indian advancements. quick review what continent is india located on? what is a subcontinent? what...
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Indian Advancements
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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 5 Varnas/Castes?• What were some of the Caste rules?• What is the largest religion in India today?
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• 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?
Quick Review
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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 – a long passage within the Mahabharata about Hindu beliefs
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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
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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 on top and had intricate carvings.
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Paintings and Sculptures
• Artists were well- respected people in ancient India• The paintings were very vibrant and made for Hindu and Buddhist temples.• Most sculptures were also created for Hindu temples and Buddhist cave temples
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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 7 of the 9 planets by studying the skies.