ESPIRIT Chart
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Jackie De Souza period 4
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Very strong international and internal trade
Steel, textiles, and iron
Tamils traded cotton, silk, dyes, drugs, gold, and ivory to gain wealth
Slaves brought back by Tamils as well as pottery, gold, wine and metals
Indian merchants were high-class (not like Chinese merchants)
Agricultural economy very strong also
Caravan trade with China
Trade with Malaysia and Indonesia
Women all but worshipped men
Loving family with emotional support
Arranged marriages in which the bride and groom never met until the time of the
wedding
No marital mixing
Untouchables- lowest class in social pyramid
Caste system- very strict and no movement between classes
The only way to move up and down the caste system was through reincarnation
Religion over politics
Regional rulers set up their own laws
Theocracy
No centralized government
Aristocrats had complete power
Law of love- kamasutra
Indian drama flourished and they produced a numbering system
Developed negative number and square root system.
Art and culture Influenced by nature.
Ashoka created stupas to worship Buddha.
Calculated number of days in each year.
Hinduism and Buddhism
Buddha- get rid of caste system and thought material possessions and materialism
was wrong…spread ideas throughout India and other parts of the world
Hindus- dharma
Hindus were polytheistic
silk road- connected all of India since it was located at a perfect place to trade with
everyone
spread philosophic ideas through trade
spread cultural influence
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Mahonjendars- boats to help sailors gather fish
Vedic period- math was Pythagorean triples and theorem
Focused on textile industry
Created the spin wheel