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The Geography of India. by: Eleanor Joyce City of Salem Schools. For thousands of years geography has made South Asia a crossroads. Trade routes brought merchants and missionaries. Two major world religions began in South Asia: Hinduism Buddhism.
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The Geography of India by: Eleanor Joyce City of Salem Schools
For thousands of years geography has made South Asia a crossroads. Trade routes brought merchants and missionaries
Two major world religions began in South Asia: • Hinduism • Buddhism
2500-1500 B.C.E Indus Valley Civilization started from immigrants from Iran They built cities such as Majenjo-Daro which was highly advanced.
Roots of Hinduism • 1500 B.C.E Aryans invaded from central Asia • The Aryans drove out the Dravidians • The Aryans brought with them the idea of a caste system.
Caste system is a rigid class system. A person cannot move between castes or classes. Hindus believe in reincarnation Cows are sacred. Sacred writing of the Hindus are the Vedas
dharma- every person’s moral duty karma-good is rewarded: bad is punished reincarnation- every person is reborn until they are released from the cycle of rebirth.
The Ganges River is sacred to the Hindus. • Highly polluted • Bath in the river to purify themselves
Buddhism founded about the same time as Hinduism. Founder Siddhartha Gautama Leader today is theDali Lama Buddhist believe in reincarnation. People reach the state ofNirvana
Since the mid 1700’s Britain controlled India Britain took away a thriving textile industry and exported the raw cotton to mills in England
Britain expected the Indians to purchase their ready made textile products. Many Indian textile workers lost their jobs.
During the late 1800’s Indians developed a strong sense of nationalism. Many Indians were educated in Europe.
One of those people was Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi. He led non violent resistance to England. Indians boycotted British Cloth.
1946 England agreed to give India its independence if they could agree on a government.
The conflict in India was between the Muslims and the Hindus
The only solution was to partition or divide India into Pakistan and India. The Hindus occupied India and the Muslims occupied Pakistan
Later conflicts developed between East and West Pakistan and the country of Bangladesh (formerly East Pakistan) was created in 1971
Within the past year, Pakistan and India have tested nuclear weapons. They are in conflict of a portion India known as Kashmir.
