Indian History

India under the Gupta Empire was more successful than China during the Han dynasty. The Gupta Empire was hailed the Golden age of India, and during that time made many discoveries in the fields of medicine, astronomy, and mathematics. We owe our knowledge of the mathematical sequence pi to the Gupta Empire. Gupta India was also renowned for building two prestigious universities that educated foreign students to aid in the transfer of Indian knowledge around the globe. Unlike India, China focused more of the restoration of their culture. Both societies followed a caste system. Though the Chinese caste system allowed movement up the social ladder and India did not, people in the Indian caste system interacted with one another more fairly than

1. In the Neolithic era, about 8000 B.C., a new civilization and culture developed. The reason for this development was the change to hunting and gathering to cultivation of agriculture that permitted man to settle down permanently ending nomadic existence.

What if you could live in a golden empire? That was exactly what the Gupta Empire was for India, their “Golden Age.” That was because of their daily life, Chandra Gupta II, and achievements in academics.

The Vedic period lasted from 1500 to 600 BCE. The Dravidian civilization was located in the Indus Valley of northwest India, this area is now known as Pakistan. The Dravidians were advanced

King Harsha (606-648 C.E) temporarily restored unified rule in most of Northern India and sought to revive imperial authority

Indian leader, Mohandas Gandhi died at the age of 78 on January 30, 1948 at 5:12 p.m. Mohandas Gandhi was known throughout the world for his nonviolent protests against both British rule and interreligious fighting.

In the Early ADs for India It had a week government at first but later one the government got stronger and stronger. India In the early time had power struggles at first

In the late afternoon of January 30, 1948, the 78-year-old Gandhi, weakened from repeated hunger strikes, clung to his two grandnieces as they led him from his living quarters in New Delhi’s Birla House to a prayer meeting. Hindu extremist Nathuram Godse, upset at Gandhi’s tolerance of Muslims, knelt before the Mahatma before pulling out a semiautomatic pistol and shooting him three times at point-blank range. The violent act took the life of a pacifist who spent his life preaching nonviolence. Godse and a co-conspirator were executed by hanging in November 1949, while additional conspirators were sentenced to life in

The history of the nation of India is a long and interesting one but most westernizes lack any true understanding of it. Like any long standing culture there have been good and bad periods in their history but one period has been identified as the "Golden Age of India (Dehejia, 1993)." This period, which lasted over a hundred years (322 BCE 185 BCE), began when an exiled general by the name of Chandragupta Maurya overthrew the reigning king Dhana Nanda. Once Chandragupta Maurya had established his new government in the Eastern area of India he began expanding his power westward across Central and Western India and, in the process, the religions of Hinduism and Buddhism also began to spread throughout India (Avari, 2007).

Bang! Bang! Bang! was the sound heard around the world. Gandhi was the preeminent leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India. Gandhi was killed by Nathuram Godse by a firearm which fired 3 shots at Gandhi.(Vaidya 1) The assassination of Mahatma Gandhi was unjust because he was an anti-war for freedom of India from British rule, and nathuram godse jealousy; However others believe that he was killed because the power and motivation he had to others.

They had a wealthy government, who could support their rulers with luxuries and protection. For yet undiscovered reasons, the Harappan civilization died out. Seen to be next were the Aryans. The Aryan tribes had a chief leader. The chief was called raja. He protected the people and was seen as a representation of their gods. The chief later held the title of a king, whom the people would call their maharaja. Next, there was the Mauryan Empire. The empire used the Caste and Class system. Each person was given an identity. There were five options of what your identity could hold. Priests were Brahmins, warriors were Kshatriya, merchants were the Vaisya, peasants were Sudras, and lastly the outcasts were called Pariahs. Most of the Indian’s were Sudras. For the majority of the years, India kept their basic way of social order. The geographical location of India made it difficult for outside influences to affect the way their societies were

The Indus civilization lasted from 2600 to 1900 B.C. and was known as the Harappan civilization. The Early Harappan phase 3300-2600 B.C., Mature Harappan phase 2600-1900 B.C., and the Late Harappan phase 1900-1300 B.C. are the three time phases that separated the Indus Valley civilization. In 1865 constructors where

campaigning for the general elections, former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated. In reaction, and in parallel to these developments, the economic situation worsened. By September 1990, net inflows of Non-Resident Indian deposits had turned negative. Access to commercial

In March 1998, as a result of election, BJP won the election and the president of India gave the party opportunity to control India’s government (Perkovich 1999). Therefore, BJP were able to carry out policies on behalf of the government.

The objective of this report is to delve into the importance and study the major features of the Vedic Age and its contribution to today’s world.