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Unit 1 Lesson 7: The Vedic Age. Lesson Title: The Vedic Age Lesson Question: What was the process and significance of Aryanization?
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Lesson Title: The Vedic Age Lesson Question: What was the process and significance of Aryanization? Lesson Objectives: The students will understand the discovery and origins of Indo-European peoples. The students will also understand the question of the Aryan conquest of India and the nature and process of Aryanization.
The Vedic Age 1500-500 B.C.E. Indo-Europeans Caucasus Region Pastoral Nomads Vedic Religion Sanskrit The Vedas, Rig Veda Animal Sacrifice Aryans = arya = high born, noble Mahabharata Dasa Varna System Brahmins, Kshatriya, Vaisya, Shudra, Untouchables Reincarnation Atman, Dharma Aryanization 1000-500 B.C.E. Gangetic Plain Urbanization Kingship
Formative Assessment Define Terms: Indo-Europeans Vedic Religion Varna (Caste) System Aryanization