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India after the Guptas

India after the Guptas. Chapter 8, Section 4. India 3000 b.c. - 500 a.d . 3000-1500 B.C. early civilization. Indus River Valley -modern Pakistan; served as the cradle of Indian civilization. Ganges River -important to Indian culture. Himalya –highest mountains in the world.

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India after the Guptas

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  1. India after the Guptas Chapter 8, Section 4

  2. India 3000 b.c.- 500 a.d. • 3000-1500 B.C. early civilization. • Indus River Valley-modern Pakistan; served as the cradle of Indian civilization. • Ganges River-important to Indian culture. • Himalya –highest mountains in the world. • Deccan Plateau

  3. India’s First Civilization • Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro • Rulers Divine Right • Religion and Political Power tied together. • Economy based on farming. • Extensive trade

  4. Aryans • Who were the Aryans? • Indo-Europeans who came south across the Hindu Kush mountain range. • Pastoral people with strong warrior tradition. • Nomadic people who developed their own written language called SANSKRIT • Rajas: princes who controlled small kingdoms in India.

  5. India’s Social System • Caste System • Rigid social categories. • Based on a person’s occupation and extended family network. • Social Classes (varnas) • Brahmans= in charge of religious ceremonies. • Kshatriyas= warriors • Vaisyas= commoners (merchants and farmers) • Sudras= peasants/labor • Untouchables= not considered human

  6. Family in India • Family basic unit of society. • Extended family. • Superiority of males. • Guru: teacher (generally only males were educated. • Divorce was not allowed. • Arranged marriages (with dowry) • Suttee: a ritual in which a wife threw herself on her husband’s funeral pyre.

  7. Mauryan (MAH-oor-yuh) Dynasty • Centralized government • ChandragupaMaurya • Empire divided into provinces, • Ruled by governors • Large army and a secret police

  8. Asoka • Greatest ruler in history of India. • Converted to Buddhism(set up hospitals, and shelters for travelers). • Trade expanded

  9. Guptas • Dominant in northern India after the Mauryan Empire. • Monarchs • Admired for their tolerance of Buddhism and prosperity of the country. • Much wealth came from pilgrims. • Invaded by Huns from the northwest

  10. After the Guptas • Believers of Buddhism split. • Theravada- “teachings of the elders” • Way of life, not a religion, • Understanding oneself is the chief way to gain virvana. • Mahayana- stressed that nirvana could be achieved through devotion to the Buddha. • Believed Theravada too strict, • Buddhism is a religion, not a philosophy, • Buddha divine • Nirvana a true heaven • Both declined.

  11. Expansion of Islam in India • In Northwest India. • Division of the subcontinent into mostly Hindu India and two Islamic states, Bangladesh and Pakistan.

  12. Expansion of Islam • Islam arrived when there was a lot of division in India. • India had been divided into 70 states (and they fought each other constantly!) • 10th century Islamic expansion. • New Islamic state known as Ghazni (in Afghanistan) is founded. • By 1200, Muslim power had reached over the entire plain of northern India. • A new Muslim state known as the Sultanate of Delhi was formed.

  13. TimurLenk • Military force crossed the Indus River and raided the capital of Dellhi. • 100,000 Hindu prisoners were massacred • TimurLenk (Tamerlane) • Mongol ruler in Samarkand. • 1380s placed the entire region east of the Caspian Sea under his authority and then occupied Mesopotamia. • Died in 1405

  14. Islam and Indian Society • Strict separation b/w Muslim ruling class and Hindu population. • Many Muslim rulers were intolerant of other faiths. • Peaceful means to convert people to Islam, but some destroyed Hindu temples.

  15. Economy and Daily Life • Peasant farmers • Landed elites and merchants lived in cities. • Farming and trade were important.

  16. Indian Culture • Temples (Hindu)

  17. Indian Culture • Sanskrit Prose • 6-7th centuries. • Dandin • The Ten Princes • Created a fantastic world.

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