Ancient India notes
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This page gathers over 10 community-made Ancient India notes, from the Indus Valley to the Gupta Empire and the caste system. Mostly school-level, they give school students material for practising history and teachers ready-made notes for lessons. Browse the notes and choose a topic to study.
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Ancient India INDUS AND GANGES RIVERS The two great rivers of the Indian civilisation were the Indus and Ganges rivers. It was along these rivers where the ancient civilisation began. This is because rivers often enrich the so...
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Rig vedic period The period that followed Rig Vedic Age is known as Later Vedic Age. This age witnessed the composition of three later Veda Samhitas namely, the Samveda Samhita, the Yajurveda Samhita, the Atharvaveda Samhita as well a...
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SS Hindu Caste System What two theories make up the caste system? Religious and historical theories In the religious tradition, how were the castes created? The original human created castes from body parts In the social historical...
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Ancient History-1 Narmada- gatherers in the west Sulaiman and Kirthar hills in northwest- wheat and barley, rear animals Garo hills to the north-east and the Vindhyas in central India- agriculture developed first 8000 years ago North o...
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Ancient India Mauryan Empire • The foundation of the Mauryan Empire opens a new era in the history of India and for the first time, the political unity was achieved in India. • The history writing has also become clear from this pe...
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Ancient South Asia Ancient South Asia Life in the Indus Valley - Archaeologists believe that these people understood urban planning ...
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The Gupta Empire The Gupta Empire-About 500 years after the fall of the Mauryan Empire, a new dynasty rose to power in the Ganga valley- the imperial Guptas. For about two centuries, the Guptas brought unity to very large portion of I...
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India Vocab Jackie LevyStudy skills - G3/29/17India Vocab Aryan - a group of Indo-Europeans nomadic herders who are believed by many scholars to have migrated to the Indian subcontinent Sanskrit - an ancient language of India, fi...
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Untitled The Indus Valley CivilizationDiscovery and Nature- a vast civilization flourished on floodplains of Indus River Valley (c.2500 BCE)- eventually spread much further and lasted till about 1700 BCE- only unearthed in 192...
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5th March 2015 The Vedic sacrifice The Ashvamedha could only be conducted by a king (rājā). Its object was the acquisition of power and glory, the sovereignty over neighbouring provinces, seeking progeny and general prosperity of th...
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Untitled_1 Asoka: Inherited the Mauryan Empire in 268 BCE. After a brutal battle, Asoka became a Buddhists. He encouraged respect for his subjects and others. After his death the Mauryan Empire collapsed. Gu Gupta Empire: 500 ye...
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The early Vedic civilization Sources The rig veda Sources
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prehistory - created from Mind Map prehistorytime before recorded history or the inventions of writing systems origin of humans divisionsdivided into 3 periods based on tool making technologies
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Africa Gobal Aryan - a group of Indian European nomadic herders who are believed by many scholars to have migrated to the Indian subcontinent Sanskrit - an ancient language of India, first spoken by the AryansDravidian - speakers ...
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Mauryan Culture - created from Mind Map
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Ancient India - created from Mind Map Indus Valley Civilization Lothal developed on banks of river Indus
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