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1700 BCE
Decline of Mohenjo Daro Harappa and the river
The Indus River, also called Sindhū or Abāsīn, is a major south-flowing river in South Asia.t hey were victims of a single massacre and suggested that the Indus civilization, whose demise was unexplained, had fallen to an armed invasion by Indo-Aryans, nomadic newcomers from the northwest, who are thought to have settled in India during the second millennium BC. -
268 BCE
Maurya empire - who were the two main leaders of the Maury an dynasty ? / why did it eventually
Division of the empire into Western and Eastern part. Division leads to weakness.
The subsequent Emperors/ Kings were weak and not effective.
Conflict between Buddhists and Hindus (perhaps it happened then).
The empire became too difficult to sustain and the rulers couldn't manage it well. -
268 BCE
Reig Of Asoka
: he turned a tradition into an official state
ideology and thanks to his support Buddhism ceased to be a local
Indian cult and began its long transformation into a world religion.
Eventually Buddhism died out in India sometime after Ashoka’s death,
but it remained popular outside its native land, especially in eastern
and south-eastern Asia. The world owes to Ashoka the growth of one
of the world’s largest spiritual traditions. -
1 BCE
battle of kalinga
The bloodshed of this war is said to have prompted Ashoka to adopt
Buddshine . However, he retained Kalinga and incorporated it into the Maurya Empire. -
From where did Aryans migrate? What geographically feature did they use to enter India ? Where did they move the seat of power and influence
they are supposed to come from areas located north of India in full central Asia. The aryans came from know a days Russia and Afghanistan , they came by using the khyber pass They seated they control to the Ganges river because maybe that land was more fertile -
Siddartha guadama founds Buddhism / what is Buddhism ? / how does it differ from Hinduism ?
The founder of Buddhism was Buddha Shakyamuni who lived and taught in India some two and a half thousand years ago. Since then millions of people around the world have followed the pure spiritual path he revealed. The Buddhist way of life of peace, loving kindness and wisdom is just as relevant today as it was in ancient India. -
gupta dinasty
The Gupta Period of India was not characterized by enormous material wealth or by elaborate trade
activity.
It was defined by creativity. Flourishing arts, fabulous literature, and stupendous scholars are just a
few of the things that marked the period.Much of the literature produced during the Gupta dynasty was poetry and drama. Narrative histories,
religious and meditative writing, and lyric poetry emerged to enrich, educate, and entertain the
people.
