India: History and Culture Title page 58, India: History and Culture
History Foldable (Ch. 25.2) Guiding question: What impacts have the groups that ruled India had on its culture? Aryan Mauryan Gupta Mughal British
Ancient History Aryans 1500- ~300 BC Bring early form of Sanskrit (language from which Hindi is derived) Religious ideas Large Pantheon Strict system of social classes Settled in Gangetic Plain Siddhartha Gautama
Ancient History Mauryans (320 BC- 400 AD) Gupta (400- 1000 AD) 1st empire to unite almost all of India Spread Buddhism Gupta (400- 1000 AD) Architecture, art, literature, math
Ancient History Mughal Empire (1500- 1700s) Islamic empire Allowed conquered people to practice their own religion Taj Mahal
European Influence Europeans arrive in 1500 (remember the Portuguese?) By1700s, British control India (Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and Bangladesh are part of India at this time) British East India Company Sepoy Revolt 1857 Victoria becomes the “Empress of India”
European Influence British influence: “jewel in the crown” of the British empire Cotton Jewels Tea English Language Modern Infrastructure: Railroads Roads Ports Parliamentary Gov.