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The Harappan society
(the Indus river was...?)
silt-enriched water from mountain ranges
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Harappan Society
(Society built by...?)(when?)
Dravidian Peoples, 300-2500 BCE
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Harappan society
(Cultivation of ___ before 5000 BCE, early cu;tivation of ___.)
cotton, poulty(Chicken)
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Harappan society
(Decline after...?_
1900 BCE
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Harappan Society
(Major cities?)
Harrapa, Mohenjo-Daro
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Harappan Society
(Mohenjo-Daro had broad streets, citadel, ___, and ___.)
pool, sewage
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Harappan Society
(Mohenjo-Daro had standarized...?)
weights, evidence of central ruler controlling four corners
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Harappan Society
(Mohenjo-Daro remains were...?)
inassesible because of silt deposits and rising water table(underwater)
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Harappan Society
(Evidence of...?)
social stratification(dwelling size, decoration)
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Harappan Society
(Possible Matriarchal? Influence on _____.)
later Indian Culture
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Harappan Society
(Worshipped godesses of ____.)
Fertility
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Harappan Society
(Possible ___ and ___ distinctions.)
east, west
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Harappan Society
(reasons for disappearance unclear. evidence of...?)
deforestation, loss of topsoil, earthquakes, flooding, unburied dead
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Harappan Society
(disapperance in____.)
1500 BCE
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The Aryans were also known as ____.
indo-europeans
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The Aryans were ____ skinned ____ from the ____.
lighter, invaders, north
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Aryan "Invasion"
(Who were the Dravidians?)
darker skinned sedentary inhabitants of Harappa
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The Early Aryans
(____ economy. What animals?)
pastoral, sheep, goats, horses, and cattle
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The Early Aryans
(Religious and Literary works. The ___. How many? Most important of them?)
Vedas, four, Rig Veda
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The Early Aryans
(What does Sanskrit mean?)
sacred tongue
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The Early Aryans
(What is Prakrit? What is important about it?)
everyday language, evolved into Hindi, Urdu, and Bengali
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The Vedic Age
(What does dasas mean?)
enemies or subjects
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The Vedic Age
(Aryans fought ___ and ___.)
Dravidians, each other
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During the Vedic Age, the Aryans formed hundreds of ____ with ___ as the rulers.
chiefdoms, rajas
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During the early centuries of the Vedic Age, the Aryans migrated further south and settled in the ___, the upper Indus river valley, because of development of ____ and increasing reliance on ____.
Punjab, iron metallurgy, agriculture
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During the vedic age, the tribal connection evolve into ____ structures.
political
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Varna was also known as the ____.
caste system
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Varna: the caste system
(Origins in Aryan domination of Dravidians)
Brahmin-____
Kshatriya-____
Vaishya-___
Sudra-____
Harijan- "___"
priest, warrior, merchant, commoner, untouchables or pariahs
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Varna: The caste system
(Jati subsystem of castes related to ___. increasing ___ and ___ complexity. Determined by ____.)
urbanization, social, economic, occupation
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Patriarchy in ancient Indian Society
(Rule of the ____.)
father
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Patriarchy in ancient indian society
(Enforced in the _____ which were _____.
The Lawbook of Manu, proper moral behaviors
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What was Sati?
Sacrificing of widow after hisband dies
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Aryan religion
(The mojor deity of Rig Veda was ___ and he was the ___ god.
Indra, war
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Aryan Religion
(Role of ___ was important)
brahmins
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Who were the Upanishads?
vegetarians who had respect for all living things
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The Upanishads were a blending of ___ and __ traditions.
Aryan and Dravidian
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Teachings of the Upanishads
Brahman-____
Samsara-___
karma-____
moksha-____(yoga)
Relationship to system of ___.
the universal soul, reincarnation, accounting for incarnations, mystical ecxxtacy, varna
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