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For thousands of years geography has made South Asia a crossroads.
Trade routes brought merchants and missionaries
2500-1500 B.C.E Indus Valley Civilization started from immigrants from Iran
They built cities such as Mahenjo-Daro which was highly advanced.
Roots of Hinduism
•1500 B.C.E Aryans invaded from central Asia
•The Aryans drove out the Dravidians
•The Aryans brought with them the idea of a caste system.
Caste system is a rigid class system. A person cannot move between castes or classes.
Hindus believe in reincarnation
Cows are sacred.
Sacred writing of the Hindus are the Vedas
dharma- every person’s moral duty
karma- good is rewarded: bad is punished
reincarnation- every person is reborn until they are released from the cycle of rebirth.
Buddhism founded about the same time as Hinduism.
Founder Siddhartha Gautama
Leader today is the Dali Lama
Buddhist believe in reincarnation.
People reach the state of Nirvana
Since the mid 1700’s Britain controlled India
Britain took away a thriving textile industry and exported the raw cotton to mills in England
Britain expected the Indians to purchase their ready made textile products.
Many Indian textile workers lost their jobs.
During the late 1800’s Indians developed a strong sense of nationalism.
Many Indians were educated in Europe.
One of those people was Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi.
He led non violent resistance to England.
Indians boycotted British Cloth.
The only solution was to partition or divide India into Pakistan and India.
The Hindus occupied India and the Muslims occupied Pakistan
Later conflicts developed between East and West Pakistan and the country of Bangladesh (formerly East Pakistan) was created in 1971
Within the past few years, Pakistan and India have tested nuclear weapons.
They are in conflict of a portion India known as Kashmir.
Bell Work 4/20
• Using your notes, textbook, and class discussion; in a short paragraph (at least 3 sentences) discuss Kashmir.
Taj Mahal
• Located in Agra, India, not far from New Delhi
• Built by a Muslim emperor in the 17th century as a mausoleum for his wife
• Fell into disrepair when Muslim empire collapsed and Hindus took over
• Recently restored to former glory; now a symbol of national pride; major tourist site