Geography- Ancient India is on the tropic of cancer so their land was very tropical meaning it was very moist and because of this they had very good planting sources. One of the main rivers to be used in ancient India was the Indus River in the north-west. India is surrounded by the Himalaya Mountains. The Mongols could never steal food from them because of these mountains.
Agriculture- Ancient India people grew rice, wheat, barley, peas, and cotton. They raised sheep, goat, cattle, pigs and horses. They had homes that were made out of mud, sticks, and grass.
Tools & Technology- Ancient India people had bow and arrows to go hunting, they had stone scrapers to carve and shape the wood for the bow and arrow, they had pebbles to soften up their pottery, they had a knife sort of thing to cut leather, & they had boats to go fishing in. Aryabhatta was someone that thought of 0 and the decimal system.
Culture & Religion- In Ancient India, fine arts became part of their culture. Music and dance was part of those arts. New forms of dances music came into being. Music was joined in by instruments to provide rhythm. Dances required costumes, jewelry, and make-up. Dances were usually performed in temples. Theatre also originated in Ancient India, people acted out scenes of their daily life like, hunting or fishing. Ancient India people’s religion was either Hindu or Buddhist. Hindu believed that if you were bad in this life then in your next life you would become a gnat or fly. So they also believed life never ended. You would die then come back in a different form of life. Buddhist believed in Buddha. The first Buddha was Siddhartha Gautama. He lived around 600 B.C. Once Buddha died they picked a new child to be the next Buddha.
Important Leaders- The only leader I could find was Asoka. Asoka was a famous king of Ancient India. He won several battles to widen his kingdom.
Ancient India is very fascinating to me. I learned so much about the geography, agriculture, culture & religion, tools and technology and important leaders. They’re really cool!
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