South Asia
Kenny Andrews, Scott Donaghy,
Michael Mahoney, Erin Serrian,
Kevin Wifley
Pd.1
9-8-10
BCE
•
3200 – 1600 Indus Valley Civilization
•1500 – 500 Arrival of the
Aryans and development of
Vedic society (India)
•
2500 – 1500 Indus Civilization in Indiadevelopment of urban grain gowing. Two main
cities – Harappa and Mohenjo
•1200 -1000 Iron Age begins
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•
1900 – 1300 - The "Late Harappan" period is
characterized by the breakdown of the previously
integrated culture of the Indus Valley region into
small, localized groups.
1750 - 1000 Aryan Migration
•322 – 183 – Maurya dynasty in
India
•183 -145 Greek Invasion of
India
•78- Kushans establish dynasty
People
• Brahman
•Aryans
•Indra
•Dravidians
•Varuna
• Caste Systems:
*Brahmin
*Kshatriyas
*Vaishyas
*Shudras
*Untouchables
Places
• Neolithic
Societies
• Vedic Age
• India (Aryans
and Dravidians)
Events
• Agriculture began
(8000-7000 BCE
•Harappan high
(2500-2000 BCE)
• Harappan begins
to decline (1900
BCE)
•Aryans migrate to
India (1500 BCE)
•Vedic Age (1500500 BCE)
•Aryans invade during Vedic and epic ages.
Impose caste system.
•During epic age Brahmins become more important than
warriors.
•Chandra Gupta became first maurya dynasty (322 bce)
•Rulers rely on personal military power.
•Ashoka becomes Buddhist and promotes it.
•trade drastically changes
•kushians invade and fall after 220 bce
•Huns invade in 535 ce
•upanishads bash ideas of Brahmin religion.
•Rulers go back to relying on miltary and fear
betrayal
•Caste stystem displayed rules in every day
life
•Back to having kings in 320 CE
•Caste system prevents 100% loyalty to
governing body
• Brahmins- Hindu caste of
priests
• Brahman- the universal soul in Hinduism
•Sanskirt- the sacred language of Ancient India
• Varna- Sanskrit word meaning “color”, that refers to the major
social classes
• Jati- subcaste
• Samsara-term for the concept of transgration, where the soul
passes into a new incarnation
•Karma- the idea that if a person does good things, he will
have rewards
•Moksha- a deep, dreamless sleep that came with permanent
liberation from physical incarnation
•Sati- practice where a widow would throw herself onto the
funeral pyre to join her husband in death
•Patriarchal- valuing men more than women
• Kshatriyas- Hindu caste of
warriors and aristocrats
•Vaishyas- Hindu caste of
cultivators, artisans, and
merchants
• Shudras- Hindu caste of
landless peasents and serfs
•Deity- a god
•Dasas- indigenous people
that the Aryans considered
enemies
• Reincarnation- the idea
that after dying, your soul
moves into a different body
• Upanishad- literally
translates to “a sitting in
front of.”
Upanishads
Vedas
Bhagavad-Gita
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Closing
We would also like to thank you for
listening and Mr. Haber for the class
time to work on the project. We hops
that during this power point and
presentation, you learned something
new about Ancient South Asia.