Indian Lesson

• Indian Civilization also known as Indus valley civilization or Harrapan civilization
• India known for celebration, landmarks, phoenetics, grammar books, chess
• Great contribution

  • Philosophy
  • Morality
  • Existence
• Epics

  Based on tradition, heroism
• Sanskrit

  Sacred language
• Hinduism

  • Third largest religion
  • Major religion in India
  • Has 900m followers
  • Oldest religion in history 4000 years
• Upanishads

  Series of teachings like karma, reincarnation, promise of paradise
• Religious text

  Word of God
• Torah - Judaism
• Bible - Christianity
• Quran - Islam
• Vedas - Hinduism
• Tripitaka - Buddhism
• Tao te ching - Taoism
• Zoroastrian Avest or avesta - Zoroastrianism
• Analects of confucius - Confucianism
• Rig veda 1,028 hymns

  10 books - Mandalas
• Sama veda

  Hymns about religious rituals
• Yajur veda

  White or black halves
• Atharva veda

  Spells
• Brahmanas

  Instruction for religious rituals
• Samhitas came from Mantras

  hymns about praise in various delties
• Manasa

  An ugly goddess who had no followers
• Chand

  Rich and powerful widoner
• Shiva

  Supreme God of Hinduism
• Lakhinder

  Chand's pride and joy