RLG 208 notes week 1
South Asian Religion Notes Week 1
Hindu: Persian term for people living below the Hindus river. It wasn't till the 1850s the term hinduism was used. Hindus would call themselves in relation to their communities and which Gods they held as dominant. There is no shared system of belief and not a single historical point of origin for the name or foundation for the religion as a whole. It encompasses a variet and number of different religious groups which hold some similarities but are very diverse.
orientalism: how western scholars view the east
Colonial British translate texts with Sanskrit scholars and make certain views/practices more important and dominant.
Lex Loci Act 1845: establish british common law in India, property laws.
Cast Disabilities Removal Act, 1850: enshrines religion in personal law (funeral laws, marriage). Grouped sikhs and hindus together kept christians and muslims separate. After the law many groups were forced to be indentified as Hindu. They kept track of people and populations everyone had an identity.
South Asian Religion Notes Week 2
Indus Valley Civilization
• Largest of the great civilizations. There are almost no usable artifacts, many questions are not answered such as ones of language and economy etc
• Collapsed and died out, no one really knows what happened to it
• Situated in modern day Pakistan, by the Indus (Sindu) river
• Harappa, one of the main remains of the civilization, Mohanjo-Daro (similar cities) Both cities were separated by great distances and were similar hence there is signs of a government and structure in the civilization
• All evidence found is of material remains through archeology (strata)
• Neolithic – indus valley civilization arose from the Neolithic civ.
• Early theory of demise: violent conflict, everyone was killed (no evidence of the conflict was found)
• More recent theory of demise: climactic/economic demise (evidence exists) possible de forestation. Abrupt
Hindu: Persian term for people living below the Hindus river. It wasn't till the 1850s the term hinduism was used. Hindus would call themselves in relation to their communities and which Gods they held as dominant. There is no shared system of belief and not a single historical point of origin for the name or foundation for the religion as a whole. It encompasses a variet and number of different religious groups which hold some similarities but are very diverse.
orientalism: how western scholars view the east
Colonial British translate texts with Sanskrit scholars and make certain views/practices more important and dominant.
Lex Loci Act 1845: establish british common law in India, property laws.
Cast Disabilities Removal Act, 1850: enshrines religion in personal law (funeral laws, marriage). Grouped sikhs and hindus together kept christians and muslims separate. After the law many groups were forced to be indentified as Hindu. They kept track of people and populations everyone had an identity.
South Asian Religion Notes Week 2
Indus Valley Civilization
• Largest of the great civilizations. There are almost no usable artifacts, many questions are not answered such as ones of language and economy etc
• Collapsed and died out, no one really knows what happened to it
• Situated in modern day Pakistan, by the Indus (Sindu) river
• Harappa, one of the main remains of the civilization, Mohanjo-Daro (similar cities) Both cities were separated by great distances and were similar hence there is signs of a government and structure in the civilization
• All evidence found is of material remains through archeology (strata)
• Neolithic – indus valley civilization arose from the Neolithic civ.
• Early theory of demise: violent conflict, everyone was killed (no evidence of the conflict was found)
• More recent theory of demise: climactic/economic demise (evidence exists) possible de forestation. Abrupt