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Indus River Valley Civilizations Dravidian Era (3500/3000 B.C. - 1500 B.C.) dark skinned people no written records: artifacts for studying polytheistic: worshipped animals

Vedic Period – Aryan Invasion Vedic Age (2000 B.C. - 800 B.C.) Aryans: fair skin racist: no mixing w/ Dravidians, create caste system were farmers, not urban dwellers fun-loving (gambling, dancing, chariot races) stories (Vedas) had been passed down by oral tradition stories later written in Sanskrit in next age (500BC): told of life in Vedic Age

Epic Age – formation of castes Epic Age (900 B.C. - 500 B.C.) Castes: Brahmans (rel. leaders) Kshatriya (warriors) Vaisya (merchants, bankers, businessmen) Sudra (farm & city workers) Untouchables ("out"castes) dark skinned, accepted position, in gutter

Persian Invasion Persian Invasion (500 B.C. - 300 B.C.) Darius conquered & controlled Punjab

Greek Invasion Greek Invasion (327 B.C. - 323 B.C.) Alexander the Great: overextended soldiers & empire – forced to turn back contracted fever in Babylon & died

Mauryan Empire Mauryan Dynasty (320BC – 200 BC) Chandragupta: great warrior; ruled with terror over threw Selucius created 1st Indian Empire: central control

Gupta Empire Gupta Empire (300 – 500) Benevolent: based on Buddhist teachings creative culture (literature) Advanced in math (decimal system, zero, algebra, Arabic numerals)

Muslim Empire (Mughals) Invasion by Turkish Muslims (mounted archers with elephants) destroyed Buddhist temples lower castes embraced Islam Gave rise to Sikhs: Muslims with adaptations of Hinduism   Mughal Empire (1200s) formed Mughal Empire under Bahbur Bahbur’s grandson, Akbar the Great Akbar’s grandson: Shah Jihan Taj Mahal to Mumtaz Mahal by Shah Jihan (her husband) (she had died after 14th child)

European Invasion Age of European Imperialism (1500s – 1947) 1498 – Portugal took Sri Lanka (spice market) 1707 – Dutch East India company took Sri Lanka from Portugal French Mississippi Company took Western cities of India British East India Company took Western Cities of India – hired SEPOYS to help in fight 1857 – Sepoys rebelled – led to general rebellion Led to annexation of entire sub-continent – Mughal rule ended Queen Victoria became EMPRESS VICTORIA   Next 100 yrs – British ruled India & forced Indian farmers to grow cash crops

Indian Independence Indian Independence (1910-1947) not many British really cared about India 1920s – Gandhi turned Congress into organization of mass mobilization Complete non-cooperation with British government 1930s – violent reaction to depression   1940s – War brought disaster to Bengal – food prices soured Millions died of starvation Jinnah called for a separate Pakistan 1947 (15 August) – two nations formed Dislocations and rioting 10,000,000 uprooted by partition 300,000 – 1 mil. Deaths in civil war (moving, lines of nations) (Gandhi fasted) Expulsions, riot, killings, refugees, racism Kashmir still not settled