WHAP: Chapter 13- India and the Indian Ocean Basin

AP SKILLS (information use only)  Developments in South & Southeast Asia I can explain how several religions shaped South & Southeast Asia Hinduism & its core beliefs Islam & its core beliefs  Buddhism & its core beliefs (Buddhist monasticism) Sufism  I can describe how new states in South and Southeast Asia developed and maintained power Srivijaya Empire Khmer Empire

Introduction/Overview: (build CONTEXT) Buzurg ibn Shahriyar (10th cent)- shipmaster from Siraf (city on Persian Gulf coast), collected/observed other customs on distand lands in colleciton called Book of the Wonders of India (fictional tall tales, but reflected the times of trade networks linking lands) Connected world East Africa to SE Asia Different powers had control of various regions trade-wise, but no one had complete control India was politically divided India has big influece on development of intercultural zoneespidte politically division Big cultural influences in India: caste system, Buddhism, Hinduism, even Islam (7th cent.) Other countries Influenced by Indian techqniques of statecraft, religions, innovations (economic, cultural, and commercial) Indian ocean basin region moved towards economic integration Expansion of Empires (e.g. Mongol) had big role in increasing trade

Islamic and Hindu Kingdoms Overview/Context:  Gupta Dynasty resisted (350's-450's AD) nomadic invaders (same problem for Han and Roman empires). White Huns from central Asia invaded India (451 AD), and Gupta state collapsed (650ish AD) Turkish people known as the Mughals extended power across the subcontinent The Quest for Imperial Rule: Political division after fall of Gupta: local states content dor powerritory, Nomadic Turkish-speaking forced way into India (later integrated into caste system),  Harsha Kingdom (608-648) rule of one ruler, unable to restore premanent centralized rule