Kate

Bach

November 19
2009

Ancient India

Did you know that most families have more than five

people? That is a lot of mouths to feed. In this essay I

wrote about the Indus Valley, the Aryans, and the

Maurya Empire. First Indus Valley, Second the

Aryans, Third the Maurya Empire.

The Indus Valley started in 2500 B.C. during the

end of ancient Egypt. They traded with cities of

luxury goods, metals, gems. One city they traded

with was Mohenjo- Daro because it was a well city

(the name Mohenjo – Daro is hill of the dead). They

had lot of food so then they could specialize in art

and sheep herding and being craft people. We don’t

know what happened and not that much about them

because we don’t know there langue. They learned

how to get clay and how to make things with it and

how to make better temples and then the Aryans

came and took over.

The Aryans came around 400 B.C. there name

(Aryans) is in definition it is noble. They came from

all over Central Asia. In 500 B.C they started the

caste system, mouth- priest and kings and queens,

arms- army, legs- craft people, feet- slaves beneath

the feet the dirt – the untouchables. The Aryans rule

came to an end and the Maurya Empire started.

The Maurya Empire started 330 B.C. Asoka converted

to Buddhism. (Religion promoting peace) No killing

animals. They had lots of trade and wealth. Asoka’s

grandson Chandragupta got to be king. His power

was very strong. With the promoting religion was

help full to artisans and farming people.

With studying these time periods we learned about

there believes and about there problems.

I thought that it was very fun. We learned that they

also had toys and pools (but we think for religious

purpose). There Problems are not that different from

us.