India Absolutely Must Know Guide: thanks to Jenna Johnson, Morgan Aguilar and Ben Olvera

http://wsu.edu/~dee/ANCINDIA/ANCINDIA.HTM for ancient India

	Rulers/People	Political	Social	Economic	Misc
Harappa and Mohenjaro	Indus River	City states; civilization did not continue after fall of cities	urbanization, metalwork, and writing	Mostly agricultural, some trade along the river; violent and unpredictable flooding	Great cities with baths, running water, plumbing
Dravidians/Uphanishads And Vedic Age	Aryans; very war-like	Tribal life and lots of tribal wars	Caste System introduced; Vedas spoken not written; Aryans and native Indians mix to create “India”	Live along the Ganges River, mostly Agricultural and warlike	Buddhism starts and challenges Hindu castes
Mauryan Age (321-185 BC)	Chandragupta (321-297 BC) Asoka (272-232)	first empire to unite all of India;	1^st laws were harsh and the death penalty was applied to a myriad of offenses then Asoka converted to Buddhism and posted Rock and Pillar edicts		Great Age of Math Base 10; zero; algebra invented
Gupta Age
Muslim Age and Delhi Sultanate		Harsh Muslim rule	massive conversion to Islam; destroyed Hindu temples and massacred Hindus at start	Great trade with other Muslim states
Mongols and Delhi Sultanate	Tamer-lame	More tolerant of religion than Muslims	More massacres and destruction
Mughals	Babar Akbar Shar Jahan	India united again,	Sufi Muslims	Mansabdar economic system increases trade with Europe, Asia and Africa	Taj Mahal