Early Societies in South Asia

1. Early Societies in South Asia

2. Early Societies in South Asia • Harappan Society • Foundations of Harappan Society • The Indus River Harappan Society and its neighbors, ca. 2000 B.C.E.

3. Early Societies in South Asia • Harappan Society • Foundations of Harappan Society • The Indus River • Political Organization Harappan Society and its neighbors, ca. 2000 B.C.E.

4. Early Societies in South Asia • Harappan Society • Foundations of Harappan Society • The Indus River • Political Organization • Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro Harappan Society and its neighbors, ca. 2000 B.C.E.

5. Early Societies in South Asia • Harappan Society • Foundations of Harappan Society • The Indus River • Political Organization • Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro • Specialized Labor and Trade

6. Early Societies in South Asia • Harappan Society • Harappan Society and Culture • Social Distinctions

7. Early Societies in South Asia • Harappan Society • Harappan Society and Culture • Social Distinctions • Fertility Cults

8. Early Societies in South Asia • Harappan Society • Harappan Society and Culture • Social Distinctions • Fertility Cults • Harappan Decline

9. Early Societies in South Asia • The Indo-European Migrations and Early Aryan India • The Aryans and India • The Early Aryans

10. Early Societies in South Asia • The Indo-European Migrations and Early Aryan India • The Aryans and India • The Early Aryans • The Vedas

11. Early Societies in South Asia • The Indo-European Migrations and Early Aryan India • The Aryans and India • The Early Aryans • The Vedas • The Vedic Age

12. Early Societies in South Asia • The Indo-European Migrations and Early Aryan India • The Aryans and India • The Early Aryans • The Vedas • The Vedic Age • Aryan Migrations in India

13. Early Societies in South Asia • The Indo-European Migrations and Early Aryan India • The Aryans and India • The Early Aryans • The Vedas • The Vedic Age • Aryan Migrations in India • Changing Political Organization

14. Early Societies in South Asia • The Indo-European Migrations and Early Aryan India • Origins of the Caste System • Caste and Varna

15. Early Societies in South Asia • The Indo-European Migrations and Early Aryan India • Origins of the Caste System • Caste and Varna • Social Distinctions in the Late Vedic Age

16. Early Societies in South Asia • The Indo-European Migrations and Early Aryan India • Origins of the Caste System • Caste and Varna • Social Distinctions in the Late Vedic Age • Subcastes and Jati

17. Early Societies in South Asia • The Indo-European Migrations and Early Aryan India • Origins of the Caste System • Caste and Varna • Social Distinctions in the Late Vedic Age • Subcastes and Jati • Castes and Social Mobility

18. Early Societies in South Asia • The Indo-European Migrations and Early Aryan India • The Development of Patriarchal Society • The Lawbook of Manu

19. Early Societies in South Asia • The Indo-European Migrations and Early Aryan India • The Development of Patriarchal Society • The Lawbook of Manu • Sati

20. Early Societies in South Asia • Religion in the Vedic Age • Aryan Religion • Aryan Gods

21. Early Societies in South Asia • Religion in the Vedic Age • Aryan Religion • Aryan Gods • Ritual Sacrifices

22. Early Societies in South Asia • Religion in the Vedic Age • Aryan Religion • Aryan Gods • Ritual Sacrifices • Spirituality

23. Early Societies in South Asia • Religion in the Vedic Age • The Blending of Aryan and Dravidian Values • The Upanishads

24. Early Societies in South Asia • Religion in the Vedic Age • The Blending of Aryan and Dravidian Values • The Upanishads “That which is the subtle essence, in it all that exists has its self. It is the True. It is the Self, and you, Svetaketu, are it.” - The Upanishads

25. Early Societies in South Asia • Religion in the Vedic Age • The Blending of Aryan and Dravidian Values • The Upanishads • Brahman, the Universal Soul

26. Early Societies in South Asia • Religion in the Vedic Age • The Blending of Aryan and Dravidian Values • The Upanishads • Brahman, the Universal Soul • Teachings of the Upanishads

27. Early Societies in South Asia • Sources From The Past The Rig Veda on the Origin of the Castes “The brahmin was his mouth, of both his arms the kshatriya made. His thighs became vaishya, from his feet the shudra was produced.” - The Hymns of the Rigveda

28. Early Societies in South Asia • Sources From The Past The Chandogya Upanishad on the Nature of Reality “That which is the subtle essence, in it all that exists has its self. It is the True. It is the Self, and you, Svetaketu, are it.” - The Upanishads