Historical background of subcontinent

subcontinent

1. HISTORY OF SUBCONTINENT

2. The Subcontinent By: Annie Azam History and Background

3. Introduction of the Sub-continent Mini Continent L ocated in the Southern region of Asia Subcontient includes Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Srilanka and Maldives.

4. Geographical Location Himalayas to the North Hindukush to the west Arabian Sea to the Sout -west

5. Map of the Sub-continent

6. Size and Area Total Area covered is 4.4 million KM 2

7. Geographical affects Geography affected the migration route and languages of the people living in Sub-continent.

8. 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.

9. The beginning of I ndus valley civilization

10. 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.

11. 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.

12. Persian Empire in subcontinent Presented by: Bareera Tariq DP04-F016-15

13. Introduction Achaemenian empire was the first Persian empire The first empire to rule the subcontinent Largest empire of ancient time

14. Cyrus the great (538 BC) Darius I (522-486 BC) Xerxes I (485-465 BC) Darius III (326 BC)

15. Conclusion Achmaenian empire 522-326 BC Ruled for almost 200 years Persian empire in subcontinent fell.

16. Introduction Rulers during mughal empire Architecture Science and techgnology

17. INTRODUCTION The 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 Babur Last mughal emperor 1837-1857

18. Rulers of mughal empire Babur Humayun Akbar Jahangir Shah jahan Aurangzaib Bahadur shah I Bahadur shah II

19. 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

20. Taj mahal

21. 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

22. The development of mughlai cuisine Landscape and mughal gardening

23. Science and technology Astronomy ( humayun ) Alchemy ( sake dean mahomed ) Techonlogy ( Fathullah shirazi , a persian polymath and mechanical engineer developed volley gun)

24. Shalimar garden laore

25. Shahi qila lahore

26. Jama masjid india

27. Humayun’s tomb

28. Hiran minare sheikhupura

29. Lal qila delhi

30. Badshai majid lahore

31. Shah jahan masjid Thatha sindh

32. HISTORY AND ETHNIC RELATIONS (Emergence of the nations)

33. 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

34. All historic records of early bhutan wre destroyed by fire,flood,earthquake and war. It was buddist nation. BHUTAN

35. 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

36. It was inhibited as early as 10,000 B.C.E It had Indo-Aryan language and some version of Brahmanism. Sri Lanka

37. 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

38. Pakistan today has many interesting Buddist sites and historical notes which proves its part in the history. Pakistan

39. It was the birthplace of Hinduism , Buddism , Jainism and Sikhism collectively known as Indian religions. India Hinduism Buddism Jainism Sikhism