ANCIENT INDIA

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ANCIENT INDIA

• Prastuti Singh, Niina Al-Hassan, Alycia Rock,
  Dongyang Chen, Daniel Kim, Cody Johnson
• Period 2

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GEOGRAPHY

• Indian Subcontinent
• Aryans
• Dravidians
• Indus River Valley
• Ganges River Valley
• Thar Desert

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Political System
Aryans

• Harrapan Civilization

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Social Ladder
Brahmans
Kshatriyas
Vaisyas
Sudras
Untouchables
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Hinduism

• 3rd Largest Religion
• Origination

• Dharma, Karma Atman
• Mythology

• Worship
• Holy Books
• Reincarnation

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Religious Beliefs Within the Civilization

• Polytheistic (multiple gods worshiped)
• Hinduism is major religion
• Still remains most followed religion in India
• Ganges river used to cleanse sins
• Brahman is supreme god
• All three gods known as Hindu trinity

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World Impact of the Indian Civilization

• India has probably one of the biggest Impacts of
  the world today what other religion or lifestyle
  for example has survived for thousands of years?
  Hinduism, as a religion and as a lifestyle is
  probably the most significant world impact in
  India and one of the biggest around the globe.

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The Practice of Yoga

• Every religion has their way of achieving oneness
  with god for the people of India is was the
  process of Yoga, The word Yoga, literally means
  union it was a goal while practicing yoga to
  leave past life behind and achieve oneness with
  Brahman. This may not be used for this way all
  the time nowadays however many people use it
  because of its mental stimulation and its
  contributions to keeping the body in shape.

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Aryans

• Coming from the word meaning Spiritual, or
  Noble.
• Indo Iranian Race
• Sanskrit
• Archeology discovered in India

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Works Cited

• Jaffrey, M. (1985). Seasons of Splendor, Talks,
  Myths Legends of India. New York, NY Atheneum
• (2000). Vedas. World Book Millennium (20th ed.
  U-V). Chicago, IL World Book Inc. Pg 291
• Wilson, C. (1996). The Atlas of Holy Places and
  Sacred Sites. New York, NY DK Publishing Inc. Pg
  120-123
• (2006). Dravidians. Encyclopedia Americana (9th
  ed.) Danbury, CN Scholastic Library Publishing.
  Pg 361