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Battle of 1857
Preaching of Christianity
Lard Macuaulys education system
Sex was considered in civil law rather then in criminal law
The title of King after Bahadur Shah Zafar was abolished by
British.
Rules were dictated by British
Unemployment
Ancient Times
Ancient Time
The history of sub-continent started off way back to Stone
Age.
This was an age of hunting and gathering
Though there was some elementary agriculture.
Urban Centers
The civilization encompassed about 2,000 towns and villages,
many of which were mathematically planned.
These are the world's first planned cities. The largest city was
Mohenjo-Daro. The people lived in baked mud brick houses
two and three stories high, and had sewage systems.
Each home had its own private drinking well and its own
private bathroom. Clay pipes led from the bathrooms to sewers
located under the streets.
Some scholars are convinced that Indus cities did not develop
slowly over time. This suggests whoever built these cities
seems to have developed the mathematics and technology in
some other place.
Seals
Economy
The basis of the economy as the other river valley civilizations
was agriculture.
The Indus people used irrigation to water their fields. The main
crops were barley, wheat, and a variety of vegetables and fruits.
Animals, including the long-horned, humped bull, were
domesticated. Cotton appears to have been the principal plant
used for clothing. It was woven and dyed.
Wheel-made clay was made and decorated with animal and
geometric motifs. Illustration of fish on the seals suggest that
fishing was an important part of the economy.
The long-horned bull was a central image in the Indus culture
and interestingly remains important in subsequent Indian
iconography
The Dravidians
The Dravidians
This very civilization was followed by the Indus Valley
civilization.
It was said that this civilization was coexisted within the Indus
Valley civilization
They had high degree of culture, with a religion and
established Social Institutions.
The Aryans
The Aryans
The Aryans invaded subcontinent around 1500 BC. (Originally from
central Asia and entered from Subcontinent from the North-West.
Traveled from Sapta Sindhu or the Seven Rivers, in the area from Kabul
to Jumna Rivers.
Aryans continued their advance eastward, conquering a large part of the
Ganges Plain and later crossing the Vindiyas to enter the Deccan Plateau.
Aryans referred to conquering Dravidians and native tribe of Indus
civilization
They were farmers by nature
They worshiped natural phenomena
The religious rituals of Aryans were derived from Dravidians and later it
resulted in Hinduism
Hinduism
Polytheistic religion
They believe in cast and categories
That all cast are determine from birth not through ones
achievement in life.
At that time subcontinent was divided into different subpolitical units. (Many kingdom)
The largest Hindu kingdom was establish during the regime of
King Ashoka (250 B.C)
At the battle of Kalinga it was thought that Ashoka embrace
Buddhism.
Even at that time Hinduism wasnt dominant religion.
6th century Introduction of new religion Buddhism
This religion was contrary to Hinduism believes of cast system