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Early Civilizations of India
GeographyIndian Subcontinent
The subcontinent is protected North by the HimalayasHimalayas Northwest by Hindu KushHindu Kush
Isolated this area to develop cultures on its own.
Indus Valley Civilization2600 B.C
HarappaHarappa and Mohenjo-DaroMohenjo-DaroPresent day Pakistan - Indus river
Indus Valley CivilizationPlumbing, Sewers, Water Chutes
(well organized governments)
Regional TradeRegional Trade
To Persia:
From Mesopotamia
Indus Valley Civilization
1900 BC - the culture disappearsEarth QuakePlagueAryansAryans
Indus Valley Civilization
Aryan CivilizationAryan Civilization
2000-1500 BC AryansAryans migrate into India.
Chariots, Bows, Nomad
AryansAryansThey stopped nomad lifestarted farming in India – Ganges Plain
Began the Vedic Age
Aryan CivilizationAryan Civilization
VEDASVEDASEarliest Hindu Earliest Hindu Sacred TextSacred Text
Aryan Epic LiteratureAryan Epic Literature
Common languageSanskritSanskrit
Epic poems emerge
Rama and Sita
Aryan Epic LiteratureAryan Epic Literature
The Mahabharata The Mahabharata India’s greatest epic poem- outlines religious beliefs, immortality,
and value duties
Rama and Sita
HinduisHinduismm
No single founderGrew from over-lapping
beliefs of various people
One of world’s most complex religions
HinduisHinduismm
BrahmaVishnu Shiva
Most important gods wereBrahma, the CreatorVishnu, the PreserverShiva, the Destroyer
POLYTHEISIC
Aryan Religion and Aryan Religion and HinduismHinduism
Many gods reveal some Character of Brahman
Brahman a single spiritual power beyond the many gods and the Vedas
The Caste SystemThe Caste SystemAryan class divisions
groups into which people are bornsocio-economic roles (occupations)
Hinduism and Hinduism and The Caste SystemThe Caste System
Why would people continue to live this way for a couple thousand years?
Hinduism and Hinduism and The Caste SystemThe Caste System
govern all aspects of life to ensure
Spiritual PuritySpiritual Purity
Hinduism and Hinduism and The Caste SystemThe Caste System
govern all aspects of life to ensure
Spiritual PuritySpiritual Purity
Karma and ReincarnationKarma and Reincarnation
SaṃsāraSaṃsāra
MokshaMoksha- Liberation from the - Liberation from the
cycle -cycle -
Achieving Moksha – the Achieving Moksha – the goal of lifegoal of lifeReincarnation - the upward trek toward
moksha through rebirth
Reincarnation - the upward trek toward moksha through rebirth
Dharma - religious and moral duties.
Achieving Moksha – the Achieving Moksha – the goal of lifegoal of life
Reincarnation - the upward trek toward moksha through rebirth
Dharma - religious and moral duties.
Karma - refers to all actions in life that affect your fate in the next life.
Achieving Moksha – the Achieving Moksha – the goal of lifegoal of life
Reincarnation - the upward trek toward moksha through rebirth
Dharma - religious and moral duties.
Karma - refers to all actions in life that affect your fate in the next life.
Moksha – union with Brahman free self from selfish desires
Achieving Moksha – the Achieving Moksha – the goal of lifegoal of life
Reincarnation - the upward trek toward moksha through rebirth
Dharma - religious and moral duties.
Karma - refers to all actions in life that affect your fate in the next life.
Moksha – union with Brahman.
free self from selfish desires
Non – Violence (Mahatma Gandhi)
Achieving Moksha – the Achieving Moksha – the goal of lifegoal of life