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Classical India - Coggle Diagram
Classical India
Economocs
Compare with China (Q4)-
Chinese economy
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- political power in the hands of land lords
Indian economy
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- firmly agricultural at its base
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formed in the basis of
- personal military
- regional control
- divine rulers
- no single language
- hiearchy in religion
Society
Highest class in Aryan Society (Q6)- Why
kshatryias- warrior class & government
but during the epic agethe brhmans took over, signaling the importance of religous link in Indian life.
"sub-category" of varnas (Q7)- significance
political order (no need for political administration)
not allowed to cross (marriages, jobs, social habits (eat))
- Kshatriyas- warrior, government
- Brhamans- priest
- Vaisyas- farmers, merchants
- Sudras- common laborers
-untouchables- dirty jobs
women's role (Q8): :
SHown through laws and literature, women were greatly limited. (arranged marriage) Due to the belief in patriarchy, women mainly participated in home economics
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Literature
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forms of :
- rituals
- songs
- poems
- epics
- stories
Themes from great epic poems:
- military adventure
- stressed lively story lines
Art
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major influences & key Aspects (Q5) religion, nature
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Astronomy & Science
Astronomer- Aryabhatta
- length of solar year
- circumference of the earth
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Medical Advancements
hospital
- stressed cleanness
- sterilization of wounds
- doctors had high ethical standards
dissection
- bone setting
- plastic surgery
- inoculation against smallpox
Mathematics
Valued Math? Comparison (Q2)
Valued greatly, built university centers (ex. Nalanda)
China- valued practical findings than math
numbering system
- concept of zero
- decimal system
- concept of negative numbers
- square roots
- table of sines
- value of pi
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