affect the settlers of the Indus Valley?

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AIM How did the Aryan migration affect the
settlers of the Indus Valley? Do Now Stay or
Flee Do Not write on the paper HW Read
pages 76-78. Read Documents 2,8, and Upanishads
and answer all 5 questions. HReadings on caste
system and Hinduism - answer all 5 questions on
lined paper from documents 2,8 and reading from
Upanishads.
Read textbook p. 76-78 on Hinduism HReadings on
caste sDystem and Hinduism - answer all 5 quesns
on lined paper from documents 2,8 and reading
from Upanishads.
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• The Aryans
• 1500-250 BC
• Indo-European Migrations
• Nomads someone who moves from place to place in
  search for food.
• From the Steppes of the Caucasus Mts.
• Steppe dry grasslands.
• Migrated (moved) all throughout Europe
  southwest Asia.
• Aryans
• Indo-Europeans who migrated into the Indus
  Valley.
• Vedas books that set down their prayers, songs,
  spells religious formulas.
• Varnas
• Rigid class system created by the Aryans.
• Aryans had the best jobs.
• Dasa (dark) had the worst jobs.
• Magadha major kingdom of the Aryans.

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Kingdoms of the Ganges

• What were the main characteristics of Aryan
  civilization in India?
• How did expansion lead to changes in Aryan
  civilization?

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The Vedas are the ancient scriptures or
revelation (Shruti) of the Hindu teachings.
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Aryan Civilization

• Expansion led to change in Aryan civilization
  because they
• mingled with the people they conquered
• gave up their nomadic ways and settled into
  villages to farm and breed cattle
• learned such skills as iron making and developed
  crafts of their own fought to control trade and
  territory
• moved toward the idea of a single spiritual
  power
• some rajas, or tribal chiefs, became hereditary
  rulers
• developed the written language of Sanskrit.

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The Caste System and Daily Life

• Caste rules governed every aspect of lifewhere
  people lived, what they ate, how they dressed,
  and what work they did.
• Life for the lowest ranking caste, the
  Untouchables, was harsh and restricted.
• People knew that they could not change their
  status in this life. However, they believed that
  they could reach a higher state in a future life
  by fulfilling the duties of their present caste.
• Each caste had its own leaders and its own
  occupation, and caste members cooperated to help
  one another.

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Epic Literature
Mahabharata
Ramayana
The Mahabharata celebrates battle and reflects
important Indian beliefs about the immortality of
the soul.
The Ramayana celebrates a daring and adventurous
hero and portrays the ideal woman as loyal and
obedient to her husband