Question | Answer |
harappan civilization | harappan civilization was very advanced. most houses and bathrooms with indoor plumbing.
-Artisans made excellent pottery, jewerly,ivory,cotton clothing.high quality tools.
-writing system
-ended 1700s BC noone sure why
-natural disasters |
Aryan Civilization | historians think from central asia
skilled warriors
vedas_ poems,hymns,myths,rituals.Aryan priests
nomads
Sanskirt |
caste system | brahmins-india's priests seen as the highest varna
Kshatriyas-rulers and warriors
Vaisyas-farmers,craftspeople,traders
sudras-workers and servants
--UNTOUCHABLES not on it |
Jainism | based on the teachings of a man named Mahavira
Born into Kshatriyas varna around 599BC
Mahavira -monk
believed in nonviolence |
maurya empire and gupta | mauryan empire
1. Chandragupta maurya-converted jainism
2. maurya's son
3. Asoka-embraced buddhism
GUpta --- rulers embraced hinduism
chandragupta II
--both great ruler and spread the empires throughout india |
india's achievements | religious art
temples (remember the hollywood one)
painting and sculptures
sanskirt- Mahabharta ramayana
most famous bhagavad Gita |
Siddartha Gautama | the founder of Buddhism - he was a prince who was hidden from the outside world he was the buddha "enlightened one" |
hinduism | the largest religion in india |
HIndu Beliefs | they believe in many deities - Brahma the creator - Shiva the destroyer -Vishnu the preserver |
diwali | a festival of lights the lights represent innner light |
gandhi | was a great spritual leader believed in nonviolence |
basic beliefs | reicarnation |
buddhism | a religion based on the teachings of the buddha. |
BB | fastings meditation four noble truths- NIrvana the state of perfect peace |
nirvana | state of perfect peace |
buddhism spreads | missionaries spread the word about buddhism |
missionaries | asoka sent missionaries or people who spread thier religios beliefs |
two branches of BUDDHISM | Theravada and mahayana(biggest one) |
theravada and mahayana | theravada- follow exact teachings of the buddha -Mahayana- belived that other people could interpret the buddha's teachings. |