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1 Chronology

 

Question to Guide Your Reading

  1. How did the geography of South Asia (India) impact its history?
  2. What are the limits of our knowledge of Harappan Civilization?
  3. How did kingdoms form during the Vedic Age?
  4. Describe the varna and caste systems.
  5. Explain the early historical origins and basic beliefs of Hinduism and Buddhism. How do these religious traditions change over time?
  6. How was the Mauryan Empire governed?
  7. How was India impacted by other regions of Afro-Eurasia, and how did it impact them?
  8. Why is the Gupta period sometimes described as a classical age?
  9. What are the characteristics of early medieval India?
  10. Explain the history of the formation of Muslim states in India.

 

Key Terms

  • Arthashastra
  • Aryabhata
  • Ashoka (Mauryan Empire)
  • Atman
  • Ayurveda
  • Bay of Bengal
  • Bhagavad-Gita
  • Brahman
  • Brahmanism
  • Caste and Varna
  • Chandragupta I (Gupta Empire)
  • Chandragupta Maurya
  • Chola Kingdom
  • Coromandel Coast
  • Deccan Plateau
  • Delhi Sultanate
  • Dharma (Buddhist and Hindu)
  • Dharma Scriptures
  • Four Noble Truths
  • Ganges River
  • Guilds
  • Gupta Empire
  • Harappan/Indus Valley Civilization
  • Hindu Kush
  • India
  • Indian Feudalism
  • Indo-Europeans
  • Indus River
  • Indo-Gangetic Plain
  • Kalidasa
  • Kanishka
  • Karma
  • Kushan Kingdom
  • Magadha
  • Mahayana Buddhism
  • Malabar Coast
  • Mahmud of Ghazna
  • Mehrgarh
  • Mohenjo-Daro
  • Pataliputra
  • Punjab
  • Ramayana
  • Samudragupta
  • Satavahana Kingdom
  • Seals (Harappan/Indus Valley Civilization)
  • Siddhartha Gautama/Buddha
  • Sindh
  • South Asia
  • Sri Lanka
  • Theravada Buddhism
  • Transmigration
  • Tributary Overlordship
  • Upanishads
  • Vedic Age

 

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