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Chapter 3: Classical India. Chapter Overview. Readings for Chapter 2. Sterns, Chapter 3 60-79- read the end first! Primary Reader Excerpts from the Upanishads (111) and Emperor Asoka, from The Edicts of Asoka (180). Indian Geography and History.
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Chapter 3: Classical India Chapter Overview
Readings for Chapter 2 • Sterns, Chapter 3 60-79- read the end first! • Primary Reader Excerpts from the Upanishads (111) and Emperor Asoka, from The Edicts of Asoka (180)
Indian Geography and History • Geography and culture would integrate classical India more fully with other centers of classical world than China • Geologically speaking, India is a subcontinent
Some Ideas to Consider • Unlike China, which emerged from an ancient civilization, classical India emerged when invaders built on the ruins of the vanquished Harrapan cultures of the Indus River • Religion played a key role in the development of classical India • Most diffused world religions originated in India and Middle East • Classical India characterized by the most rigid system of social class of any classical culture • Like China, the legacy of classical India continues in areas beyond (as evidenced by the spread of Buddhism and Hinduism)