Ancient India

By: Ashna Shah

Geography

Asia

Mountains, deserts, and a tropical jungle

Temples

Gardens and ponds in the court of a king’s castle

Family And Kin

Wider kingship groupings

Living under 1 roof working, eating, worshiping, and cooperating together

Most young women expect to live with their husband’s relatives after marriage but retain important bonds with their families

Tend to be flexible and well-suited to modern life

67 percent of Indians were farmers or workers

Political Organization

Military campaign

Government in Ancient India

Raja [or the king] ruled long ago

Harappan period

Communication

Hindi

Gujarati

Telegu

Tamil

Indian alphabet

Economics

Traded cotton clothes and spices

Began to trade using ships on the ocean

Most people in Ancient India were farmers

Technology

The earliest school of medicine

Yoga

Swords

Beliefs And Rituals

Temple

Diwali

Holi

Raksha Bandan

Garba

Education

Began at age 3

History, religion, economics, politics, and warfare

Gurus [teachers]

Creative Expression

Playing games

Listening to music

Strolling through the harem garden

Entertainment

Food, Clothing, And Shelter

Food

Rice pudding

People produced salt on a coast

puri

Clothing

Chanya chori

Panjabi

Sari

Shelter

Houses

King lived in a castle

huts

Video

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