Summary

• aryan period


  loose network of tribes whose name means "noble"
• vedas

  Collections of hymns, songs, prayers, and rituals honoring the barious gods of the Aryans.
• rig veda


  Hinduism's oldest sacred text
• sama veda


  hymn book
• yajur veda


  prose prayers/spells
• atharva veda


  hymns, charms, spells, and incantations for domestic use
• Chandragupta Maurya


  founder of the Mauryan Empire; ruler of 25 years
• bindusara


  son and successor of chandragupta
• megasthenes


  Greek ambassador to the Mauryan court
• Pataliputra


  Capital of the Mauryan Empire
• ashoka the great


  grandson of CM; one of the best emperors in world history
• ashoka's edicts


  rules engraved on rocks & pillars
• conquest of kalinga


  mass extermination that brought ashoka sorrow and grief
• Officer of righteousness


  morally upright officials of ashoka
• gupta Empire


  Golden Age of India; ruled through central government but allowed village power; restored Hinduism
• chandra gupta


  Founder of the Gupta dynasty
• samudra gupta


  son of first Chandra Gupta became king in 335 A.D. expanded the empire with 40 years of war and conquest
• navaratnas


  "Nine Jewels" in the imperial court, a circle of poets
• kalidasa


  One of India's greatest poets and playwrights
• mughal empire


  a period of Muslim rule of India from the 1500s to the 1700s
• zahir-ud-din muhammad babur mirza


  founder of mughal Empire — babur meaning the lion
• death of zahir-ud-din Muhammad babur mirza


  jan. 5. 1531 at 47; claimed to have died of sustained injuries and chronic conditions
• humayun

  The son of Babur. He sucked
• death of humayun


  fell from the staircase under dubious circumstances HA loser
• akbar the great


  known for religious tolerance. grandson of Babur who created a strong central government
• ulamas


  legal scholars of islam that challenged akbar's control
• death of akbar the great


  he suffered dysentery 😢
• jahangir


  Son of Akbar he was the "Grasper of the World."
• shah jahan


  Mughal ruler who built Taj Mahal
• aurangzeb


  son and successor of Shah Jahan; attained the throne BY BEING MAD PETTY (imprisoning his father and eliminating siblings)