BEFORE THE INDIAN EMPIRES

ARYAN INVASION

Who were the Aryans?

• Warriors who arrived from Western and Central Asia

• Aryans means “Noble One.”• They brought horses and

chariots to the Indus Valley• Religion and Language too

Which religion? Which language?

HINDUISM AND SANSCRIT

ARYANS BELIEFS

• STORIES AND POEMS ARE IN THE VEDAS• THEY DIVIDE PEOPLE INTO CASTES • (BRAHAMAN,WARRIOR, TRADER, THE WORKER)• BELOW THEM THERE WERE THE UNTOCHABLES –

DIRTY OR NOT PURE• RIG – VEDA TEACHES NOT TO BE GREEDY AND

ENCOURAGES TO BE GENEROUS

“WHEN THE NEEDY COMES… BEGGING

FOR BREAD TO EAT, HE WHO HARDENS HIS HEART AGAINST HIM

WILL FIND NO ONE TO COMFORT HIM.”

INDIAN EMPIRES

THE MAURYAN EMPIRE

320 – 232 B.C.

CHANDRAGUPTA AND ASOKA

TO SUMMARIZE

• WHICH ARE THE MAIN EMPERORS OF MAURYAN EMPIRE?• WHICH WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING CHANDRAGUPTA

ACHIEVED?• WHICH COUNTRIES WERE PART OF CHANDRAGUPTA

EMPIRE?• WHO WAS ASOKA?• WHY DID HE CONVERT TO BUDDHISM?• ASOKA RULED BASED ON ….• WHICH WAS ASOKA’S TOOL TO SPREAD LAWS?• WHICH ARE THE MAJOR IDEAS OF DHAMMA?

THE GUPTA EMPIRE

• GUPTA EMPIRE AND ACHIEVEMENTS

TO SUMMARIZE

• THE GUPTA EMPIRE STARTED IN …. AND ENDED IN…

• WHO WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT RULER OF THE GUPTA EMPIRE?

• WHICH WERE CHANDRA GUPTA II TECHNIQUES TO KEEP PEACE?

• HOW WAS THE TRADING SYSTEM DURING THIS TIME?

• WHICH WERE THE MAIN INDIAN ACHIEVEMENTS? DESCRIBE THEM ALL.