Discrimination India‚ the seventh largest country by area with over 1.2 billion people‚ has one of the most diverse religious life and traditions in the entire world. It is the birthplace of four of the world’s major religions‚ Hinduism‚ Buddhism‚ Jainism and Sikhism. (1) The Tribal communities of India are one of the oldest and longest surviving religious groups in the world today. With Hinduism being the largest religion in India‚ each of the traditions plays a major role in their society. A major
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1. Define the term Agricultural Revolutions and explain how it impacted the world. (Chapter 1‚ pp. 7-8 and p.11 two paragraphs before the subsection “Life in Neolithic communities”) 2. What was the most important result/benefit of the development of settled agricultural communities? (Chapter 1‚ p. 11) 3. Who were the earliest settled people in Mesopotamia and what kind of writing system did they use? (Chapter 2‚ section “Mesopotamia”) 4. Why did the status of women decline with
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The greatest of the literary achievement of medieval India is the creation of a body of devotional poetry‚ by successive generations of the saint-poets spread over several centuries. This newly formed literature emerged in Tamil Nadu‚ the growth and development took place between the sixth and the tenth century‚ and the major participants in this magnificent activity were a group of saint-poets known as the Nayanmars and the Alwars‚ Nayanmars are the devotees of lord Shiva and Alwars are the devotees
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HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE Roots of Indian Culture in Sindhu Saraswati Civilisation The Saraswati Civilisation A fresh study by a group of international scientists peesh confirms the dominant role of Saraswati river in sustaining the so-called Indus Valley Civilisation. [28] A new study titled‚ ‘Fluvial landscapes of the Harappan civilisation’‚ has concluded that the Indus Valley Civilisation died out because the monsoons which fed the rivers that supported the civilisation‚ migrated
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world and its glory was spread far and wide all across the corners of the earth. Throughout its history‚ India has evolved and reinvented herself. India is the birthplace and cradle of four popular religions of the world‚ namely‚ Hinduism‚ Buddhism‚ Jainism‚ and Sikhism. The contributions and achievements of Indians in the fields of science & technology‚ architecture‚ and culture is widely acknowledged. India one of the oldest civilizations in world has a long history. There are 325 spoken languages
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emerged as a richer culture after these Sikh religions. There are certain common links and bonds that unite people of different religions invasions. Indian is a composite cultural society where world religions like Christianity‚ Islam‚ Buddhism‚ Jainism‚ etc. have co-existed with Hindu and. Indian is a secular country and the Preamble to the Constitution of India justifies the fact. The Constitution guarantees each individual the freedom to profess‚ practice and propagate his religion. We believe
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Heritage Assessment Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V July 27‚ 2014 As nurses we come in contact with a wide variety of individuals‚ they all come from different backgrounds whether it is related to education‚ social class‚ ethnicity‚ or religion. Each individual has their own culture beliefs and it is our duty as nurses to recognize and investigate what those beliefs are to have a better understanding of them and to help guide us in providing the best possible care we can for each patient we
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his life travelling and preaching his ideology. Many of his hymns were composed during this period. They represent answers to the major religious and social problems of the day. During these tours‚ he studied other religious systems like Hinduism‚ Jainism‚ Buddhism‚ and Islam. He also visited numerous places of Hindu and Muslim worship where he learnt a lot of new things. Guru Nanak had a distinct sense and his mission was God oriented. Nanak believed that he was a messenger of God and God had commanded
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500 B.C.)‚ the status of women began to decline with the Smritis (esp. Manusmriti) and with the Islamic invasion of Babur and the Mughal empire and later Christianity curtailing women ’s freedom and rights. Although reformatory movements such as Jainism allowed women to be admitted to the religious order‚ by and large‚ the women in India faced confinement and restrictions. The practice of child marriages is believed to have started from around sixth century. Medieval period The Indian woman ’s
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Christian Reflection on Hinduism Introduction: This paper brings special features on the Christians reflections on Hinduism and reflects between the Hinduism and Christianity in the past or early history of Hinduism. Hindu Christian Relationship Christianity has a long history of relating to Vedic religion in South Asia‚ though it is only in the modern period that explicit Hindu-Christian interaction can be documented. “ Hinduism is an actable abbreviation for family of culturally similar tradition
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