Hindu Perspectives

1. Dialogue Education Hindu Perspectives Hindu History THIS CD HAS BEEN PRODUCED FOR TEACHERS TO USE IN THE CLASSROOM. IT IS A CONDITION OF THE USE OF THIS CD THAT IT BE USED ONLY BY THE PEOPLE FROM SCHOOLS THAT HAVE PURCHASED THE CD ROM FROM DIALOGUE EDUCATION. (THIS DOES NOT PROHIBIT ITS USE ON A SCHOOL’S INTRANET).

2. Documentary You Tube Ganges(2 hours 30 minutes) Click on the image to the left. You will need to be connected to the internet to view this presentation. Enlarge to full screen.

3. GAMES • Click on an image above for a game of “Penalty Shootout” or “Hoop-shoot”. Try playing the game with your students at the start and the end of the unit. Make sure you have started the slide show and are connected to the internet.

4. The earliest evidence for prehistoric religion in India date back to the late Neolithic in the early Harappan period (5500–2600 BCE). Hindu History

5. The major Sanskrit epics, Ramayana and Mahabharata, were compiled over a protracted period during the late centuries BCE and the early centuries CE. Hindu History

6. Three major movements underpinned new epoch of Hindu thought: the advent and spread of Upanishadic, Jaina, and Buddhist philosophico-religious thought throughout the broader Indian landmass. Hindu History

7. Sanskritic culture went into decline after the end of the Gupta period. Hindu History

8. Islam came to India in the early 7th century with the advent of Arab traders and the conquest of Sindh. Hindu History

9. The oldest Vedic traditions exhibit strong similarities to the pre-Zoroastrian Proto-Indo-Iranian religion and other Indo-European religions. Hindu History

10. British Raj The entire subcontinent fell under British rule (partly indirectly, via Princely states) following the Indian Rebellion of 1857. Hindu History

11. Hindu Revivalism During the 19th century, Hinduism developed a large number of new religious movements. Hindu History

12. Active Hindu communities are to be found in all parts of the world. Hindu History

13. There are groups in India that are actively engaged in getting women and those from socially disadvantaged jātis to become priests of Vedic ritual. Hindu History

14. One of the foremost movements in breaking the caste system and educating the downtrodden was the Lingayat movement. Hindu History

15. The new movements look up to such people as Swami Vivekananda (pictured); Rabindranath Tagore; Ramana Maharshi; Shri Aurobindo (for his Integral Yoga); A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (founder of the modern Hare Krishna movement); Swami Sivananda, Swami Rama Tirtha; Narayana Guru,Jagadguru Swami Sathyananda Saraswathi, Paramhansa Yogananda; Shrii Shrii Anandamurti. Hindu History

16. In social work, Mahatma Gandhi, Vinoba Bhave, Baba Amte and Shrii Shrii Anandamurti have been most important. Hindu History

17. In Indonesia several movements favour a return to Hinduism in Java, Sumatra, Kalimantan, and Sulawesi. Balinese Hinduism, known as Agama Hindu Dharma, has witnessed great resurgence in recent years. Hindu History

18. Indology as an academic discipline of studying Indian culture from a European perspective was established in the 19th century. Hindu History

19. An important development during the British colonial period was the influence Hindu traditions began to form on Western thought and new religious movements. Hindu History

20. In the early 20th century, Western occultists influenced by Hinduism include Maximiani Portaz – an advocate of "Aryan Paganism" – who styled herself Savitri Devi and Jakob Wilhelm Hauer, founder of the German Faith Movement. Hindu History

21. Hinduism-inspired elements in Theosophy and ultimately contributed to the renewed New Age boom of the 1960s to 1980s, the term New Age itself deriving from Blavatsky's 1888 The Secret Doctrine. Hindu History

22. Documentary- The story of India - amazing BBC documentary series part (1 of 7) (2 hours 30 minutes) Click on the image to the left. You will need to be connected to the internet to view this presentation. Enlarge to full screen.

23. Bibliography • # Basham, A. L. (1967), The Wonder That was India • # Benjamin Walker Hindu World: An Encyclopedic Survey of Hinduism, (Two Volumes), Allen & Unwin, London, 1968; Praeger, New York, 1968; Munshiram Manohar Lal, New Delhi, 1983; Harper Collins, New Delhi, 1985; Rupa, New Delhi, 2005, ISBN 81-291-0670-1. • # Kenoyer, Jonathan Mark. Ancient Cities of the Indus Valley Civilization. Karachi: Oxford University Press, 1998. • # Majumdar, R. C.; H. C. Raychauduri, Kaukinkar Datta (1960), An Advanced History of India, Great Britain: Macmillan and Company Limited, ISBN 0-333-90298-X, http://dli.iiit.ac.in/cgi-bin/Browse/scripts/use_scripts/advnew/aui/bookreader/bookReader_public.cgi?path1=/server6/disk2/DATA%20SUBMITTED/An_Advancd_History_Of_India_Part%20II/&first=1&last=432&barcode=5010010000259 • # ^ Staal, Frits (1988), Universals: studies in Indian logic and linguistics, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, ISBN 0-226-76999-2 • # Ron Geaves (March 2002), From Totapuri to Maharaji: Reflections on a Lineage (Parampara), 27th Spalding Symposium on Indian Religions, Oxford. • # Singh, S.P., Rgvedic Base of the Pasupati Seal of Mohenjo-Daro, Puratattva 19: 19–26. 1989 • # Vijay Nath, From 'Brahmanism' to 'Hinduism': Negotiating the Myth of the Great Tradition, Social Scientist 2001, pp. 19–50. • # Wikipedia-History of Hinduism- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Hinduism