Regional Timeline/Outline for: South Asia RHS Mrs.

Osborn
PERIOD 1 & 2 PERIOD 3 PERIOD 4 PERIOD 5 PERIOD 6
8000BCE-600CE 600-1450 1450-1750 1750-1900 1900-Present
Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro Collapse of Delhi Centralized under Mughal Mughal empire, Buhudar Nationalism
Aryans (1500 BCE) sultanate in 1300’s Shahill sent into exile Indian National Congress
16 states Indian National congress Gandhi
Then Maurya (321-185 European influence Push for independence
Politics BCE) (finally get after WWII)
Central, powerful military
Then Gupta Empire (320 –
550 CE)
Central control w/ village gov’ts
Active trade and communication with Indian Ocean trade and Thrived due to cotton trade European traders Globalization facilitate and
Sumer Trade with Islamic British East India create greater trade across
Ashoka (Maurya) promote trade with World, China, East Company the globe
rest areas for travelers and Buddhist Africa and Persia
Economy missionaries Traded: cotton, silk,
Trade with Mesopotamia – elephants, gems,
Silk, cotton, elephants cinnamon, and salt
Silk Road
Warrior aristocracy/ Caste system Patriarchal More racial based Still patriarchal w/ caste
enslaved Dravidians Treatment of women better Abolish inhumane cultural system
Social Arayans stratify class – under Akbar (initially) – traditions (Sati)
Varna – four classes allowed widows to remarry
Class/Gender Patriarchal and intermarry between
Customs devalued women Hindus and Muslims,
More isolated – purdh portray talents openly
Pi, Zero, numerical system, Gunpowder technology European education
medicine, astronomy, promotes science/
Science/Inventions plastic surgery invention

Paintings, temples, Blended w/ Muslim Roads, railroads, canals

sculptures, courtyard Arches, domes
Art/Architecture Taj Mahal

Indus; Gupta Mughal British colony After civil war: India,

Gunpowder empire Pakistan, Bangladesh
Empire Decline: due to opening to
foreign control

Hinduism…Buddhism Islam, Islam, Buddhism… though Hindu, Islam, Buddhism, Muslim minority
Hinduism, Buddhism mostly Hindu Christianity (though not
Religion very popular)