Indian Society and Culture Chapter 2.3 Indian Caste Syste

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Indian Society and Culture

• Chapter 2.3

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Indian Caste System
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Sati

• Indian widows often practices sati
• They threw themselves on their husbands funeral
  pyre
• They would be remembered as a virtuous woman

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Stupas

• Buddhist stupas in Myanmar

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A Mongolian Stupa
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The Buddha
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Buddha in Japan
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Gandharan Statue 100CE
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The Kushan Kingdom
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The Gupta Empire
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The Ajanta Caves
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Gupta Art from the Ajanta Caves
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Kalidasa
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Muruga Meets Avvaiyar
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Brahmi Numerals
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Nagari Numerals
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Arabic Numerals

• From top - Modern Arabic (western) Early Arabic
  (western) Arabic Letters (used as numerals)
  Modern Arabic (eastern) Early Arabic (eastern)
  Early Devanagari (Indian) Later Devanagari

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Caraka examining the sick
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Caraka
In spite of the high ethics of the profession,
quacks and cheats existed. Caraka strongly
condemned the practice of medicine by unqualified
persons or self-styled physicians. He said, "it
is better to commit suicide than to get treated
by a quack."
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The Iron Pillar of Delhi