Maurya

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Early Civilizations of Ancient India
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The Harappan Civilization
3300 BCE - 2400 BCE
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Citadel Of Mohenjo-Daro
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Aerial View of Mohenjo-Daro
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Wide View, Mohenjo-Daro
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The Great Bath, Mohenjo-Daro
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Bath Area, Mohenjo-Daro
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The Aryan Migration Age (1500 BCE - 1200 BCE)
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Aryan Migration

• pastoral ? depended on their cattle.
• warriors ? horse-drawn chariots.

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Varna (Social Hierarchy)
Brahmins
Kshatriyas
Vaishyas
Shudras
Pariahs Harijan ? Untouchables
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The Caste System
Brahmins
WHO IS
Kshatriyas

• The mouth?
• The arms?
• The legs?
• The feet?

Vaishyas
Shudras
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Sanskrit writing
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Gupta Empire 320 CE 647 CE
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Gupta Rulers

• Chandra Gupta I
• r. 320 335
• Great King of Kings
• Chandra Gupta II
• r. 375 415
• Profitable trade with the Mediterranean
  world!
• Hindu revival.
• Huns invade 450 CE

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International Trade Routes during the Guptas
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Extensive Trade4c
spices
silks
cotton goods
spices
rice wheat
horses
gold ivory
gold ivory
cotton goods
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Gupta Achievements
1000 diseasesclassified
500 healingplants identified
Printedmedicinal guides
Kama Sutra
Kalidasa
Literature
Medicine
PlasticSurgery
GuptaIndia
Inoculations
C-sectionsperformed
SolarCalendar
Astronomy
Mathematics
DecimalSystem
The earthis round
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Conceptof Zero
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The British in India
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The World in 1600
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British East India Company1600-1857

• A money making venture.
• Trading in cotton, silk, indigo dye, salt,
  saltpeter, tea and opium.

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British East India Company Agents
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Sepoy soldiers
Many would be given land and titles because of
their caste level

• Strong beliefs in the caste system
• Made up of Muslims and Hindus

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Road to revolution Outlawing Suttee (sati)
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Fighting the Thuggees
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The Final Straw
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The Sepoy Mutiny 1857
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Areas of the Sepoy Mutiny,
1857
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The Raj "Jewel in the Crown" of the British
Empire
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A LifeofLeisure!
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Lady Curzon, 1904
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Living Like a Maharajah
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Darjeeling Railroad, 1880s
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Railroad
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The Rise of Indian Nationalism
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the Indian National Congress

• 1885 ? The Indian National Congress
  was founded in Bombay.
• swaraj ? independence. the goal of the
  movement.

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the Muslim League

• 1905 ? partition of Bengal based on
  religions and languages.
• 1906 ? creation of the Muslim
  League.

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Amritsar Massacre, 1919
379 dead over 1200 wounded!
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Gandhi spinning cloth
Indian weaving was ruined by the competition of
British machine-made textiles!
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The End of the Raj August 15, 1947
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Partition!
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Pakistan and India Conflict
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the Indian subcontinent Since 1947 The Legacy
of Independence
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Border problems
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Jawarlal Nehru

• Ally of Gandhi.
• 1st Prime Minister of India, 1947-1964.
• Advocated Industrialization.
• Promoted Green Revolution.
• Mixed Economy.
• Nonaligned Movement.

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Non-Alignment Movement
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Indias mixed economy

• The mix refers to private and public
  ownership.
• Foreign aid and foreign investment are
  crucial.
• Urban areas have high-tech companies.
• Three quarters of the population are farmers
  living in small villages.
• India's "Green Revolution" allowed farmers to
  triple their crop by using modern science and
  technology.

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Indias Green Revolution

• Introducing higher-yielding varieties of seeds
  in 1965.
• Increased use of fertilizers irrigation.
• GOAL ? make India self-sufficient in food grains.

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Major problems Issues in india today

• Overpopulation ? 1 billion climbing.
• Economic development.
• Hindu-Muslim tensions.
• Gender issues ? dowry killings.
• Caste bias ? discrimination against
  untouchables continues.
• The Kashmir dispute and nuclear weapons.
• Political assassinations.

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Tamil SeparatismThe tamil tigers
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Is the dream gone?
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Major problems Issues in Pakistan today

• Economic development.
• Political instability/military dictatorship.
• Hindu-Muslim tensions.
• Gender issues ? honor killings.
• Terrorism.
• The Kashmir dispute and nuclear weapons.

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The India-Pakistan Arms Race Heats Up in the Late
1990s
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2002 Nuclear Statistics
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Is this a possibility?
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Issues Facing Modern India
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Dharavi area of Mumbai
.67 sq miles with a population over 1 million
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1.2 billion people