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Classical India Foundations: 8,000 BCE – 600 CE

Classical India Foundations: 8,000 BCE – 600 CE. Origins in India. ‘Periods’. Harrapans (river valley) Aryans (invasion from NW) 1700-500 BCE Invaded by Alexander the Great 327-325 BCE Divided into regional states United; Mauryan Dynasty 321 – 230s BCE

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Classical India Foundations: 8,000 BCE – 600 CE

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  1. Classical IndiaFoundations: 8,000 BCE – 600 CE Origins in India

  2. ‘Periods’ • Harrapans (river valley) • Aryans (invasion from NW) 1700-500 BCE • Invaded by Alexander the Great 327-325 BCE • Divided into regional states • United; Mauryan Dynasty 321 – 230s BCE • Invaded by Kushans (ended by 220 CE) • Divided into regions • Gupta Dynasty 320 - 450 CE • Huns invade 450 CE

  3. Influences of Geography • Partially separated from Asia by Himalayas (Khyber Pass - Indo-Europeans) • Monsoon: wind patterns; cause rain in summer essential for farming • Close proximity to Middle East • Himalayas - herding society

  4. Aryan Migration/invasion Years vary from book to book but approximately 1700- 500B CE

  5. Chandragupta: 321 -298 BCE • Unified northern India - Created the Mauryan Dynasty • Before: 16 major states; led by warriors, princes and priests • Autocratic, military based rule • Divided his empire into provinces, then districts for tax assessments and law enforcement. • Bureaucracy • 301 BCE  gave up his throne & became religious

  6. Ashoka(273 – 232 BCE) • Religious conversion after the gruesome battle of Kalinga in 262 BCE. • Dedicated his life to Buddhism - Promoted Buddhism; tolerated Hinduism • Built extensive roads for trade • Conflict balance methods of keeping power and Buddha’s demands to of a selfless person?

  7. Invaded by Kushans, then a power Vacuum: 220 BCE – 320 CE Tamils The Maurya Empire is divided into many kingdoms.

  8. The Gupta Empire • Height of Classical India • 320 CE - 450 CE • Favored negotiations over war • Greatest period of political stability • Still dependent on regional princes • No powerful individual rulers

  9. Gupta Achievements 1000 diseasesclassified 500 healingplants identified Printedmedicinal guides Kamasutra Literature PlasticSurgery Medicine GuptaIndia Inoculations C-sectionsperformed SolarCalendar Astronomy Mathematics DecimalSystem The earthis round PI = 3.1416 Conceptof Zero

  10. Extensive Trade:4th century CE spices silks cotton goods rice & wheat spices horses gold & ivory gold & ivory cotton goods

  11. What is the Caste System? How was Society Divided? • Created by the Indo-Europeans • Organized into special groups (castes) that determined everything from your job, to your political rights, to your religious beliefs, and who you would marry

  12. Varna (Social Hierarchy) Within each Varna are Jati, smaller groups which you are to socialize and marry within, often based on jobs priests, scholars and teachers Brahmins warriors and rulers Kshatriyas traders and agriculturists Vaishyas manual workers Shudras Pariahs- Untouchables

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