HIST 2A Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Indus River, Pranab Mukherjee, Pashupati Seal
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What role did vedic religion play in shaping the political and social picture of early. Mahatma gandhi, the fourfold division, and caste. 1921 - to destroy the caste system and adopt the western european social system means that hindus must give up the principle of hereditary occupation which is the soul of the caste system . 1926 - in accepting the fourfold division i am simply accepting the laws of. Nature, taking for granted what is inherent in human nature and the law of heredity . 1989 - student protests and the mandate of heaven, tiananmen square. China had lost the mandate of heaven - how we should look at transition between. India can be fairly isolated - hindu kush, himalayan range, arabian sea, bay of bengal, coastal areas -> trade; ganges river, indus river. Summer monsoons give rainfall and moisture - importance for agriculture.
