Pre Modern India
ca. 2500 bce to 1600 ce
HIS
249 Pre Modern India
Syllabus (fall 2023) PDF
version
STUDY GUIDES
Indian History: A
Chronological Overview
Overview
of Ancient and Medieval Indian History (thanks Sarah Fredrick)
An
Overview in Maps (video: thanks Kiana Martinez)
Indian
Geography and History: A Powerpoint
Indian
History Overview: Powerpoint
Indus
Valley: Crash Course in World History
Early to Rig Vedic Age: A Schematic Representation
Outline # 2: The Age of the Epic(s)
Mahabharata
Site at Brown University
Pachisi
or Chaupar -- the game played in the Mahabharata
Age
of the Epics: A Powerpoint
Outline # 3: States, Empires and Heterodoxies 600-232 BCE
States
and Empires: A Powerpoint
Age of Heterodoxies:
A Powerpoint
The
Story of India: The Power of Ideas (Video)
Outline # 4: The Age of the Guptas... A Classical Age?
The
Classical Age? A Powerpoint
Ages
of Gold (video from “Story of
India” available through Films on
Demand)
Romila Thapar’s reading of Sakuntala: an overview
Caste: A Historical Approach (Powerpoint)
An
overview of the caste system (thanks Raven Benson)
A
non-historian’s commentary on the “laws of Manu” (thanks Sarah Fredrick)
The
Gupta Empire (thanks Madison Johnson)
Outline # 5: The Rise of Regional Powers
Regional
Kingdoms (Powerpoint)
Regions,
Culture and Religion (Vedanta and Bhakti)
Kailash Temple Ellora (Rashtrakuta
Architecture)
Outline # 6: Coming of Islam and Delhi Sultanate
Islam and
Muslim Rulers (Powerpoint)
Conversions:
Hindus and Muslims
Islam in India
(Romila Thapar on Ghazni and Somnath)
Outline # 7: Mughals and Europeans
MAPS
An interesting site
with world history maps including many on India from 1st C CE
MAP: South
Asia Physical Map (India
and US comparison)
MAP: Harappa
MAP:
Indo
Arya Migrations
MAP: Epic India (from Wikipedia: thanks to Adam Settimo for this reference)
MAP:
Kingdoms
and Republics, ca. 500 BCE
MAP:
The
Mauryan Empire
MAP:
Alexander’s Empire Greeks
in India (Greco-Bactrians)
MAP:
Kushanas, Satvahanas and
Others (ca. 185 BCE - 320 CE)
MAP: Guptas to Sultanate Overview
MAP: India 700-975 CE
MAP:
Mahmud of Ghazni and South Asia
MAP: Mahmud of Ghazni’s
Empire
MAP:
Sultanate under the Khaljis
MAP:
Sultanate under the Tughlaqs
MAP:
End of the Delhi Sultanate
USEFUL
LINKS
Indus Valley Stuff From
Harappa.Com
In
particular, their walk through Mohenjodaro
David
Ludden's "Slideshow" for HIST 086 at the University of Pennsylvania
My Ongoing Project of Links
to Pre Modern Indian history sources (Please Ignore Too Many Dead
Links to Fix!)
Horseplay in Harappa (a hint of the politics behind
representations of Ancient Indian history)
Hindutva and History by Romila Thapar
I try to update this page every other year, time permitting,
last updated 11/03/2018
