Aryans Bring Changes to India

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Aryans Bring Changes to India

• Ms. Berry
• 6th Grade
• Social Studies

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Warm Up

• Map Practice Study your map for 5 minutes.
• Grab a white board, a marker, and a napkin.
• Put your maps away and lets practice!

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Who are the Aryans?

• Around 1500 B.C. large numbers of people began to
  migrate into India.
• 3000 years of migrations
• New ideas and customs introduced
• These earliest immigrants were known as Aryans-
  warriors and herders
• The word Aryan means noble

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Migrations Paths
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Why did they migrate?

• May have migrated due to overpopulation in their
  homeland.
• Traveled through the Hindu Kush into the Punjab
  and the Ganges plain.
• Defeated the local natives.
• Brought horses, chariots, and iron tools with
  them.

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Focus Questions

• Who were the Aryans?
• What paths did they take to get to India?
• Why did they migrate?
• 4. What did they bring with them?

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What is Hinduism?

• A religion that originated from the Aryans- still
  seen in present-day Indian culture and beliefs
• Sanskrit- a holy language used by the Aryans,
  thought to be spoken by the gods many languages
  that are spoken in India today are based on this
• Vedas- the four holy books, written in Sanskrit

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Hinduism

• One of the worlds oldest religions
• Believe in 3 main gods
• Brahma- the Creator
• Vishnu- the Preserver
• Shiva- the Destroyer
• Below these main gods are many other lesser gods

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Focus Questions

• 5. What is Sanskrit?
• 6. What are the Vedas?
• 7. What is Hinduism?
• 8. Who are the three main gods?

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What do they believe?

• Teach that people live many lives until they
  reach spiritual perfection.
• Reincarnation- the belief that the soul lives on
  after death and returns to life in a new body
• If you live a good life and obey religious
  teachings will be reborn into a higher social
  position.
• Those who do not lead good lives will return as
  lower life forms.

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Holy Cow!

• Hindus also believe animals have souls
• Cows are sacred animals so they do not eat beef

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Focus Questions

• What is reincarnation?
• Why are cows seen as holy?

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Compare and Contrast

• How is Hinduism similar to Christianity?
• How is it different?