World Civ Ancient India

large ancient city of the Indus civilization located in present-day Pakistan

Ancient City of the Indus civilization, located in present-day Pakistan

the blending of two or more cultures.

A collection of prayers,hymns, and other religious teachings developed in Ancient India beginning around 1500 B.C.

In Ancient India, the elected warrior chief of an Aryan Tribe.

In the Vedic society of Ancient India a personality trait that determined a person's occupation: later a category in India's caste system.

priests

leaders or exercised power

Those who sought to own land or engage in business.

Those who worked with their hands.

Describes how the universe was created from the body of a divine universal being referred to as purusha.

the written language of the Aryans.

In the belief system established in Vedic India , a single spiritual power that resides in all things.

person who devotes his or her life to seeking direct communication with the divine.

India's greatest epic

Sacred Song reflects important Hindu religious beliefs about the immortality of the soul and the value of performing one's duty.

Recounts the fantastic deeds of the daring hero Rama and his beautiful bride Sita.

That it was a well planned city and organized government, they traded and exchanged with other countries, most of them were farmers, they were polytheistic and had a mysterious decline that was most likely caused by severe flooding.

Harappa & mohenjo-daro are designed almost the same and both have huge storage warehouses, they had a lot of surplus food and all laid out in a grid pattern, wide streets, houses built of clay bricks of a standard size, complex plumbing systems and lastly they had uniform system of measuring/weighting advanced irrigation systems

a section of the Vedas that address mystical questions related to Hinduism.

To Hindus, every person has an essential self

The ultimate goal of existence, Hindus believe in

the rebirth of the soul in another bodily form.

refers to both action and result.

the religious and moral duties of an individual.

nonviolence

social groups into which people are born and which can rarely be changed

they had jobs such as digging graves,cleaning streets, or turning animal hides into leather and were so impure

The guy who found Buddhism and whose teachings spread throughout Asia

is a large sacred fig tree located in Bodh Gaya, Bihar, India. Siddhartha Gautama, the spiritual teacher who became known as the Buddha, is said to have attained enlightenment or Bodhi circa 500 BCE under it.

Also known as Siddhartha Gautama was a wandering ascetic and religious teacher who lived in South Asia during the 6th or 5th century BCE and founded Buddhism.

More simply put, suffering exists; it has a cause; it has an end; and it has a cause to bring about its end.

right view, right resolve, right speech, right conduct, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right samadhi

The final goal in Buddhism

Buddha's teachings that are in a sacred texts

People who spread Buddhism across India into many parts of Asia

subgroups

Religion that closely followed Buddha's original teachings. It required a life devoted to hard spiritual work. Only the most dedicated seekers, such as monks and nuns could hope to reach nirvana

easier for ordinary people to follow. Even though the Buddha had forbidden followers to worship him. Mahayana Buddhists pictured him and other holy beings as compassionate gods. People turned to these gods for help in solving daily problems as well as in achieving salvation.

You have to have dharma so then you can achieve karma and get reincarnated and can achieve enlightenment or moksha.

through overlapping beliefs of different groups in India

gave people a sense of identity and independence, provide the social framework for an efficient/tightly controlled society, A citizen had a single role to fill and created stability

The four noble truths help to understand the eightfold path and commit oneself to the eightfold path. These two very important concepts help to reach nirvana or enlightenment.

After Buddha's death his followers gathered all of his teachings and put them into a sacred text called the " Tripitaka".

Greek ambassador to the Mauryan court.

ideas that opposed those of the government

The most honored Maurya emperor was Chandragupta’s grandson

This kingdom left a rich and diverse literature. these poets described fierce wars, heroic deeds, and festive occasions, along with the ordinary routines of peasant and city life. These kingdoms were Cheras, Cholas, Pandyans and Pallavas

period of great cultural achievement.

The greatest Gupta poet and playwright

in which several generations of parents and children shared a common dwelling.

the father or oldest male headed the household. Because he was thought to have wisdom and experience, the head of the family enjoyed great authority.

payment to the bridegroom, and financed the costly wedding festivities

the female divine, who is believed to be ruthless against evil.

After he fought a bloody war he turned his back on further conquests and he converted to Buddhism by rejecting violence and resolved to rule by moral example. He also stopped eating meat and limited animal sacrifices and lastly sent missionaries to spread Buddhism throughout Asia.

• mathematical advances (invention of the decimal system)

• the golden age because of all the extensive developments and brilliant works

• rich literature (Kalidasa, folk tales/songs in Sanskrit)

• art and architecture

A daughter would learn that as a wife she would serve and obey her husband and his family, a son learned the rituals to honor ancestors, and parents were arranging good marriages for their children based on the caste system

beyond the villages were farm land that grew wheat, rice, cotton sugar cane and more crops. Farming depended on if the summer brought monsoons. If there was two little rain then that meant famine and if there was too much rain that meant famine. And lastly they had to give the landowner a part of each harvest and the villages produced all their food and goods but they also traded for other manufactured goods.

• both civilizations focused on trade

• Gupta advances ( mathematics, astronomy arts/literature)

• religious beliefs ( Ashoka's edicts/pillars, caste system, and religious texts)