INDIA
-South Asia is separated from the rest of the continent by the Hindu Kush, Karakom, and the Himalaya ranges(a wall of mountains).
- Civilization grew in the river valley of the Indus now called Pakistan.
-Mohenjo-daro and Harappa were the greatest cities.
Mohenjo-daro and Harappa
-The people lived in walled cities or fences.
- Cities lived by farming.
-Archaeologist said that the maybe cause of the missed civilization are flood, hunger, and disease(sickness)
Aryans in India
The first invader of the India were the Aryans and known to be nomads.They came from Iran.They were also a pastoral people and counted the wealth in curs. They offered sacrifices to heroic natur gods, such as India, he thunder god, and Agni, the father god.The blending of the Indus Valley and the Aryans resulted to Hinduism. Sindhu was their language(given to the Indus and Sanskrit).Vedas are their four religious books.Vedas contains hymns,incantations,and rituals. Shruti, Samhita, and Rig Veda are the four collectives in Vedas. Shruti means "that which is heard",Samhita means "collection" and Rig Veda tells about a barbarian tribes that fights and settles in a small villages cultivating crops and grazing goats,sheep, and cattle.Aryans were divided into four social classes: Brahman(priests), Kshatriya(warriors),Vaishyas(farmers or merchants) and Shudras(laborers or craftsmen)(servant class).
2 groups of people:
Davidans= native of India;dark skin and short
Aryans= came from Iran;fair skin and tall
2 religions:
Hinduism and Buddhism = founded by Saddhata and Gautama Buddha
Mauryan Empire
The Great leaders are: Chandragupta Maurya (322 BCE-298 BCE), Bindisura (297 BCE-272 BCE), Asoka the Great(273 BCE -232 BCE), Dasaratha (232 BCE-224 BCE), Samprati (224 BCE- 215 BCE), Salisuka (215 BCE- 202 BCE), Devavarman (202 BCE -195 BCE), Satadhavan (195 BCE- 187 BCE), Brihadratha (187 BCE- 185 BCE).
Year started: 322 BCE
Year of Downfall: 185 BCE
Contribution:
The expansion of two kingdoms in the northeast laid in the groundwork for the emergence of India's first empireGupta Empire
The Great Leaders are: Chandragupta I (320-355), Samudragupta (375-414), Chandragupta II (375-414), Kumaragupta I (414-455), Skandagupta (455-467), Purugupta (467-473), Kumaragupta II (473-479), Budhagupta (476-495), Narasimhagupta, Kumaragupta III, Vishnugupta (540-550).
Year started:320 BCE
Year of Downfall:550 BCE
Chandragupta
Great leader: Chandragupta Maurya
Year started:320 BCE
Year of Downfall:298 BCE
Conributions:
Extended from Burma and Assam in the east, to Afghanistan to eastern Iran, south east Iran and Baluchistan,in the west,to kashmmir and Nepal in the north and to the Deccan Plateau and South Karnataka in the south.
Realization:
I learned that some of the religious practices brought by Indian Empires are still practiced in the country in different organization.
