the geography of the indian subcontinent
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The Geography of the Indian subcontinent. South Asia. The Size of South Asia. Countries. Afghanistan. China. Iran. Bhutan. Nepal. Pakistan. Myanmar. India. Bangladesh. Sri Lanka. Topography of South Asia. Bodies of Water. Indus R. Brahmaputra R. Ganges R. Bay of Bengal. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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South Asia
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TheSize ofSouthAsia
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Countries
India
Pakistan
Bangladesh
Nepal Bhutan
Sri Lanka
Afghanistan China
Myanmar
Iran
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Bodies of Water
Indus R.
Ganges R.
Brahmaputra R.
Arabian Sea
Indian Ocean
Bay ofBengal
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The Ganges River System
1,560 miles long
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“Mata Ganga” (Mother Ganges)
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The Brahmaputra River System
1,800 miles long
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Floods on the Brahmaputra: 2003
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Flooding on the Brahmaputra
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The Indus River System
1,975 miles long
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Mountains & Peaks
HimalayasMt. Everest
▲
Karakoran Mts.
Hindu Kush
Vindhya Hills
Eastern GhatsW
estern Ghats
Khybe
rPas
sI I
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Hindu Kush
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The Khyber Pass
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The Himalayas
“him” [snow] “aalaya”
[home] Mt. Everest is
29,035 feet. It is the highest
mt. peak in the world.
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The Himalayas
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“Fire Rim of the Pacific”
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2004 Earthquake In Indonesia:
Tsunami Devastates Indian Ocean Coastlines!
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the Tsunami’s Devestation
100,000s dead!
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Deserts / Plateaus
Thar
Desert
DeccanPlateau
TibetanPlateau
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The Deccan Plateau
31,800 square miles in size. Elevation range: 2,000 – 8,000 feet high. From the Sanskrit word, “dakshina” [“the
south”].
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The Tibetan Plateau
The “Roof of the World.” average elevation is 16,400 feet.
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The Thar Desert
The Great Indian Desert 200 - 1500 feet in
elevation. up to 127ºF in July.
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Climate Regions of South Asia
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Winter Monsoons: Nov.-April
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Summer Monsoons: May-Oct.
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Chandragupta: 321 BCE-298 BCE
Unified northern India. Defeated the Persian
general Seleucus. Divided his empire into
provinces, then districts for tax assessments and law enforcement.
He feared assassination [like Saddam Hussein] food tasters, slept in different rooms, etc.
301 BCE gave up his throne & became a Jain.
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The Maurya Empire
321 BCE – 185 BCE
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Kautilya Chandragupta’s advisor. Brahmin caste. Wrote The Treatise on Material Gain or the Arthashastra.
A guide for the king and his ministers: Supports royal power. The great evil in society is anarchy.
Therefore, a single authority is needed to employ force when necessary!
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Asoka (304 – 232 BCE) Religious conversion
after the gruesome battle of Kalinga in 262 BCE.
Dedicated his life to Buddhism.
Built extensive roads. Conflict how to balance Kautilya’s methods of keeping power and Buddha’s demands to become a selfless person?
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Asoka’s Empire
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Asoka’s law code Edicts scattered in
more than 30 places in India, Nepal, Pakistan, & Afghanistan.
Written mostly in Sanskrit, but one was in Greek and Aramaic.
10 rock edicts. Each pillar [stupa] is 40’-50’ high. Buddhist principles dominate his laws.
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One of Asoka’sStupas
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WomenUnder
anAsokatree
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Turmoil & a power Vacuum:
220 BCE – 320 CE
Tamils
The Maurya Empire is divided into many kingdoms.
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Gupta Empire: 320 CE – 647 CE
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Gupta Rulers Chandra Gupta I
r. 320 – 335 CE “Great King of
Kings” Chandra Gupta II
r. 375 - 415 CE Profitable trade with
the Mediterranean world!
Hindu revival. Huns invade – 450 CE
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Fa-Hsien: Life in Gupta India Chinese Buddhist monk traveled along
the Silk Road and visited India in the 5c.
He was following the path of the Buddha.
He reported the people to be happy, relatively free of government oppression, and inclined towards courtesy and charity. Other references in the journal, however, indicate that the caste system was rapidly assuming its basic features, including "untouchability," the social isolation of a lowest class that is doomed to menial labor.
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Chandra Gupta II
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International Trade Routes during the
Guptas
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Extensive Trade:4c
spices
spices
gold & ivory
gold & ivory
rice & wheathorses
cotton goods
cotton goodssilks
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Kalidasa
The greatest of Indian poets. His most famous play was
Shakuntala. During the reign of Chandra
Gupta II.
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Gupta
Art
Greatly influenced Southeast Asian art &
architecture.
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Medicine Literature
MathematicsAstronomy
Printedmedicinal
guides
1000 diseasesclassified
PlasticSurgery
C-sectionsperforme
d
Inoculations
500 healingplants
identified
DecimalSystem
Conceptof Zero
PI = 3.1416
Kalidasa
SolarCalendar
The earth
is round
GuptaIndia
Gupta Achievements
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The Decline of the Guptas
Invasion of the White Huns in the 4c signaled the end of the Gupta Golden Age, even though at first, the Guptas defeated them.
After the decline of the Gupta empire, north India broke into a number of separate Hindu kingdoms and was not really unified again until the coming of the Muslims in the 7c.