Molly Ketterer, Morgan Manning, and Jared Schimmelpfenning

• great period of cultural achievement

• at peace and they prospered

• made advances in learning

• a lot of piece and prosperity

• farming and trade flourished.

This is one of their monastery-universities.

• Children went to school• decimal system• numeral system still

used today• advancements in the

medical world with herbs.

• Mauryas or Guptas– Courts

• Most Indians were peasants and farmers– Lived in villages

• Village– Consisted of people from all different castes– Village headman and council

- family trained the children in the traditions and duties of their castes - family interests always came before individual wishes.

• children worked with older relatives• young daughters learned that as a wife she

would obey her husband• a son learned the tradition of his fathers

family• parents arranged good marriages for their

children

1. Priests2. Warriors and Rulers3. Skilled traders, Merchants, and Minor

Officials4. Unskilled workers

Recources• http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/willow/history-of-

india1.gif• http://www.gardenvisit.com/assets/madge/nalanda/

600x/nalanda_600x.jpg• http://www.pgsindia.net/photos.htm• http://www.travelindiasmart.com/images/

farmerindia.jpg• http://swilliams24.wordpress.com/cultural-analysis-

ancient-india%E2%80%99s-creation-myths-and-caste-system-influence/

(caste system info)