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States, Cities & Religion. 600-300 BCE. I. Shifting social context in northern SA II. Shramanic religious traditions III. 2 types of states IV. Languages V. Debating the Vedic corpus VI. Urbanism, trade & debate. I. Shifting Social Context in Northern SA. Cities States
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States, Cities & Religion 600-300 BCE
I. Shifting social context in northern SA II. Shramanic religious traditions III. 2 types of states IV. Languages V. Debating the Vedic corpus VI. Urbanism, trade & debate
I. Shifting Social Context in Northern SA Cities States Religious traditions Debate
II. Shramanic religious traditions Vedic criticism New forms of ritual & ethics Shramanas Gautama Buddha Mahavira
III. 2 Types of States Gana-sabha Kingdom Ganges Plain/Gangetic Plain
IV. Languages Dravidian family Austro-Asiatic family Vedic Sanskrit Sanskrit Prakrits in Indo-Aryan family
V. Debating the Vedic Corpus Katha Upanishad: later Vedic Kutadanta Sutta: Buddhist (shramanic) Samhita Brahmana Sacrifice
VI. Urbanism, Trade & Debate Did urbanism encourage speculation & debate? How/why? Did cities & trade support development of shramanic traditions? How/why?