Indian Trade:
Common Trade items:
-Black Pepper
-Cinnamon
-Cloves
-Spices
-they were values as highly as gold and silver are today
Trade:
-India is one of the worlds largest diamond cutting an polishing country
-trading was between the Chinese, central asia, india, and eastern europe
-India was famous for its fabrics, spices, and semi-precious stones, dyes, and ivory
Silk Roads:
-an interliinking trade route across afro-eurasian and connected east, south and western asia with the mediterranean
-Extending 4,000 miles
-the silk roads gets its name from the chinese silk trade
Caravans:
-a group of people carrying goods to trade with people far away
-included about 4,000 camels
-Traveled through the spice markets in Babylon,Carthage,Alexandria, and Rome
-Also used ships that sailed along the Indian Coast
Trade Facts:
-foreign trade was in teh hands of both local and foreign merchants
-india divided into small regional political units
-For two periods during the classical era, india unified by imperial powers
-during the classical period inida became a crossroads in a vast trade network that stretches from the pacific the mediterranean sea
-during a time period called lineage to state they shifted their livelihood from nomad pastoralism to agriculture and trade
Military:
Military Dynasties:
-Nanda dynasty- 80,000 cavalry 6,000 war elephants 200,000 infranty 8,000 armed chariots
-Maurya dynasty- 30,000 cavalry 600,000 infantry 9,000 war elephants
-Shishunaga dynasty- invented a catapult on an armed chariot and a chariot with a swinging mace
-Satavahan dynasty- was around 400 years used elephants, chariots, and infantry to help the elephants
Empires:
-Gupta empires-relied heavily on war elephants,infantry,archers, and they rarely used horses
-Kushan Empire- fought a lot on horseback and used a lot of war elephants and infantry. many elephants were received from the greeks
Weapons:
-the bamboo longbow-made of a long piece of bamboo, didn't warp as much composite bows of other cultures, used by Sheva, fired metal tipped bamboo arrows. they were protected by light infantrymen
-the war elephants-were used to charge, break enemy lines, and cause terror in the opponent
catapult-capable of hurling large stones at the enemy
Tactics:
-the indians had various tactics that they would use in battle, each for a specific purpose
-Krauncha Vyuha-the crane shaped formation of an army: forces are distributed to form spanning wing-sides, with a formidable, penetrating centre depicting the cranes head and beak
-Vyuha: a winding, ever rotating circular formation: considered impenetrable during the Mahabharata age
Buddhism:
what is it?
-religion in teh indian subcontinent
-has a variety of beliefs,traditions,and practices based on Buddha
-two major branches-theravada and mahayana
Theravada:
-oldest surviving buddhist branch:means the ancient teaching
-most popular religion in Sri Lanka and southeast Asia.
-it promotes Vibhajjavada, which means teaching of analysis
-Theravadins believe every individual is responsible for their own self awakening and liberation
-numbers are over 150 million people worldwide and the religion is spreading west
Stupas:
-a dome shaped strucutre erected as a buddhist shrine
-Relic-remains of buddha and disciples
-object-objects taht belonged to buddha and disciples
-commemorative-events in the lives of the buddha and disciples
-symbolic-symbolizes aspects of buddhist theology
-votive-for visits and spiritual events
Brahma:
-in buddhism it is the name for a type of exalted passionaless deity
-deity means god or goddess
-the name brahma orginates in Vedic tradition
-there is no identity between the buddhist brahmas and the hindu ones
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