2. 2500 B.C.
1608 A.D.
1500 B.C.
500 B.C.
500 A.D
Indus Valley Civilization
• 2500 B.C. – 2000 B.C.
• Fertile river valley
• Largest of the world’s early
civilizations
• Well organized - irrigation
systems and street
formation
• Most people were farmers
• Traded with peoples of the
Middle East
3. 2500 B.C.
1608 A.D.
1500 B.C.
500 B.C.
500 A.D
Decline of Indus Valley
Civilization
• 2000 B.C.
• The city started to show signs of decay, bricks
and architecture were no longer magnificent.
• New evidence suggest that climate and bad
weather were a major impact for their decline.
• As the Indus Valley decayed, people migrated
to different parts of the Indian sub-continent.
• After the disappearance of the Indus Valley
Civilization, the Dravidians built great
kingdoms in the Deccan Plateau.
4. 2500 B.C.
1608 A.D.
1500 B.C.
500 B.C.
500 A.D
Arrival of Aryans
• 1600 BC
• Nomadic and warlike people
• Lead to decline of the Indus
Valley Civilization
• Took hundreds of years to
take over
• Came through the Hindu
Kush Mountains
• They had advanced weapons
and horse-drawn war
chariots
5. 2500 B.C.
1608 A.D.
1500 B.C.
500 B.C.
500 A.D
Spread of Buddhism
• 500 A.D.
• Buddha attracted many followers
• He set up monasteries where monks and nuns could devote to the
Noble Eighth-fold path
• After he died, his followers passed his word by
mouth, but later on in was put into scripture
• His teachings were written in the Three Baskets
of Wisdom
• Buddhism spread eastward into China and
southwards
• Separated to Theravada and
Mahayana
6. 2500 B.C.
1608 A.D.
1500 B.C.
500 B.C.
500 A.D
The Maurya Empire
• 321 B.C. - 185 B.C.
• Chandraguta Maurya founded
the Maurya Dynasty
• Empire enjoyed peace and
prosperity
• There were irrigation systems and maintained roads
• Asoka, Chandragupta’s grandson, was a harsh ruler,
fought many wars
• Asoka Converted to Buddhism
Maurya Empire during 265 B.C.
7. 2500 B.C.
1608 A.D.
1500 B.C.
500 B.C.
500 A.D
Small Kingdoms
• 232 B.C. - 268 A.D.
• The Indus Valley were invaded
by many different tribes and
groups. (Greeks of Bacria,
Palahvas of Persia, Kushans of
Central Asia)
• Each group brought their own
custom and ideas and clashed
them. The clash became
Hindu Culture.
• South India developed
separately with North India.
South = Dravidians, North =
Aryans
8. 2500 B.C.
1608 A.D.
1500 B.C.
500 B.C.
500 A.D
The Gupta Empire
• 320 A.D. - 535 A.D.
• United the north
• Young Warrior named himself
Chandragupta I and set up the Gupta
Empire
• A golden age for India - peace and
prosperity
• Many accomplishments- architecture,
sculpture, painting, drama
• Huns, nomadic people from Central
Asia, invaded, leading to the empire’s decline
9. 2500 B.C.
1608 A.D.
1500 B.C.
500 B.C.
500 A.D
Muslim Expansion
• Waves of Muslims at different
periods swept into the Indus
Valley
• The Muslims were the most
dominant.
• Delhi sultans are the name of the
Muslim rulers
• They governed Northern and central India
• The Muslims didn’t force the Hindus to convert, but gave special
privileges to Muslims only. Non Muslims had to pay special
taxes.
• After Firuz Tughlak died, the Delhi Sultanate declined.
• The Mongols started to descend into India.
10. 2500 B.C.
1608 A.D.
1500 B.C.
500 B.C.
500 A.D
Mughal Empire
• 1526 A.D. -1700s
• Founded by Babur –
descendant of Genghis Khan
• Golden age is when Akbar,
grandson of Babur was ruling
• Akbar adopted a policy of
religious toleration
• Wasteful spending led to
their decline. Babur
11. 2500 B.C.
1608 A.D.
1500 B.C.
500 B.C.
500 A.D
East India Company
• Started around 1608
• It traded mainly cotton, silk, indigo dye,
saltpetre, tea, and opium
• The administrator of the company was
Robert Clive
• It was very successful
• Clive led British forces to drive away the French
• He won control of a wealthy India state called Bengal (know known
as Bangladesh)
• Clive appointed local rulers whom favored the East India Company
• Slowly they started to gain power of India, which let to British Rule.
