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Indus Valley Civilizations - timeline

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  • 2500 BCE - 1700 BCE

- was static for 800 years (because the potter forms and techniques remained the same throughout civilization)

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Indus Valley Civilizations - geography

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  • Two major centres, Mohen-jo-daro and Harappa.
  • Both cities were situated in what is now Pakistan.
  • Mohen-jo-daro on the banks of the Indus proper and Harappa four hundred miles north on the banks of the river Ravi.
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nuclear zone, zones of isolation, route zones

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  1. Nuclear zone - self contained, socio-cultural regions located in the plains and river basins.
  2. Zones of isolation - Areas located some distance from main cultural centers
  3. Route zones - Key strategic areas and trade routes between nuclear zones
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Indus Valley Civilization - trade

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yeet idk

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Indus Valley Civilization - writing/record keeping

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  • writing was preserved on square and rectangular seals cut out from steatite
  • seals with script were used for stamping
  • the concept of animal sacrifice, worship of the pipal tree, the bull, and Indian god Shiva were on the seals
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Indus Valley Civilizations - reasons for demise

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  • It disappeared due to recurring floods
  • foreign invasions
  • changes in climate
  • population growth
  • disease and geological changes.
  • The Indu people gradually merged into other cultures.
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Aryan Arrival - origins

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  • came from Central Asia
  • primarily made chariots, tools and weapons. They mastered the art of using horse-chariots for war and heavy transportation using ox-carts.
  • origins began outside of the Indian subcontinent and migrated into the region Anatolia from Central Asia around 1500 BCE.
  • It is theorized that the society began to disappear when the river changed it’s patterns, or dried up.
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Texts of Ancient India - vedas

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  • Earliest existing literature of the Aryans
  • Hindu sacraments of birth, marriage, and death are blessed by the chanting of verses from the Vedas, which contain invocations to the gods.
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Texts of Ancient India - rig vedas

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  • oldest Vedic Sanskrit hymns Questions the origins of the gods, and the universe.
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Texts of Ancient India - Upanishads

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Texts that focus on philosophical questions like the afterlife, and the search for individual salvation. They reveal the identity of the individual soul (atman) in relation to the soul of the universe (brahman) and other metaphysical state

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Texts of ancient India - The Bhagavad Gita

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  • a 700-verse Sanskrit scripture that is part of the Hindu epic Mahabharata. The Gita is set in a narrative framework of a dialogue between Pandava prince Arjuna and his guide and charioteer Krishna.
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Brahmins

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  • aryan priest class
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Hinduism - origins

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  • originally referred to as the people of the Indus River in northern India
  • Europeans gave the name Hindu to the religion of the people who lived there as well
  • Hinduism is 3000 years old
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Hinduism - what is it

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  • religion and way of life
  • everything we do has religious meaning
  • ## good or bad actions decide in what form they will be reborn in their next life
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Hinduism - teachings and beliefs

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  • Brahman is the origin of everything and is everywhere and everything
  • it lives in the “atman” or soul
  • ## They may only worship Brahman, or many hundreds of gods and goddesses.
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Three main Hindu gods

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  • Brahma (white, the creator, sits on swans and lotus flowers)
  • Vishnu (blue, the preserver, enters the world when evil threatens to overcome good, appears as human and animals, two avartas are Rama and Krishna)
  • Shiva (destroyer, crushes evil so good can follow, caught water of the Ganges River in his hair so they could not harm the earth, lord of dance)
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Hindu - caste system

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  • Hindu society was divided into severals levels or castes
  • people could not change their caste
  • belonging to upper or lower class decides job, where they live, and who they can marry,
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Hindu - reincarnation

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  • the soul does not die with the body
  • the soul is reborn into another life
  • ## karma applies to reincarnation
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Delhi Sultanate

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  • ## A Muslim sultanate based mostly in Delhi. Lasted A.D. 1206-1526. Controlled the northern plain from Sindh to Punjab to Bengal
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Mughal rulers 1

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All-ud-din’s(A.D. 1296 - 1320) - Revenue demands, constituting as much as half as the produce of peasants. banned public drinking. spy network. wage and price control introduced. severe punishment for malpractice from police.
Sultan Muhammad bin Tughlug- introduced copper currency establish political presence in the south.

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Language - Sanskrit

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Sanskrit is a language of ancient India with a history going back about 3,500 years. It is the primary liturgical language of Hinduism and the predominant language of most works of Hindu philosophy as well as some of the principal texts of Buddhism and Jainism.

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Persian influence on Hindu society

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  • Persian court etiquette was adopted by the Hindu’s

- persian (from Iran) became the language of diplomacy and was used for correspondence by both elite Hindu and Muslims

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zizya

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poll tax paid by non-muslims. non-muslims regarded as second class citizens, allowed people to live in protective custody in Muslim Land

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aryavarta

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  • another name which refers to India.
  • the oldest one but not much in common use these days. In ancient texts, there is sufficient usage of the word “Aryavart”. … Aryavarta, theancient name of country ‘India’ means Abode of the Aryans
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nirvana

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  • a place of perfect peace and happiness, like heaven. In Hinduism and Buddhism, nirvana is the highest state that someone can attain, a state of enlightenment, meaning a person’s individual desires and suffering go away.
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acculturation

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  • cultural modification of an individual, group, or people by adapting to or borrowing traits from another culture
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Mughal emperor Akbar

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  • abolished ziziya
  • treated Hindu’s as equals
  • married hindu woman
  • abolished hindu taxes
  • listened to Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Jains, and Christians and engage in faith debates
  • started cult because he considered himself divine
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Jahangir (AD 1606 - 1627) – son of Akbar

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  • drinking, philosophical dialogues, the good life, and love of justice e
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Shah Jahan (1627 AD - 1659 AD)

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  • built new capital in Delhi

- built Taj Mahal

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acculturation

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  • cultural modification of an individual, group, or people by adapting to or borrowing traits from another culture
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architecture

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city features - ancient India
Used baked bricks as materials
– Had large municipal or temple granaries, and an assembly hall
– Streets laid out in a grid pattern
– Average house had courtyard, four to six living room, a bathroom, and a kitchen.

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islamic architecture influenced India’s with

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  • buildings used domes, arches, simple and elegant geometric designs
  • marble stones in buildings
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Persian influence

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  • Persian court etiquette was adopted by Hindus, Persian (from Iran), became the language of diplomacy and was used by hindu and muslim elites

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