South Asia Teaching Resources — Audrey Truschke
Using India: 5,000 Years of History on the Subcontinent for teaching? Check out these supplementary materials (public domain or fair use) that pair well with the book! Map Quiz - Premodern (pre-1500) and Modern (post-1500), w/ answers Map Quiz Harappa.com, especially around “Indus in 90 slides” as a primary source (part 1 and part 2) Video on Vedic memorization techniques (4 ½ minutes) Excerpts from Rig Veda Rig Veda books 2-3 (Jamison and Brereton trans) Sacrifice of the Cosmic man with brief introduction (Jamison and Brereton trans) and notes (Truschke) Excerpts from early Upanishads (Olivelle trans) and notes (Truschke) Excerpts from the Therigatha (Hallisey trans) Magadhan coins Baburnama and Jahangirnama excerpts (also useful with chap. 14) Baburnama select images: Drunken Babur Returns to Camp at Night, Lahore Babur visiting Ashram near Peshawar, Walters image and V and A image Walters Museum manuscript with many image Tilted empire map (corresponds with India, p. 242) Jahangir a