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Hinduism test 1
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Religious Studies
Undergraduate 2
02/07/2008

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Term
Indus Valley Civilisation
Definition
  • 2500-1500 BCE
  • Also Called HArappan civilisation
  • India derived from Indus
  • Aspects of religious life suggest continuities with Hinduism EX. Ithyphallic proto-siva (T/F, is it really siva: not for sure), smooth linga, yoni stones, bathing tanks
  • Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro: Major sites
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The Vedic Period
Definition
  • 1500-500 BCE
  • Called the period of Brahmanism, rise of Aryan culture.
  • Veda formulated and ritual textx and dharma texts composed
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The Epic and Puranic Period

Definition
  • 500 BCE-500 CE
  • Composition of the Mahabharata and the Ramayana, and many Puranas
  • Great kingdoms: Mauryas:Buddhism under Asoka
  • Gupta Dynasty (320-500CE) marked classical period of Hinduism: art, literature, architecture
  • Sectarian traditions: vaisnavism, saivism, saktism
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Medieval Period
Definition
  • 500-1500 CE
  • Bhakti Hinduism developes (Visnu, Siva and Devi)
  • Poetry/literature in Sanskrit
  • Tantric Literature written
  • Islam enters ion 7th century, footholds in 8th
  • Islam controls N. India by 1200 (persecution)
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Modern Period
Definition
  • Rise of Mughal Empire
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