MGT 3200 Chapter : Chapter 03
Document Summary
Indian religions: hinduism, buddhism, jainism, sikhism (youngest) Riverine culture: mesopotamia- tigris and euphrates (iraq, nile river valley (egypt, indus river valley (pakistan, mohenjodaro/harappa, yellow river valley (china, ganges river valley (north india) Indus river valley civilization: 2500 bce, harappa first discovered in the 1820s, mohenjodaro discovered in 1922, cities built on mud brick platforms, drainage systems, paved roads, metalwork and pottery, script still deciphered. Indian culture context: north/sanskritic, hindu, etc, south/dravidian, tamil, etc. Colonialism: british colonizers, from 1757, independence movement; mahandas, (mahatma) gandhi 1947, partition, west pakistan india east pakistan (bangladesh, pre-independence india. Indian religious world view: world is interdependent, spiritual evolution, moksha, (liberation from samsara, nirvana, transmigration/reincarnation, world of deities and spirits, empowering humans, mantras, asceticism, karma. Vedic culture: indo-europeans, aryas/aryans (means good/noble peopleprobably higher class people, sanskrit, iran, rig veda. *three margas* (margas=paths: karma marga, path of action, ritual and moral, jnana marga, path of knowledge, meditation and asceticism, bhakti marga, path of devotion, puja.
