REL 2027 : Spring 2013 Exam 1 Notes On Hinduism
Document Summary
Indian religions: hinduism (oldest), buddhism, jainism (smallest), sikhism. India - cradle of religious thought; shared cultural religious world view: riverine cultures (river-based civilizations). Intro to indian religions: mesopotamia -> tigris & euphrates (iraq), nile river valley (egypt), yellow river valley (china), ganges river valley (north india). Indus river valley (pakistan) -> mohenjo daro & harappa (cities). Indian cultural context: north, languages were sanskritic (similar to greek & latin). Dialects included hindi, etc. , all related to sanskrit & dominated north india: south, languages were dravidian. Dialects included tamil, etc. , not related to sanskrit. Independence movement: muslims vs. hindus: determined india should be partitioned in west & east, west pakistan - muslim, hindus were to migrate further into india. Muslims would go west into what is now pakistan: same thing in east, to bangladesh, 1970s - civil war in east, bangladesh, primarily muslim, but there are hindus too.
