INTD 2045 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Guru Gobind Singh, Renuka
22 Nov 2017
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Lecture 2 - shifting geographies of india through. Name major indian empires and place them in history. Identify key philosophical issues within the bhagwat gita and discuss its significance to the gupta period. Name the four basic varnas of the caste system. Articulate an opinion about shifting notions of gender and caste in ancient india. The west seems to believe that other cultures and history are static. In reality ancient history is complex and dynamic. Hard to understand - the evidence is often piecemeal. Scholars who came before often didn"t understand the importance of average people. Colonial histories of india, beginning in the 18th and 19th centuries, overemphasizes the centrality of religion and makes indian society seem unchanging. That is often because that is what people wrote down. Ancient india was extremely dynamic, shifting understandings of religion, economy, statecraft, and ethics. This extends to the application of seemingly rigid concepts, including.
