Ancient India!
By : Sydney Wolf
Geography?
What was India's geography? - The Ganges River, the Indian ocean, and the himalya mountains.
What is the climate of India? - The climate of India is very tropical.
Why is India called a subcontinent? - The India subcontinent is a peninsula that is separated from Asia.
India's daily life?
There homes? - The typical house in the Gupta empire was manly made of bamboo or wood with a thatched roof. They usually only had one room and it was very rare if they had more than room also kings and queens usually only had one room.
There clothing? - The men and women both wore colorful robes. Specifically... Men: They wore robes with various colors. Women: Colorful robes with jewelry usually golf or other rare stones. Dhati, Sari ---> women.
There food? - The Indians usually just ate breakfast, lunch, and dinner like us. The Indians ate grapes, dates, barely, wheat, peas, melons, milk, fruits, nuts, and vegetables and that's not all. Most Indians were vegetarian so they didn't eat much meat.
Breakfast - Wheat, Dates, and water.
Lunch - Something simple like grapes and melons.
Dinner - Barely, peas, wine, and grapes.
Education? - Most people weren't educated but the higher cast were. But the universities of Gupta were so famous scholars from China came to be taught. There school name was Ashram.
Jobs?- There was multiple jobs. Such as ... Writers, artists, musicians, gurus, craftsman, scientists, farmers, and mathematicians. Later on when there government got bigger they higher/made more jobs such as.. doctors, barbers, weavers, carpenters, and goldsmiths.
Entertainment? - Children liked to play with whistles shaped like birds, small carts to roll down hills, toy monkeys that could roll down a string. The adults entertainment was usually whistles, swimming, dancing, having fun, and sometimes having religious ceremonies, playing chess, cards, martial arts, and wrestling.
So that's how the Indians usually lived there daily life.
India's governemnt?
Contribuations of India?
Math - The Indians created the zero concept and the number system.
Astronomy - Indians calculated the solar year of 365 days.
Medicine - The Indians performed plastic surgery and took care of inoculations (diseases)
Sports - India had martial arts, Judo, and Kate
Games - They played chess, snakes and ladders, playing cards, and polo
India's martial arts
India's number system overtime
India's solar year
The religion of Hindusim
Basic beliefs -
1.) Truth is eternal
2.) Brahman is truth and reality
3.) The Vedas are the ultimate authority
4.) Everyone should strive to achieve drama
5.) Individuals souls are immortal
6.) The goal of the individual soul is Moksha
Also individual souls are immortal, only
Believe in one supreme being, but it
Takes many forms. Everyone strives
To do their dharma (job), and everyone
Should treat people well (karma).
Main gods and goddesses -
Brahma, the creator
Vishnu, the preserver
Shiva, the destroyer
Ganapati, the remover of obstacles
Avatars of Vishnu
Rama, Krishna, Saraswati
Reincarnation -
The Buddhist religion concept of rebirth is often
Referred to as reincarnation and is a belief
That was held by such historical figures. Our soul still lives in are body even after we die.
Interesting Fact - In ancient India such a system was inspired by Hindu scriptures and implemented as a way to create a society in which all essential functions were addressed and all people assumed vital roles based on their abilities.
The religion of Buddhism!
Everything in life is impermanent and
Always changing
Because nothing is permanent, a life
Based on possessing things or people who doesn’t make u happy
There is no eternal on change soul and "Self" just a collection of changing characteristics for attributes.
Four Noble Truths -
Everything in life is impermanent and
Always changing
Because nothing is permanent, a life
Based on possessing things or people who doesn’t make u happy
There is no eternal on change soul and "Self" just a collection of changing characteristics for attributes.
Founder -
Siddhartha Gautama
And last but certainty not least an interesting fact! -
There are over 500 million Buddhists
Today. After Buddha's death, some of his followers had some differences of opinion
Which eventually led to their breaking away and forming separate kinds of
Buddhism.
That's all my information. Hope you enjoyed!