POL218Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Hind Swaraj Or Indian Home Rule, Affirmative Action, Party System
23 Mar 2017
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Indus valley civilization 2500-1600 bce: vedic age 1500-500 bce, sanskrit language, vedas (hinduism, caste system, kautilya: 4th philosophy of statecraft, (cid:862)ara(cid:271)i(cid:272) (cid:374)u(cid:373)erals(cid:863) (cid:894)(cid:271)rought (cid:449)est (cid:271)(cid:455) ara(cid:271) traders(cid:895) Mauryan empire 322-185 bce: mauryan empire: 322 185 bce, emperor ashoka unites northern indian kingdoms, converts to buddhism, gupta empire 320-550 bce. Intellectual and cultural activity: astronomy, mathematics, literature, medicine. Arrival of islam: 711 ce: arrival of islam, arabs take sindh region of lower indus, same year they conquer spain, 1000 ce: invasion of the turks. Mughal empire: 1526: muslim tribes of turkic, persian, mongol origin invade northern india, expand to include parts of afghanistan, akbar the great (1556-1605, religious tolerance, hindu officials, persian-language administration. British india: portuguese arrive first: vasco de gama 1498 (goa 1510-1961, 1612-1690: british east india company trading stations, surat, bombay, calcutta, 1757: informal british rule, 1857: sepoy mutiny.
