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Ancient India

Ancient India. By Joey Jen & Patrick. Ancient India social structure and daily life. Gods and Goddesses The gods didn't really have a part in community life. Priests and Scholars They and they were the ones who made the offerings to the gods. The Rajas and Their Noblemen

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Ancient India

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  1. Ancient India By Joey Jen & Patrick

  2. Ancient India social structure and daily life

  3. Gods and Goddesses • The gods didn't really have a part in community life. • Priests and Scholars • They and they were the ones who made the offerings to the gods. • The Rajas and Their Noblemen • The Rajas were the people who ruled the city and would give the Priests gifts so that they would teach them the Vedas. • The Noblemen were the people who were sent by the Rajas to guard the city.  • Merchants, Farmers, Land owners, and Craftsmen • These were the people who supplied the people with food clothing and other goods. • Servants, Workers, Wage earners • These were the people that served and did the jobs that nobody else wanted to.  These classes were called varnas.

  4. Social level at home • Men were the head of the house. • The children would be treated very unfairly. • They had no say in what happened to them or anyone in the family, and they could be treated any way by their parents, especially their father. • The girls were unwanted, and the boys were treated better, and with more respect. • Otherswould pray at a temple that their friends and relatives would have boys.

  5. Daily life in The Gupta Empire • It was the time of peace and prosperity which led to greatest achievements in the every walk of life. • They had religious freedom. • Criminals were never put to death. Instead, they were fined for their crimes. • Rewards of money were given to writers, artists, and scholars to encourage them to produce wonderful work, and they did. • People were paid by the state for welfare projects like building of roads and other public works. • Food was vegetarian and non- vegetarian but influence of Jainism and Buddhism saw people eating more vegetables, fruits, cereals, breads, and drink milk. • People used to play chess, polo and cards. Martial arts including fencing, wrestling was very popular among people. They went for hunting as well.

  6. Buddhism • is a dharmic, non-theistic religion, a philosophy, and a life-enhancing system of psychology. • Buddha was born in Lumbini (now in Nepal), and that he died aged around 80 in Kushinagara (India). • Eventually, Indian Buddhism became virtually extinct, except in parts of Nepal • Southern Buddhism, or Theravada , or Pali Buddhism - practiced mainly in Sri Lanka, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and parts of Malaysia, Vietnam, China and Bangladesh (Southeast Asia) • Eastern Buddhism, or East Asian Buddhism, or Chinese Buddhism, or Sino-Japanese Buddhism - practiced predominantly in China, Vietnam, Korea, Japan, Singapore and parts of Russia • Northern Buddhism, or Tibetan Buddhism, or Tibeto-Mongolian Buddhism - practiced mainly in Tibet, Mongolia, Bhutan and parts of Nepal, India, China and Russia.

  7. The Four Noble Truths/ The Noble Eightfold Path • The Four Noble Truths • The Buddha taught that in life there exists in the following places sorrow / suffering which is caused by desire and it can be cured (ceased) by following the Noble Eightfold Path. This teaching is called the Catvāry Āryasatyāni, the "Four Noble Truths". • Suffering: Birth is suffering, aging is suffering, illness is suffering, death is suffering; union with what is displeasing is suffering; separation from what is pleasing is suffering; not to get what one wants is suffering; in brief, the five aggregates subject to clinging are suffering. • The cause of suffering: The desire which leads to renewed existence (rebirth) (the cycle of samsara) • The cessation of suffering: The cessation of desire. • The way leading to the cessation of suffering: The Noble Eightfold Path • The Noble Eightfold Path is the way to the cessation of suffering, the fourth part of the Four Noble Truths. This is divided into three sections : Sila (which concerns the physical bodily actions), Samadhi (which concerns the 'Conscious' mind) and Panna (which concerns the 'Unconscious' mind).

  8. Architecture: • Mughal architecture used by Persians as well as Islamic • Mughal architecture began in 1526 during Mughal dynasty under the rule ofemperor Babur • during this time that the Taj Mahal was constructed (1648) in Agra, Indiaand Shalimar Gardens • characteristics of Mughal architecture:                            -perfect radial or bilateral symmetry                             -marble used for surface                             -garden surrounding the building or temple                             -indentures and carvings on the outer surface of marble stone • Historical Significance: • many mosques and Islamic and Persian structures built using Mughalarchitecture • descriptive carvings leave behind detailed history of what life waslike in ancient India during the 16th century under Mughal reign

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