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The Harappan Civilization
3300 BCE - 2400 BCE
CitadelOf
Mohenjo-Daro
Aerial View of Mohenjo-Daro
Wide View, Mohenjo-Daro
The Great Bath, Mohenjo-Daro
Bath Area, Mohenjo-Daro
Aryan Migration
pastoral depended on their cattle.
warriors horse-drawn chariots.
Varna (Social Hierarchy)
Shudras
Vaishyas
Kshatriyas
Pariahs [Harijan] Untouchables
Brahmins
The Caste System
The mouth? The arms? The legs? The feet?
WHO IS…
Brahmins
Kshatriyas
Vaishyas
Shudras
Sanskrit
writing
Gupta Empire: 320 CE – 647 CE
Gupta Rulers Chandra Gupta I
r. 320 – 335 “Great King of
Kings” Chandra Gupta II
r. 375 – 415 Profitable trade with
the Mediterranean world!
Hindu revival. Huns invade – 450 CE
International Trade Routes during the
Guptas
Extensive Trade:4c
spices
spices
gold & ivory
gold & ivory
rice & wheathorses
cotton goods
cotton goodssilks
Medicine Literature
MathematicsAstronomy
Printedmedicinal
guides
1000 diseasesclassified
PlasticSurgery
C-sectionsperforme
d
Inoculations
500 healingplants
identified
DecimalSystem
Conceptof Zero
PI = 3.1416
Kalidasa
SolarCalendar
The earth
is round
GuptaIndia
Gupta Achievement
sKama Sutra
The World in 1600
British East India Company
1600-1857
1-E
•A money making venture.
•Trading in cotton, silk, indigo dye, salt, saltpeter, tea and opium.
British East India Company Agents
1-E
Sepoy soldiers
1-F
• Strong beliefs in the caste system
• Made up of Muslims and Hindus
Many would be given land and titles because of their caste level
Road to revolution Outlawing Suttee
(sati)
Fighting the Thuggees
The Final Straw
The Sepoy Mutiny: 1857
2-A
Areas of the Sepoy Mutiny,
1857
A Lifeof
Leisure!
Lady Curzon, 1904
Living Like a Maharajah
Darjeeling Railroad, 1880s
Railroad
the Indian National Congress 1885 The Indian National
Congress was founded in Bombay.
swaraj “independence.” * the goal of the movement.
the Muslim League 1905 partition of Bengal based on religions and languages.
1906 creation of the Muslim League.
Amritsar Massacre, 1919
379 dead; over 1200 wounded!
Gandhi spinning cloth
Indian weaving was ruined by the competition of British machine-made
textiles!
Partition!
Pakistan and India Conflict
Border problems
Jawarlal Nehru Ally of Gandhi. 1st Prime Minister
of India, 1947-1964.
Advocated Industrialization.
Promoted “Green Revolution”.
Mixed Economy. Nonaligned
Movement.
Non-Alignment Movement
The “mix” refers to private and
public ownership. Foreign aid and foreign investment are crucial.
Urban areas have high-tech companies.
Three quarters of the population are farmers living in small villages.
India's "Green Revolution" allowed farmers to triple their crop by using modern science and technology.
India’s “mixed economy”
India’s “Green Revolution”
Introducing higher-yielding varieties of seeds in 1965.
Increased use of fertilizers & irrigation.
GOAL make India self-sufficient in food grains.
Overpopulation 1 billion & climbing.
Economic development. Hindu-Muslim tensions. Gender issues dowry killings. Caste bias discrimination against untouchables continues.
The Kashmir dispute and nuclear
weapons. Political assassinations.
Major problems & Issues
in india today
Tamil Separatism:The “tamil tigers”
Is the dream gone?
Economic development. Political instability/military dictatorship.
Hindu-Muslim tensions. Gender issues honor killings.
Terrorism. The Kashmir dispute and nuclear weapons.
Major problems & Issues
in Pakistan today
What title would you give this political cartoon?
The India-Pakistan Arms Race Heats Up in the Late
1990s
2002 Nuclear Statistics
Is this a possibility?
Issues Facing Modern India
Dharavi area of Mumbai
.67 sq miles with a population over 1 million
1.2 billion people