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CHAPTER 3
Ancient Indian Civilizations
Section 1: Indus River Valley Civilizations
Section 2: Indo-Aryan Migrants
Section 3: Hinduism and Buddhism
Section 4: Ancient Indian Dynasties and
Empires
Section 5: Ancient Indian Life and
Culture
SECTION 2
Indo-Aryan Migrants
Question:
What were some of the
governmental, social, and
economic characteristics of
Indo-Aryan society?
SECTION 2
Indo-Aryan Migrants
Characteristics of Indo-Aryan Society
Government
• tribes formed
small citystates
• each state
ruled by raja and
his council
Social Life
• complex system of social
orders
• elaborate rules governed
marriage among the different
orders
• parent-arranged marriage
favored
• marriage by purchase, by
capture, and by mutual
consent recognized
Economy
• mostly farmers
• wheat and barley
major crops
• poor transportation
and trading methods
sometimes limited
trade
• system of barter for
goods
SECTION 3
Israel and the Occupied
Hinduism
Territories and Buddhism
Question:
How were the classes
categorized and ranked in
early India?
SECTION 3
Israel and the Occupied
Hinduism
Territories and Buddhism
Class System in Early India
Upper Class
Brahmins: priests, scholars
rulers, warriors
Middle Class
merchants, traders, farmers
Lower Class
peasants bound to the land
Pariahs: untouchables
SECTION 4
Ancient Indian Dynasties and
Empires
Question:
What were the
accomplishments of the
Mauryan and Gupta rulers
in ancient India?
SECTION 4
Ancient Indian Dynasties and
Empires
Mauryan and Gupta Rulers
Mauryan
Examples:
Chandragupta Maurya
 made Patalipura into a beautiful city
 united northern India
As’oka
 enlarged empire to include all but the
southern tip of India
 converted to Buddhism
Gupta
Chandra Gupta II
 favored Hinduism
 society and the arts prospered
Skanda Gupta
last Gupta ruler
empire was weakened under his rule
CHAPTER 3
Chapter Wrap-Up
1. How did the physical geography and climate
of the Indian subcontinent help lead to the
development of a unique civilization?
2. What were the particular scientific and
technological achievements of ancient Indian
civilization?
3. In what ways did Hinduism and Buddhism
influence daily life in ancient India?