ANCIENT INDIA

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ANCIENT INDIA

• HINDUISM

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INDUS RIVER VALLEY

• Indus Civilization
• Planned Cities
• Piped water
• Polytheistic

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Mohenjo-Daro 2600 B.C.E.
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Wells Sewers
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Burial Pottery
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Harappan Burial
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Harappan Writing
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Aryans 1500 B.C.E.

• Dominate Indus Valley
• Metal tipped spears

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The Caste System

• Strict social structure divided into four Varnas
  (colors)
• Based on
• Occupation
• Extended Family
• Networks
• Born into for life!

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Hinduism

• Polytheistic
• Brahma
• The Creator
• Vishnu
• The Preserver
• Shiva
• The Destroyer

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825 Million Followers

• Leaders Gurus
• Sacred Animals The Cow
• Sacred River The Ganges
• Sacred Sound The Om
• Sacred Food Vegetarian
• Sacred Books The Vedas
• (hymns, prayers, magical spells, gods goddesses)

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Reincarnation

• At death, the soul leaves the body and is reborn
  in another person, animal, vegetable, or mineral.
• Where the soul is reborn depends on its KARMA!

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Karma

• The accumulation of good and bad acts of past
  lives.
• An individual spirit is born again and again
  untilENLIGHTENMENT

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Enlightenment

• Achieved by freeing oneself from earthly desires
  through worship, knowledge, and a lifetime of
  virtuous acts.

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