HINDUISM

• Hinduism originated from northwest india and is a big religion
• Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa were the major cities
• Magadha Kingdom the most powerful and conquered all other kingdoms
• The RAM from a Mesopotamian influence of Hindu Culture, including Persia and Greco-Roman western asia
• Hinduism main religion of India
• Hinduism is the worlds oldest surviving religion'
• Judaism is also a religion in india
• three chief gods: Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva
• Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva are the central figures of hinduism
• Belief in reincarnation, the soul comes back to life in a different body
• Caste system: priests, warriors, and noble, farmers and traders, laborers and servants, untouchables
• STUPA


  earlyu buddhist structure
• GUPTA ARCHITECTURE


  the first free standing hindu temples were constructed with features such as towers and projecting niches
• DURGA TEMPLE


  richly decorated with architectural sculpture such as figures of Durga and Shiva
• DEVADASI


  professional female dancers
• TEMPLE or DEVALAYA


  was considered the dwelling place of a particular god
• NAGARA TEMPLES


  • have a sloping curve as they rise, have decorative arches known as gavakshas and are topped by an amalaka
  • a large fluted stone disk and also a small pot and finial
• DRAVIDA TEMPLES

  • the towers are more dome-like with cornices, and are topped by another smaller dome
  • walls have regular entablures which often contain sculpture
• VESARA TEMPLES


  combination of Nagara and mDravida
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• HINDU ARCHITECTURE


  has evolved over the centuries from simple-rock cut cave shrines to massice ands ornate temple
• TORANA 


  ornamental or arched gateway for ceremonial purposes seen in hindu and buddhist
• RATHA


  facet or vertical offset projection on the plan of the sanctum
• GOPURAM or GOPURA

  monumental entrance tower