Costumes in Post Vedic Period 600 – 323 BC By Toolika Gupta‚ Associate Prof. FD Delhi 1 Social life • Buddhism • Jainism • Forms of political organizations: – Republic – Monarchy • Ashvamedha Yagya • By about 5th century BC there were 16 major states in Northern India‚ but a hundred years later there remained only 4 vital states – the three kingdoms of Kashi‚ Kosala‚ Magadha and the republic of Vrijis. By Toolika Gupta‚ Associate Prof. FD Delhi 2 Social life continued… Of These magadha became
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Ancient civilizations The following 4 ancient civilizations all have very different types of development whether it be because the difference in geographical‚ economic or social location does not change the fact that these four civilizations have come (and some have not come) to present day extremely different from one another because of their different developmental patterns. Extremely early Egyptians began settling along the Nile during the Neolithic period. The Nile provided necessary resources
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1. In India 828 million people‚ or 75.6% of the population‚ live on less than $2 a day‚ compared to 72.2% in Sub-Saharan Africa.[ The World Bank further estimates that fully one third (33%) of the world’s poor reside in India. According to the latest (as of December 2008) World Bank estimates on poverty‚ based on 2005 data‚ 256 million Indians‚ or 41.6% of the country’s population‚ survive below the updated international poverty line of $1.25 (PPP) per day 2. Although Indian economy has
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month of fasting (sawm). The religious Eid is a single day and Muslims are not permitted to fast that day. The holiday celebrates the conclusion of the 29 or 30 days of dawn-to-sunset fasting during the entire month of Ramadan. MAHAVIR JAYANTI In Jainism‚ Mahavir Jayanti‚ also known as Mahavir Janma Kalyanak‚ is the most important religious holiday. It celebrates the birth of Mahavira‚ the last Tirthankara. On the Gregorian calendar‚ the holiday occurs either in March or April.He was born on the thirteenth
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ABSTRACT 1.INTRODUCTION 2.COMMON SUPERTITIONS 3.1. Superstitions & Blind Beliefs Related to Numbers 3.2. Superstitions & Blind Beliefs Related to Days 3.3.Superstitions & Blind Beliefs Related to Directions 3.4. Superstitions & Blind Beliefs Related to Animals 4.TOP 5 SUPERSTITION BELIEFS FOLLOWED IN INDIA 4.1.eclipse 4.2.eye twitching 4.3.Saturday 4.4.widows 4.5.cutting hairs and nails 5.CONCLUSION Common superstitions: * people do not sweep their
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and second-largest by population with over 1.2 billion people and most populous democracy in the world. Home to the Indus Valley Civilization and a region of historic trade routes and vast empires. Four major world religions‚ Hinduism‚ Buddhism‚ Jainism and Sikhism originated there‚ while Zoroastrianism‚ Judaism‚ Christianity and Islam arrived in the first millennium CE and shaped the region’s diverse culture. Agriculture is not only the dominant occupations of the people of India but is also one
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Essay on the Untouchability – The practice of ‘untouchability’ is a stigma attached to the Hindu society. It is an age-old one. It has its roots deep down in our social and religious system. Gandhiji regarded this practice as “a leper wound in the whole body of Hindu politic”. He even considered it as “the hate fullest expression of caste.” It is very difficult to give a clear definition of untouchability. The word ‘untouchable’ applies to the despised and degraded section of the Hindu population
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ethics‚ health‚ wealth‚ power‚ fulfillment of desires‚ and the transcendental realization (pg. 71). Looking into Hinduism further‚ it is not easily separated fully from other dharmic traditions that have been arisen in India that includes Buddhism‚ Jainism‚ and Sikhism‚ because there has been an extensive cross-pollination among them (pg. 71). Hinduism has spiritual expressions that range from extreme asceticism to an extreme sensuality that come from the heights of personal devotion to a deity to
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God of War versus Bodhisattva of Compassion Art 3 Asian Art History Survey Two cultures‚ Hindu and Buddhist‚ which have many differences and produce so many different forms of art‚ are a little difficult to compare. Let alone comparing the cultures‚ but to compare two artworks can be a little bit of a challenge. These two cultures’ artworks are highly centered on their religious beliefs and their traditions.4 The artwork I have chosen from Hinduism is titled: Kattikeya
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and everyone who practices it uses different scriptures that say different things. People that practice Hinduism do not see it as a single religion‚ but they see it as a collection of religions. Some of the religions that stem from Hinduism are Jainism‚ Buddhism
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