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Indian Empires
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Update in progress. Next/final posting June 9, 2008.
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Table of Contents
. 1. Building a Base of Knowledge . .6. Technology and Arts
. -----Overview and Timelines---Indus Valley Civilization---
-----Aryan to Gupta Dynasties-----Muslim to Mughal Empires---Legacy
. -----Writing---Math and Science---Architecture---Indian Arts
. 2. Daily Life . .7. Economy, Trade, and Travelers
. -----Daily Life---Education---Caste System---Medicine---Fairs and Festivals---
-----Sports and Games
. -----The Economy---Trade---Travelers
. 3. Farming and Food . .8. Geography, Climate, and Wildlife
. -----Farming---Food . -----Geography---Climate---Wildlife
. 4. Religious Beliefs . .9. Videos, Images, PowerPoints and Podcasts
. -----Pre-Hindu Beliefs---Hinduism---Buddhism---Islam---Jainism---
-----Sikhism
. -----Videos---Images---PowerPoints---Podcasts
. 5. Government and Law . 10. WebQuests and More
. -----Government---Law . -----WebQuests---Fun---Museums
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11. Miscellaneous Resources
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1. Building a Base of Knowledge
Readability..
Overview and Timelines
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1. A very brief history of India (indax.com)
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2.Who were the ancient Indian people? (Horace Mann Middle School, San Francisco, California, USA)
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3. The land and its people (Washington State University)
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4. India 10 minute video - resize for improved video quality (youtube.com)
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5. Middle East Cultures (Minnesota State University, USA)
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6. India and Southern Asia chronology (David Koeller, thenagain.com)
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7. Timeline of Indian history - to modern times (kamat.com)
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8. Timeline of Indian history (wikipedia.org)
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9. Comparing histories - timelines for Mesopotamia, India and China (WW Norton Publishers)
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10. Comparing histories - timelines for India, China, Japan (Cora Agatucci, Central Oregon Community College, USA)
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11. Historic maps of India 22 maps (mapsofindia.com)
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12. Collapse: why do civilizations fail? (learner.org)
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Indus Valley Civilizations - 4000 to 2000 BCE
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1. Indus Valley or Harappan civilization: 2600 to 1700 BCE (The British Museum, UK)
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2. The Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa (mrdowling.com)
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3. Harappan civilization (historyforkids.org)
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4. Ancient river valley civilizations: PowerPoint presentation - go to slide 43 (worldofteaching.com)
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5. Early civilizations of India: PowerPoint presentation (Susan M. Pojer, Horace Greeley HS, Chappaqua NY, USA)
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6. Indus Valley to the Aryans: PowerPoint presentation (East Tennessee State University, USA)
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7. Indus Valley civilization (harappa.com)
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8. Harappa and the Indus civilization: 2600 to 1700 BCE (Washington State University)
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9. Indus Valley civilization (wikipedia.org)
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10. Indus valley civilization: 4 minute video - resize for improved video quality (youtube.com)
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Aryan to Gupta Dynasties - 1500 BCE to 550 CE
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1. Aryan migration (historyforkids.org)
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2. Aryan migration (historyforkids.org)
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3. Aryan or Verdic civilization: 1700 to 300 BCE (Washington State University)
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4. The myth of the Aryan invasion of India (David Frawley hindunet.org)
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5. Alexander the Great in India (historyforkids.org)
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6. Alexander the Great (Skip Knox, Boise State University, Idaho, USA)
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7. The conquests of Alexander the Great: (Washington State University)
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8. Alexander in India (webarchieve.org)
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9. More about Alexander the Great (Courtenay Middle School, BC, Canada)
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10. Mauryan India (historyforkids.org)
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11. Chandragupta (David Koeller, thenagain.com)
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12. The Mauryan Empire (kamat.com)
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13. Asoka (David Koeller, thenagain.com)
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14. The edicts of King Asoka (Ven S. Dhammika, Colorado State University, USA)
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15. The Maurya Empire and a Dark Age (Frank E. Smith)
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16. The Mauryans: 321 to 185 BCE (Washington State University)
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17. Maurya Empire (wikipedia.org)
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18. The Maurya-Gupta Empires: PowerPoint presentation (Susan M. Pojer, Horace Greeley HS, Chappaqua NY, USA)
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19. The Maurya Elephant Army: 5 minute video - requires password (discoveryeducation.com)
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20. Guptan Empire (historyforkids.org)
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21. Post-Guptan Golden Age (historyforkids.org)
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22. The Gupta Dynasty #1 (kamat.com)
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23. The Gupta dynasty #2: 320 - 550 CE (Washington State University)
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24. The Gupta Empire and Hinduism (Frank E. Smith)
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25. Gupta Empire (wikipedia.org)
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Muslim India to the Mughal Empire
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1. Muslim India (historyforkids.org)
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2. Muslim India (Microsoft Encarta)
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3. The beginning of the Delhi Sultanate (David Koeller, thenagain.com)
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4. Delhi Sultanate (encyclopedia.com)
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5. Tamerlane (Microsoft Encarta)
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6. Timur (encyclopedia.com)
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7. Timur - "The Diplomacy of the Sons" (Caroline Stone, Saudi Aramco World Magazine)
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8. Timur - Tamerlane (Frank E. Smith)
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9. The Moguls (mrdowling.com)
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10. The Mughal Empire (bbc.co.uk)
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11. The Mughals: start with "Early History" (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA)
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12. When the Moguls ruled (kamat.com)
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13. The Mughal Empire (Microsoft Encarta)
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14. Map of the Mughal Empire (Microsoft Encarta)
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15. When the Moguls ruled (kamat.com)
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16. The Mughals (Richard Hooker, Washington State University, USA)
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17. Dynasties - The Mughal Empire #5 (islamicarchitecture.org)
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18. The Mughal family line (islamicart.com)
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Legacy
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1. The legacy of India: pdf file (eduplace.com)
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2. The Mughal legacy (edwebproject.org)
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3. Islamic heritage of India (kamat.com)
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4. Legacy of Islamic Empires through their arts (islamicart.com)
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5. Ancient India facts (Government of India)
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2. Daily Life
Daily Life
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1. Daily life: 3000-1500 BCE (crystalinks.com)
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2. Daily life - Indus Valley Civilization: 3000-1500 BCE (Mr. Donn's Ancient History)
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3. Life in the Indus Valley - a story (Joyce and David Mollet)
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4. Daily life - Aryan Civilization: 1500-500 BCE (Mr. Donn's Ancient History)
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5. Daily life - Gupta Dynasty: (Mr. Donn's Ancient History)
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6. Indian clothing (historyforkids.com)
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. .p://www.sonoma.edu/projects/nbisp/india/iresources.html
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Education
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1. Gurukulas - education in Ancient India (Preethi Sekhar, cicsworld.org)
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2. Education in Karnataka through the ages e-book (Jyotsna Kamat, kamat.com)
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3. Chapter 6 - Community education (Jyotsna Kamat, kamat.com)
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4. Chapter 11 - Education among Muslims (Jyotsna Kamat, kamat.com)
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5. Chapter 7 - Vocational education (Jyotsna Kamat, kamat.com)
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6. Chapter 9 - Physical education (Jyotsna Kamat, kamat.com)
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7. India's first university - Nalanda 500 A.D. (Nalanda University, India)
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Caste System
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1. The caste system #1 (mrdowling.com)
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2. The untouchables (mrdowling.com)
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3. Castes (historyforkids.com)
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4. Indian caste system (Glencoe Publishers)
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5. Castes (Microsoft Encarta)
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Medicine
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1. Indus Valley - medicine (thinkquest.org)
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2. Origin and history of Ayurveda medicine (Ministry of Health, Government of India)
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3. Medical students' oath (A Menon & H.F. Haberman, Journal of Medical History)
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4. Sushruta - "father of surgery" (wikipedia.org)
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5. History of Medicine in India and Burma (National Institutes of Health, USA)
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6. Military surgery in Ancient India (D.P. Agarwal, indianscience.org)
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7. Legacy of Sushrutha's in Ancient India: PowerPoint presentation (Anil Pande, Chennai, India)
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8. Hospitals in Ancient India: pdf (D.P. Agarwal & Manikant Shah, indianscience.org)
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Fairs and Festivals
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1. Modern festivals in India (Government of India)
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2. Modern fairs and festivals in India (itopc.org)
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3. Festivals in India: check section in middle of page MAJOR FESTIVALS OF INDIA (indiantravelportal.com)
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4. Modern celebrations - the festival of Holi: 14 minute video - requires password (discoveryeducation.com)
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5. Diwali festival(ruchiskitchen.com)
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6. Divali - the story behind the festival: PowerPoint presentation (Woodlands Junior School, UK)
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Sports and Games
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1. Ancient Indian games (historyforkids.org)
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2.Sports and recreation in Ancient India (Horace Mann Middle School, San Francisco, California, USA)
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3. Sports and games in Ancient India (crystalinks.com)
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4. Traditional games (indiapress.org)
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5. Traditional sports of India (punjabilok.com)
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3. Farming and Food (also see Climate below)
Farming
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1. Agriculture fact page (The British Museum, U.K.)
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2. Food and farming resources (The British Museum, U.K.)
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3. Agriculture - map (Harper College, Illinois, USA)
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4. Agriculture - an introduction (thinkquest.org)
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5. Farming in early India (historylink101.com)
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6. Development of agriculture (Agropolis Museum, France)
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7. Toy carts in the Indus Valley (Columbia University, NY, USA)
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8. The first farming tools (Tokai University, Japan)
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9. Spices of India (indichef.com)
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10. Spice (wikipedia.org)
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11. The Kerala spice lands (pbs.org)
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12. Spices and history: text or PowerPoint presentation (Purdue University, USA)
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13. Citric fruits - lemons, limes, oranges (soupsong.com)
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12. Textile tradition of India (culturalindia.net)
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13. Textiles (culturopedia.com)
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14. Cotton - a history (plantcultures.org)
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15. Cotton (south-asian.com)
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16. Birthplace of cotton (internationalconcepts.net)
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17. Ancient fashion in India (indolink.com)
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18. Samples of cloth, textiles, used in trade (textilearts.com)
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19. History of irrigation development (Government of India)
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20. Grand Anicut dam (Government of India)
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21. Stepwells (University of California, Los Angeles, USA)
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22. Water temples in India (designflute.wordpress.com)
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23. Abhaneri - stepwell: 1 minute video (indiavideo.org)
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Food
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1. Indian food (historyforkids.com)
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2. Food of Ancient India (Horace Mann Middle School, San Francisco, California, USA)
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3. Food of classical India - 300 to 600 AD (thinkquest.org)
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4. Food timeline (Lynne Oliver)
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5. Food of classical India - 300 to 600 AD (thinkquest.org)
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4. Religious Beliefs
Pre-Hindu Beliefs
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1. The pre-Vedic age (Washington State University)
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2. The Vedantic age (Washington State University)
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Hinduism
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1. Early Hinduism (The British Museum, UK)
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2. Hinduism #1 (mrdowling.com)
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3. Hinduism #3 (historyforkids.org)
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4. Hinduism #2 (the BBC)
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5. Hinduism - the Vedas (Washington State University)
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6. Religions of the World - Hinduism: 28 minute video - requires password (discoveryeducation.com)
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Buddhism
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1. Buddha (The British Museum, UK)
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2. Buddhism #1 (mrdonn.org)
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3. Buddhism #2 (historyforkids.org)
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4. An introduction to Buddhism (C. George Boeree, Shippensburg University, Pennsylvania, USA)
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5. Buddhism #3 (The BBC, UK)
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6. Buddhism #4 (the Buddhist Society)
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7. Buddhism chronology (David Koeller, thenagain.com)
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8. Buddhism: PowerPoint presentation (Susan M. Pojer, Horace Greeley HS, Chappaqua NY, USA)
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Islam
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1. Islam: at a glance(The BBC, UK)
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2. Islam: introduction (thinkquest.org)
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3. Basic articles of faith (The BBC, UK)
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4. Islam (The BBC, UK)
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5. Muslims (Columbia Encyclopedia)
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6. The Gist of Islam (muslim-canada.org)
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Jainism
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1. Introduction to Jainism (kamat.com)
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2. Jainism (The BBC, UK)
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3. Book of Good Conduct: the Acaranga Sutra (thenagain.info)
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4. Jainism potpourri (kamat.com)
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5. Jainism and Buddhism (Washington State University, USA)
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Sikhism
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1. Sikhism (the BBC)
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2. Introduction to Sikhism #1 (sikhs.org)
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3. Introduction to Sikhism #2 (sikhnet.com)
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4. Introduction to Sikhism (kamat.com)
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5. Who are the Sikhs?: as an pdf file, but also available as a 20 meg PowerPoint Presentation (sikhlink.net)
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6. Worlds of Faith - Sikhism: 14 minute video - requires password (discoveryeducation.com)
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5. Government and Law
Government
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1. Ancient India government (culturalindia.net)
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2. Dynasties and leaders in Southern India (kamat.com)
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3. Mogul rulers (kamat.com)
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4. The Mughal administration and nobility (encarta.msn.com)
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5. The Mughal administration (Columbia University, New York, USA)
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Law
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1. King Asoka's rock edicts: c275 BCE (Fordham University USA)
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2. Arthashastras: c250 BCE (Fordham University USA)
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3. Laws of Manu: c200-100 BCE (admiraltylawguide.com)
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4. 200 BC - Laws of Manu (duhaime.org)
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6. Technology and Arts
Writing
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1. Indian writing systems (The British Museum)
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2. Indian languages and writing (historyforkids.org)
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3. Earliest writing (The BBC, UK)
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4. Sanskrit (omniglot.com)
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5. South Asian writing systems (ancientscripts.com)
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Math and Science
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1. Indian mathematics (historyforkids.com)
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2. Ancient India - science and medicine (crystalinks.com)
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3. Indus Valley - Mathematics introduction (thinkquest.org)
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4. Index of Mathematicians from Ancient India (University of St. Andrews Scotland, UK)
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5. Indian mathematics - redressing the balance (Ian G. Pearce, University of St. Andrews, Scotland, UK)
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6. History of zero: PowerPoint presentation (T. Vigneswaren, Agder University College, Norway)
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7. Math and culture - the Indus Valley: 30 minute video - requires password (discoveryeducation.com)
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8. Mathematics in Ancient India: pdf file (Amartya Kumar Dutta, ISI, Kolkata, India)
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9. Indian science and mathematics (historyforkids.com)
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10. The Sciences of Ancient India (library.thinkquest.org)
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11. "Iron and Steel in Ancient Times" (by Vagn Fabritius Buchwald and found at books.google.ca)
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Architecture
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1. Indian architecture (historyforkids.org)
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2. Mauryan architecture (historyforkids.org)
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3. Guptan architecture (historyforkids.org)
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4. Medieval Indian architecture (historyforkids.org)
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5. Muslim-Indian architecture (historyforkids.org)
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6. Construction (thinkquest.org)
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7. Construction materials (thinkquest.org)
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8. Ancient Indian architecture (culturalindia.net)
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9. Architecture (Vinay Lal, UCLA, USA)
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10. Indian forts (culturalindia.net)
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11. Pictures of the Taj Mahal (kamat.com)
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12. Want more? Search alltheweb for pictures of the Taj Mahal
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13. Taj Mahal - Heaven on Earth: 25 minute video - requires password (discoveryeducation.com)
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Indian Arts
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1. Indian art (historyforkids.com)
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2. Art of India (Sweet Briar College, Virginia USA)
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3. India - the living arts (Canadian Museum of Civilization)
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4. Rock carvings at Mahabhalipuram - 700 BCE (WW Norton Publishers)
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5. Indian paintings (culturalindia.net)
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6. Mandala tales and art (askasia.org)
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7. Rangoli (culturalindia.net)
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8. Various art and craft images (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
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7. The Economy, Trade and Travel
Indian Economy
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1. Economics of the Indus Valley Civilization (California State University, Chico)
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2. Subsistence econocy in 10000 BCE (The British Museum, UK)
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3. Economy of the Indus Valley (Microsoft Encarta)
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Trade
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1. Maritime trade with the west (Tokai University, Japan)
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2. Harappan trade routes (Columbia University, NY, USA)
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3. Ancient maritime sea route (nabataea.net)
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4. Trade routes First Century C.E. (The Dalton School)
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5. China's trade routes Eighth Century C.E. (The Dalton School)
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6. The Indian Ocean and global trade - a map (Saudi Aramco World Magazine)
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7. The Indian Ocean and global trade - a timeline (Saudi Aramco World Magazine)
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8. Flash map of trade routes between Europe and Asia (library.thinkquest.org)
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9. Trade #1 (socialstudiesforkids.com)
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10. Trade routes between Europe and Asia (Metropolitan Museum, New York)
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11. A history of the Indian Navy (Indian Navy, Government of India)
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12. Trade #2 (The British Museum, UK)
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13. Crafts (The British Museum, UK)
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14. Ancient trade city found (The British Museum, UK)
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15. Ancient Indian trade (dickran.net)
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16. Tea and horse caravan road (Silk Road Foundation)
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17. Iron working in India (archaeologyonline.net)
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18. Trade and travel in the First Century (Fordham University, NY, USA)
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19. European trade with Mughal India (san.beck.org)
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20. Trade during the Mughal Empire (tanap.net)
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Travel
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1. Hiun-Tsiang (Huen Tsang) from China 7th Century (kamat.com)
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2. Al-Biruni from Persia 10th Century (kamat.com)
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3. The explorer - Marco Polo (Saudi Aramco World Magazine)
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4. The traveler - Ibn Battuta (Saudi Aramco World Magazine)
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5. Ibn Battuta - The Journeys (saudiaramcoworld.com)
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6. Ibn Battuta - the great traveler (ummah.org)
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7. Travel by ship (San Francisco Unified School District USA)
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8. The admiral - Zheng He (Saudi Aramco World Magazine)
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9. Zheng He (Cheng Ho) - Chinese mariner (chinapage.com)
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10. Zheng He (Sanboa) (discoverychannelasia.com)
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11. The navigator - Ahmed Ibn Majid (Saudi Aramco World Magazine)
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12. The coming of the Portugese (Saudi Aramco World Magazine)
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13. Vasco da Gama arrives in India (indhistory.com)
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14. Sidi Ali Reis - 16th Century traveler (Fordham University, NY, USA)
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15. St. Francis Xavier - letter from India 1543 (Fordham University, NY, USA)
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8. Geography, Climate, and Wildlife
Geography
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1. Geography of India (The British Museum, UK)
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2. Resources of Ancient India (The British Museum, UK)
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3. Subcontinent of India (mrdowling.com)
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4. Pakistan and Bangladesh (mrdowling.com)
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5. Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Bhutan (mrdowling.com)
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6. Subcontinent of India (mrdowling.com)
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7. Geography (Government of India)
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8. Geography of the states and regions of India (kamat.com)
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9. The Himalayan Mountains (Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana, USA)
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10. The geography of the Indian subcontinent: PowerPoint presentation (Susan M. Pojer, Horace Greeley HS, Chappaqua NY, USA)
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11. Historic maps of India (mapsofindia.com)
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12. Atlas of some Indian Empires (Washington State University, USA)
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13. Map of the Mauryan Empire (Ashoka's Empire): 321 to 185 BCE (india-history.com)
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14. Map of the Gupta Empire: 320 - 550 CE (india-history.com)
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15. Map of India in the 700s (fsmitha.com)
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16. Mughal Empire in 1600 (india-history.com)
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17. Mughal Empire in 1700 (india-history.com)
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Climate
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1. Climate in India (The British Museum, UK)
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2. Environment of India (historyforkids.com)
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3. The Monsoon (mrdowling.com)
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4. Monsoon (encarta.msn.com)
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5. Indian weather (pbs.org)
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6. Indian Ocean Monsoon (University of California, Santa Barbara)
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7. Natural World - Monsoon (National Geographic, USA)
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8. Figures on the biodiversity of India (The UN's World Conservation Monitoring Centre)
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9. South Asia - land and resources: 21 minute video - requires password (discoveryeducation.com)
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Wildlife
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1. Indian wildlife: use this list to do further research on wildlife or wildlife sanctuaries (indianheritage.com)
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2. Indian wildlife sanctuaries (indianwildliferesorts.com)
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3. Wildlife sanctuaries of Pakistan (wildlifeofpakistan.com)
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4. Wildlife of Pakistan (wildlifeofpakistan.com)
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9. Videos, Images, PowerPoints and Podcasts
Videos
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1. Suggestions welcome (your site.edu)
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1. Suggestions welcome (your site.edu)
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Images
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1. Indus Valley civilization (harappa.com)
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2. A walk around Harappa (harappa.com)
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3. World art treasures - India: use translation programs at bottom of this page (Berger Foundation, Switzerland)
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4. Modern photographs of India (shunya.net)
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5. Misc gallery of images (thinkquest.org)
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PowerPoints
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1. Suggestions welcome (your site.edu)
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1. Suggestions welcome (your site.edu)
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1. Suggestions welcome (your site.edu)
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Podcasts
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1. Suggestions welcome (your site.edu)
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1. Suggestions welcome (your site.edu)
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1. Suggestions welcome (your site.edu)
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10. WebQuests and More
WebQuests
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1. Destination Himalayas (thinkquest.org)
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2. Indus Valley Civilization webquest (Union-Endicott School District, New York USA)
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3. World religions (from our colleagues at Cape Lazo Middle School Comox, BC)
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4. World religions (Mr. Donn's Class)
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5. The Tibet question (Schools of California Online Resources for Education)
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6. Experiencing India's caste system (Encinitas School District, California, USA)
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7. Trade across the Indian Ocean - a simulation (Boston University/Natick High School USA)
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Fun and Interesting
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1. Indus Valley exploration (The BBC, UK)
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2. Time warp trio - India 720 (timewarptrio.com)
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3. Himalayan hike game (pbs.org)
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4. Snapshot tour of India (pbs.org)
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5. Exploring Himalayan art (tibetart.com)
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6. Voyage into archaeology (Simon Fraser University, Vancouver Canada)
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7. Greatest places (greatestplaces.org)
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Museums
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1. National museum of India (Government of India)
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2. National Museum of Pakistan
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3. Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts: check slide shows on right (ignca.nic)
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4. Indian museum, Kolkata (Indian Museum, Calcutta)
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5. Government museum Chennai (Government of Tamilnadu, India)
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Tasks and Assignments
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1. Indus Valley Civilization (harappa.com)
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2. Indus valley discussions, worksheets, and follow ups (British Museum, UK)
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3. Ancient India textile project (historyforkids.com)
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4. India and China - simple quiz (glencoe.com)
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11. Miscellaneous Resources
Doing Research
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1. How to do research: the CMS approach see left side of page (Avi Luxenburg, Comox Valley School District, BC, Canada)
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2. The Research Process (Oregon School Library Information System, USA)
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3. Why should we study history? (schoolhistory.co, U.K.)
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4. Primary vs. secondary sources (Bowling Green State University, Ohio, USA)
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5. A student's guide to the study of history (historyguide.org)
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6. How to do history (bbc.co.uk)
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7. Archaeology - excavations and techniques (bbc.co.uk)
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8. How old is that - dating techniques (Minnesota State University, USA)
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9. Learn about the impact of conquests (bbc.co.uk)
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10. Family histories (bbc.co.uk)
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11. Sentences (actden.com)
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12. Writing paragraphs (actden.com)
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13. Writing essays (actden.com)
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14. Guide to writing a basic essay (Kathy Livingston)
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15. Turning Microsoft Word into a talking word processor (Paul Hamilton, SETBC)
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Translate. Traduisez. Traduzca. 翻译 . ترجم
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1. Babel Fish translation (altavista.com)
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2. Google Translate (google.com)
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Misc.
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1. World heritage sites in India (itopc.org)
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1. Himalayan art resources (tibetart.com)
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2. Indian coins (University of North Carolina, USA)
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3. Mughal coins (Reserve Bank of India)
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4. Exploring Pakistan (Government of Pakistan)
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5. India through foreign eyes (kamat.com)
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6. Modern National symbols of India (greetingindia.tripod.com)
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7. Indian painting in the classroom (askasia.org)
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8. The Dalai Lama (beliefnet.com)
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9. Indian calendar (webexhibits.org)
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Folktales and Stories
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1. The rupee tree: interactive story (The BBC, UK)
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2. Hitopadesha tales (culturalindia.net)
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3. Mandala tales and art (askasia.org)
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4. Jataka tales (culturalindia.net)
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5. Panchatantra tales - the lion and the rabbit (askasia.org)
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6. Panchatantra tales (culturalindia.net)
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7. The Great Panchatantra tales (panchatantra.org)
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8. Stories from Indian mythology (indolink.com)
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9. Tales from Ancient India (Fordham University, New York, USA)
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Classic Theatre and Puppet Shows
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1. Readers Theatre - Savitri or The Gifts of Wali Dad or The millionaire miser or How violence is ended (aaronshep.com)
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2. Using textiles to tell stories (British Museum, UK)
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Created by Stew Savard May 2005. Complete rebuild June 2008. All rights to "look and feel" reserved.
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Readability levels = easiest, = at approximate grade level, = advanced, = most difficult.