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Ancient India

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Ancient India

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    1. Ancient India

    3. Keywords Indus River Civilization Harappan Civilization Area today Major cities Mohenjo-Daro

    8. Two major cities Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa Mohenjo-Daro Means Mound of the dead biggest settlement found in valley More than 35,000 people lived there

    9. Keywords Mohenjo-Daro Script Destroyed and rebuilt End

    10. Mohenjo-Daro Pictographic type script Over 4000 different characters however, has yet to be deciphered Destroyed and rebuilt 7 times each time new cities were built on top of the old ones possibly destroyed by flooding of the Indus unlike the annual flooding of the Nile River the Indus River had unpredictable flooding

    20. Summarize List evidences of advanced civilization

    21. Keywords Aryans Migrated Language Belief

    22. Aryans People who migrated from southern Russia The time of their arrival suggests they had something to do with the downfall of the Harappan civilization Spoke the language of Sanskrit Improved weapons and the introduction of the horse enabled them to rule northern India Together with the Harappan people these two people created a new culture Strong belief that people are NOT equal

    24. Keywords Hinduism Vedas Karma Reincarnation Caste system Ganges River

    25. Hinduism No founder rather combination of Aryan and Harappan beliefs Regarded as worlds oldest organized religion Based on certain Aryan practices chanting of hymns For a long time passed down through oral tradition

    30. Caste System Today still prevalent, but government working to reduce

    41. Keywords Buddhism Gautama Influence The Middle Way

    45. Siddhartha Gautama teachings Influenced by Hindu beliefs (such as Karma and reincarnation) Rejected caste system 4 Noble Truths and Eightfold path The Middle Way

    46. 4 Noble Truths Truth of suffering Life is full of pain Truth of Cause Suffering comes from desire for possessions Truth of Extinction If people stop desiring possessions, they will no longer suffer Truth of the Path Eliminate the suffering step by step, thus the eightfold path

    47. Eightfold path Knowing the truth Trying to resist evil Saying nothing to hurt others Respecting life, what is right (morality), and property Holding a job that does not injure others Trying to free ones mind of evil Controlling ones feelings and thoughts Practicing proper forms of concentration

    55. Keywords Dynasties Maurya Ashoka Gupta Contributions

    56. Indian Dynasties Maurya 4th and 3rd centuries BCE Descendants of Aryans 1st to unite Indian subcontinent Contributed to spread of Buddhism

    64. Keywords Crossroads Why What Who Traded

    68. Crossroads of Culture Goods, ideas, knowledge, and religious beliefs spread

    70. Kalidasa Ancient Indias most famous poet and playwright 170 BC and before 634 AD

    72. Keywords Spice Islands and Spice Trade Area today Effect on India Decline

    74. Spice Islands For hundreds of years, spices were considered luxury commodities, thus this spice trade made India a very rich country Decline of spice trade - once France and Britain smuggled seeds from India and began growing these spices in their own colonies, they no longer needed to trade with India for these commodities

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