HISTORY 112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Rigveda, Mohenjo-Daro, Indus River
10 Sep 2016
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Key terms: arya ( aryans , habitus of hinduism (5 criteria, vedas, upanishads, devas, varna, brahmanism, atman-brahman, ashramas, dharma. Comprised of sacred texts, sacred places/things, sacred acts. What is hinduism : developed on indian subcontinent. 1881 british census of india: every native who was unable to define his creed, or of a sect of some such religion, was held to be and classed as a hindu : hindu is both widespread and variable. 22. definition is not positive identification, but a lack of identification with other religion. Hindu : sanskrit: sindh (water, sindh indus hindu = people of indus river valley, 711 muslim imperialism, hindu = non-muslim . Emerged or spread in south asia: 2. Gods: e. g. indra, agnim, brahaman, shiva, vishnu, devi, 26: pre-vedic period (up to 1750 bce) 27: vedic period (1750 500 bce) 28: classical period (500 bce 500 ce) 29: post-classical period (500 ce present)
