ANCIENT INDIAN CIVILIIZATION

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ANCIENT INDIAN CIVILIIZATION

• GEOGRAPHY
• Himalaya-
• Monsoons-
• North NE monsoons-
• SW monsoons-

• HARPPAN CIVILIZATION
• Water and sewer system
• Public bathes
• Two-story brick homes
• Bathrooms
• Garbage chutes
• Written language

• INDO-ARYANS
• Vedas-
• Sanskrit-
• Religion- gods were drawn from nature-
• Society
• Raja-
• Family was the center of the society.

HINDUISM AND BUDDHISM

• THE BEGINNING
• Came at the end of the Vedic Age
• Religious leaders questioned the Brahmin-
• Religious teachings
• Upanishads-
• Epics-
• CASTE SYSTEM-
• Started w/ the Indo-Aryans
• Born into your position and can only marry within
  that position.
• Four varnas- social position
• Rulers and warriors
• Brahmins
• Merchants, traders, farmers
• Peasants
• Pariahs-

• HINDUISM
• Reflects the belief that all things are of the
  same essence as God.
• Monotheistic
• Beliefs
• Maya-
• Salvation comes when we recognize and
  reject-
• Reincarnation-
• Dharma-
• Karma-
• Nirvana-
• Religious practices
• Yoga-
• Sacred cow-

• BUDDHISM
• Siddhartha Gautama-
• Born wealthy
• After seeing his peoples hardships he
  questioned the source for human suffering.
• He left home and upon his enlightenment became
  Buddha-
• Teachings of Buddha
• Reincarnation
• Four Noble Truths-
• Eightfold Path-
• Ethics-
• Suffering is caused by-
• Stressed selflessness
• Priest should live peaceful and moral lives in
  poverty.
• Caste system isnt important.
• Anyone can get to nirvana
• Buddhism splits
• Theravanda-

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INDIAN LIFE AND CULTURE

• SOCIETY
• Women were dominated by males Fathers, Husbands
  and sons (widows)
• Suttee-

• ACHIEVEMENTS
• Five Books-
• Drama
• Education based on social status-
• wealthy-
• lower caste-
• Math-
• Astronomy-
• Medicine-