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HISTORY
OF
SUBCONTINENT
The Subcontinent By: Annie Azam
History and Background
Introduction of the Sub-continent
• Mini Continent• Located in the Southern region of Asia• Subcontient includes Pakistan, India,
Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Srilanka and Maldives.
Geographical Location
• Himalayas to the North• Hindukush to the west• Arabian Sea to the Sout-west
Map of the Sub-continent
Size and Area
• Total Area covered is 4.4 million KM2
Geographical affects
• Geography affected the migration route and languages of the people living in Sub-continent.
Importance of Sub-continent in the World
• It connects several parts of Asia and the world.• Ancient Trade routes• Ancient routes led to various invasions.• Economic corridor of CPEC, Today.
The beginning of Indus valley civilization
Prominient features of indus valley civilization
Agriculture was their main economic activity.
They had irrigation systems.
They had pottery and jewelry making.
Their houses made up of clay and bricks.
Their leaders were priests and kings.
Their religion was animism and polytheism. They worshiped many gods , some of them which resemble animals.
Their social classes were the ruling classes who lived inside the citadels; the farmers and traders lived outside the citadels.
Persian Empire in subcontinent
Presented by:Bareera Tariq
DP04-F016-15
Introduction
• Achaemenian empire was the first Persian empire • The first empire to rule the subcontinent• Largest empire of ancient time
Cyrus the great (538
BC)
Darius I (522-486
BC)
Xerxes I (485-465
BC)
Darius III (326 BC)
Conclusion
• Achmaenian empire 522-326 BC• Ruled for almost 200 years• Persian empire in subcontinent fell.
IntroductionRulers during mughal empireArchitectureScience and techgnology
INTRODUCTIONThe mughal empire was the second largest to have existed in the indian subcontinent, spanning 4 million square liometers at its zenith.The first mughal ruler was zagheer ud din muhammad babur, who snatched dnyasty from sher sah suri
First mughal emperor 1526-1530 BaburLast mughal emperor 1837-1857
Rulers of mughal empire
• Babur• Humayun• Akbar• Jahangir• Shah jahan• Aurangzaib• Bahadur shah I• Bahadur shah II
Influence of mughal over Subcontinent
• A major contribution to indian subcontinent was their unique Architecture.• Shah jahan played unique role in work of architecture• Taj mahal , one of the best example
TAJ MAHAL
• Centralized , imperialistic giovernment which brought together many smaller kingdoms• Persian art and culture amalgamated with indian art and
culture• New trade routes to arab and turkic lands
• The development of mughlai cuisine• Landscape and mughal gardening
Science and technology
• Astronomy (humayun)• Alchemy ( sake dean mahomed)• Techonlogy ( Fathullah shirazi , a persian polymath and
mechanical engineer developed volley gun)
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SHALIMAR GARDEN LAORE
SHAHI QILA LAHORE
JAMA MASJIDINDIA
HUMAYUN’S TOMB
HIRAN MINARESHEIKHUPURA
LAL QILA DELHI
BADSHAI MAJIDLAHORE
SHAH JAHAN MASJID THATHA SINDH
HISTORY AND ETHNIC RELATIONS
(Emergence of the nations)
Early settlers came before 500 B.C.E from Sri Lanka and southern India.
Maldivians were buddists but in twelfth century Islam was proclaimed as their national religion.
MALDIVES
All historic records of early bhutan wre destroyed by fire,flood,earthquake and war.
It was buddist nation.
BHUTAN
This nation came into existence by Prithvi Narayan Shah’s conquest.
In the beginning it was twice the size of modern Nepal but due to territorial clashes with Chinese and the British it pushed the borders back to the current configuration.
Nepal
It was inhibited as early as 10,000 B.C.E It had Indo-Aryan language and some version of
Brahmanism.
Sri Lanka
It was part of number of important political entities including Indian Empires, Buddist Kingdoms, The Mughal Empire, The British Empire and The Pakistani nation.
Bangladesh
Pakistan today has many interesting Buddist sites and historical notes which proves its part in the history.
Pakistan
It was the birthplace of Hinduism, Buddism, Jainism and Sikhism collectively known as Indian religions.
India
Hinduism Buddism Jainism Sikhism
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