Funan Kingdom
1st - 6th Cent
Advanced irrigation systems
Regulated an overland trade route
King Harsha
606 - 648
North India
Young King, large army, unites northern India
Buddhist
Srivijaya
670 - 1025
Control of sea route between India and China
Entrepot
Umayyad conquest over Sind
711
Turned northern India into an Islamic state
Shankara
9th cent
Brahmin Philosopher
Logic
Platonism
Shiva
Chola Kingdom
850 - 1267
South India
Ruled the coastline
Trade and profits from it
Ankor
889 - 1431
Hindu and Buddhist temples
First Hindu, then Buddhist
Wat and Thom
Lost then rediscovered in the 19th cent
Mahmud of Ghazni
1001 - 1027
Raids on India
Destroyed Hindu architecture
Ramanuja
11th - 12th Cent
Brahmin
Philosopher
Emotion to connect w/ diety
Vishnu
Bhakti Movement
12th Cent
Hinduism mixed with Islam, similar to Sufis
Sultanate of Delhi
1206 - 1526
Islamic, Jizya tax on non muslims
Tolerant
Vijayanagar
1336 - 1565
South India, Hindu, city of victory, tolerant, founded by the two brothers
guru Kabir
1440 - 1518
Shiva, Vishnu, and Allah are the same diety
Melaka
14th - 15th cent
Taxed merchants going through the straight of melaka
Islamic
Important for trade
Entrepot
Dhows
Small lightweight fast boats
Junks
Big slower heavy boats
Brahmin
Priests / Leaders / Teachers
Kshaytryia
Warriors
Vaiasha
Merchants / Landowners
Sudra
Servants / Peasants