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Indian Achievements

Indian Achievements. Quick Review. What continent is India located on? What is a subcontinent? What is a monsoon? What are some of the Harrapan’s Achievements? How was the Aryan culture different from Harrapan? What are the 4 Varnas/Castes? What were some of the Caste rules?

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Indian Achievements

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  1. Indian Achievements

  2. Quick Review • What continent is India located on? • What is a subcontinent? • What is a monsoon? • What are some of the Harrapan’s Achievements? • How was the Aryan culture different from Harrapan? • What are the 4 Varnas/Castes? • What were some of the Caste rules? • What is the largest religion in India today? • How do Hindus believe karma effects reincarnation? • Who was Siddhartha Guatama? • What is Nirvana? • Describe what the Jains believe. • What did Asoka do? • What religion did Gupta promote?

  3. Sanskrit Literature • Main language of the ancient Aryans • During the Maurya and Gupta periods many works were created and later translated into many other languages • Mahabharata - one of the world’s longest sacred texts; a struggle between two families for control of a kingdom • Bhagavad Gita - long passage within the Mahabharata about Hindu beliefs

  4. Hindu Temples • Gupta temples were complex • Hindu temples had a tower on top and the outside of the temple had carvings in honor of the specific god being worshipped

  5. Buddhist Temples • During the Gupta period, some temples were carved out of a mountainside and contained beautiful paintings • The stupa (a type of Buddhist temple) had a dome and intricate carvings

  6. Paintings and Sculptures • Artists were well-respected people in ancient India • The paintings were very vibrant, and most were done in Hindu and Buddhist temples • Most sculptures were also created for Hindu temples and Buddhist cave temples

  7. Scientific Advances • Indians were the first to find ways to work with metal (metallurgy) to create tools. • The numbers we use today Hindu-Arabic numerals were created by Indian scholars. • Inoculation (injecting a person with a small amount of a virus) began with ancient Indian doctors. We still use the process when receiving vaccinations. • Astronomy - ancient Indians knew of seven of the 9 planets by studying the skies.

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