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Indus Valley Civilization |
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| Early Kingdoms 1500-500 BCE |
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| Early Indus Valley Civilization |
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| Early Indus Valley Civilization (H) |
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| Mesopotamian term for India (Indus Valley) |
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| Commoners in Caste System |
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| Non-Aryans in Caste System |
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| Early kingdom on the Ganges |
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| Sanskrit Epic - Longest work of literature, tells of an epic battle (comparable to Iliad) |
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| Sanskrit Epic - King Rama rescues wife Sita |
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| God of Creation and Goddess of Bliss |
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| God of Destruction and consort |
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| Avatar of Vishnu, appears to Arjuna in Baghavad Gita and advises him. |
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| Baghavad Gita “Lord’s Song” |
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Part of Epic Poem Mahabharata
About warfare between kingdoms
Krishna - Avatar of Vishnu
Gives a large amount of religious instruction
Instructs king Arjuna on heroic and moral conduct
Has become a work of universal importance
Classic texts date to 4th /5th Centuries CE |
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Sacred Hindu texts dating to 8th century BCE (Devotional hymns)
-Emphasize mysticism, self-awareness and rebirth of soul |
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Buddha, 6th-5th Century BCE
oDevoted his life to renunciation of material world and teaching a spiritual alternative to the material world |
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| State of, escape from suffering |
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| Renunciation of material world |
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Founder of Jainism
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| Won’t harm any living creature, (ex: not walking on ants) |
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| First King, Mauryan Empire |
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| Buddhist King, Conquest of Kalinga, Embassy to Ptolemy, Rock and Pillar edicts |
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| Indo-Greek Bactrian King, gold coin |
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| Bactrian Indo-Greek King, became buddhist |
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| Capital of the Bactrian Empire in India |
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| Northwest Indian kingdom (1st-2nd C CE) |
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| Capital of Mauryan empire |
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| Art showing Greek/Indian influences |
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| King of Parata (Baluchistan)in 2nd C CE |
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Greatest Indian Poet, wrote under Chandragupta II
-Sanskrit plays and love poems |
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| Story of King Dushyanta, written by Kalidasa |
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