MARKET 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Indian Rebellion Of 1857, West Pakistan, Colonial India
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Both sides struggled against the british: the hindus under mahatma gandhi, the moslems under mohammed ali jinnah. In 1947, both countries gained independence, followed by the most massive population exchange in history: hindus in pakistan fled for their lives to india, moslems in india sought refuge in pakistan. Two hostile religions were represented by sovereign states and that made the conflict even more ferocious. Hinduism conceived of life as a never-ending cycle, where death simply meant passage into another incarnation of life: the incarnation in the next life depends on the behaviour in this life. The concept of inequality of people was expressed in the caste system, which formed the basic structure of ancient. Indian society four different castes: the brahmins priests, the warriors to defend the society, the merchants, the laborers. The bottom of the social pyramid were the outcasts, or pariahs untouchables . Buddhism was another religion widespread religion in india.
