Transcript Indian Achievements - Roseville City School District

Indian Achievements
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What continent is India located on?
What is a subcontinent?
What is a monsoon?
What are some of the Harrapan’s Achievements?
How was the Aryan culture different from Harrapan?
What are the 4 Varnas/Castes?
What were some of the Caste rules?
What is the largest religion in India today?
How do Hindus believe karma effects reincarnation?
Who was Siddhartha Guatama?
What is Nirvana?
Describe what the Jains believe.
What did Asoka do?
What religion did Gupta promote?
Sanskrit Literature
Main language of the ancient Aryans
During the Maurya and Gupta periods many
works were created and later translated into
many other languages
 Mahabharata - one of the world’s longest sacred texts; a
struggle between two families for control of a kingdom
 Bhagavad Gita - long passage within the Mahabharata
about Hindu beliefs
Hindu Temples
Gupta temples were
complex
Hindu temples had a tower
on top and the outside of
the temple had carvings in
honor of the specific god
being worshipped
Buddhist Temples
During the Gupta period, some temples were
carved out of a mountainside and contained
beautiful paintings
The stupa (a type of Buddhist temple) had a
dome and intricate carvings
Paintings and Sculptures
 Artists were wellrespected people in
ancient India
 The paintings were very
vibrant, and most were
done in Hindu and
Buddhist temples
 Most sculptures were also
created for Hindu temples
and Buddhist cave
temples
Scientific Advances
 Indians were the first to find ways to work with metal
(metallurgy) to create tools.
 The numbers we use today Hindu-Arabic numerals
were created by Indian scholars.
 Inoculation (injecting a person with a small amount
of a virus) began with ancient Indian doctors. We
still use the process when receiving vaccinations.
 Astronomy - ancient Indians knew of seven of the 9
planets by studying the skies.