India Flashcards
Took place
700BCE-650CE
Long period of disruption after
Harappa fall
Hub of
Teams regional trade
Aryans came in
1500-500 BCE
Social hierarchy
Caste system
Brahmans
Dominant power
First empire
Mauryan
4th century
Gupta
Focus on
Religion and social
Regional rule then United
Continuity
Vedic age
Aryana move in
Borders made
Political unity hard
Aryans brought
Hinduism
Military
Aryan villages
Sanskrit
Mauryn empire
322-298 BCE
Gupta empire
319-535 CE
Formative period
Vedic and epic ages
Epics
Vedas
Upanishads
Caste system
Ruling class Brahmans Traders/farmers Common laborers Untouchables
Indra
Chief dirty of the Aryans
Founder of Buddhism
Gautama Buddha
Caste
Varna
Subgroup
Jatis
Chandragupta
First ruler of mauryn dynasty
Ashoka
Main ruler of mauryn dynasty
Fell apart when he died
Buddhist
Bloody militaristic