SRS 2195 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Vedas, Indus Valley Civilisation, Hindu Nationalism

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: SRS 2195
• Professor: peterbeyers

Document Summary

Part i: the british colonial period (18th-mid 20th century) India will have the most muslims eventually: hinduism; sikhs and jainism falls under it, unclear answer as to how much of population is hindu. From babur (beginning) to akbar, shah jahan, aurangzeb (1526-1707: the greatest extent of the empire was in 1687 (compared to ottomans whose peak was1683), expanded the empire, sri lanka never conquered = no indian rules apply there. Violence in north india that is never seen in sri lanka. The role of islam: official religion, but not imposed: conversions to islam: elites and the marginalized, conversions bring opportunity but govt included non-muslims (unlike. Not really, but they are arriving nearby, i. e. vasco de gama & Inefficacy of mughal empire started before europeans arrived; internal reasons: didn"t impose power until latter half of the century. Safavids (persians) had rough time during 18th century, not directly to do with. The last mughal emperor deposed in 1857, became a british colony.