RS100 Lecture Notes - Krishna Janmashtami, Yuga, Holika
30 Jun 2013
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*** hindu from sanskrit, sindhu, meaning river, refers specifically to the indus river. *** all non-muslim inhabitants of the indian subcontinent. ***1920s, excavations revealed a vast civilization that flourished along the indus river valley between 3300 and 1300 bce. ***also called the harappan civilization after one of its largest cities, ***indo-european setters known as aryans (the noble ones) migrated to and colonized india. ***pushed the remaining descendents of the indus valley civilization to the south of india. ***hinduism developed from a fusion of the religious traditions of these non-aryan cultures, often called dravidians (southerners) ***the oldest indo-european writings are the vedas written in sanskrit between. ***comprised of four collections: the rig veda, sama veda, yajur veda, and the. ***each veda is made up of four parts: ***the atharva veda samhitas contain assortments of magical rites and are very different from the rig veda samhitas.
