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October 19 th and 20 th

October 19 th and 20 th. Turn in 3.1 and 7.2 homework Pick up papers off bookshelf Write down homework in agenda. Classical India. Aryans Invaders Notes. Aryans Transform India.

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October 19 th and 20 th

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  1. October 19th and 20th • Turn in 3.1 and 7.2 homework • Pick up papers off bookshelf • Write down homework in agenda

  2. Classical India Aryans Invaders Notes

  3. Aryans Transform India • Aryans, a group of Indo-European people, came through NW mountain passes into the Indus River Valley around 1500 BCE • Left almost no archaeological record, but their sacred text, the Vedas, left an accurate picture

  4. Aryans Transform India • Mahabharata, a great epic, reflects struggles that took place in India as Aryans moved south

  5. Aryans Transform India • Called the Indians “dasas” (dark), who were shorter and spoke a different language • Formed the caste system, with the top three levels composing of Aryans, then the Indians

  6. Classical india Social System Notes

  7. Brahmins (priests) Warriors Peasants or traders Laborers Untouchables (Butchers, gravediggers, trash collectors)

  8. Classical india India Empires Notes

  9. Mauryan - Important Rulers • Chandragupta Maurya: gathered an army, killed Nanda king, in 321 BCE claimed the throne • Kautilya: advisor who wrote the ruler’s handbook, Arthasastra

  10. Mauryan - Important Rulers • Asoka: Chandragupta’s grandson who claimed the throne in 269 BCE and brought Mauryan Empire to its greatest heights; kept India politically unifed

  11. Mauryan - Accomplishments • divided into four provinces, each with a prince and local districts • Asoka was violent at first, switched to Buddhist idea of “peace to all beings”

  12. Mauryan - Accomplishments • extensive roads, watering places and rest houses for travelers, religious toleration • Free hospitals and veterinary clinics

  13. Mauryan - Decline • Asoka died in 232 BCE • Regional princes challenged imperial government • a flood of new people fleeing from Asia, who introduced new languages and customs

  14. Gupta - Important Rulers • Chandra Gupta I: came to power by marrying an old royal family, took control in 320 CE • - his son, Samudra Gupta, became king in 335 CE, expanded the empire through war and conquest

  15. Gupta - Important Rulers • his son, Chandra Gupta II, added Mediterranean trade to empire and used peaceful means to expand, like treaties and marriage

  16. Gupta - Accomplishments • perfected stable village life with specific districts for merchants, irrigation, and reservoirs • expanded throughout the Indian subcontinent and spread Hindu culture

  17. Gupta - Accomplishments • advancements in astronomy, modern numerals, the zero, the decimal system, and the value of pi • important medical guides were compiled

  18. Gupta - Decline • Chandra Gupta II died • a wave of Hunas invaders came into northern India • split into smaller kingdoms that were eventually overrun by Huns and other central Asian nomads

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