MMW 11 Study Guide - Final Guide: Wild Grass, Staff God, Unmixed
18 Jul 2013
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Mmw lecture notes- india: indus valley civilization, aryans, vedic culture. Relationship with nature- embeddedness, human beings are supposed to be a part of nature (asia) India is the home of the greatest metaphysical and spiritual reflections of the ancient world. Love of the body, culture of eroticism- kamasutra came from india not from this period of time though. Didn"t have royal palaces, it was an urban setting with greeneries. The had seals that was marked with letters-undeciphered. This culture disappears, some people believe caused by deforestation or change in climate or change in flow of river or too much demand on land. Some people argue it was an invasion from the north. Aryans showed up in the indus valley civilization. Priests somewhat became elite because they knew the sacred texts(not written down so sacred songs: old tribal assemblies of warriors died down, no oligarchy, became monarchy, several kingdoms, caste(portuguese)=varna(means color in sanskrit) Vaisya were agricultural people, farmers, common people.
