Ancient india
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Civilizations inAncient India
Unit 1: 8000-600 BCE
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Indus River Valley
Developed between 3000 BCE & 2500 BCE
Declined by 1500 BCE
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Indus River Valley
Traded: From Persia:From
Mesopotamia:
•Pottery
•Tools
•Decorative
items
•Gold
•Silver
•Copper
•Wool
•Leather
•Olive oil
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Harappa & Mohenjo-Daro
Largest Indus cities
Walled
Grid
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Harappa & Mohenjo-Daro
Marketplaces, temples, assembly halls, baths, & uniform housing
Town divided between rich & poor
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Indus River Valley
Writing still a mystery
400 symbols to represent sounds & words
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Indus River Valley
Collapsed by 1500 BCE
Environmental factors
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Aryans
Nomadic
Khyber Pass, 1700 BCE
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Aryans
Vedas
Male-dominated society
Polytheistic
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Aryans
Strict social structure
Varnas
Basis for future caste system
Brahmins
Ksatriyas
Vaisyas
Shudras
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After the Aryans...
India developed into small regional kingdoms!
There were periods of centralized rule.
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Mauryas
326 BCE- Chandragupta Maurya
Bureaucratic administrative system
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MauryasAshoka
Rock Edicts
Organized bureaucracy
Built roads, hospitals, & rest houses
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Mauryas
Declined after Ashoka’s death
India returned to regional kingdoms
Order & stability
Increase in trade
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Gupta Empire
Not united again until 320 CE
Chandra Gupta
Conquered many regional kingdoms
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Gupta Empire
Left local govt. in power
Hinduism became primary religion
Power continued ca. 400’s CE
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Caste & Class
Patriarchal society
Strict structure
Caste: CANNOT be changed!
Determined job, diet, & marriage
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Religion & Culture
Buddhism HinduismFriday, August 23, 13
Religion & Culture
Art stressed symbolism
Success in geometry & algebra
Calculated circumference of the earth & the value of pi
Developed concept of zero, decimal system, & Arabic number system
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