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1.
Building a Base of Knowledge |
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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 |
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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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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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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 |
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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 |
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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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Technology and Arts |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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Videos, Images, PowerPoints and Podcasts |
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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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WebQuests and More |
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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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Miscellaneous Resources |
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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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