1. ANCIENT s. asia

2. 6000 bce
Towns

3. HARAPPAN
Indus R.

4. Uniform
Streets, layout

5. Urban
40k +

6. Crops
Animals

7. TRADE

8. Wealth
Housing

9. Sewer system
Baths, showers

11. SOCIETY
Wealth
Organized
Govt.?

12. DECLINE?

13. INDO-EUROPEANS
Invasions
Aryans (noble ones)
Race?

16. Nomads

17. Class
Brahmans
Kshatriyas
Vaishyas (merchants)
Shudras (commoners)

18. VEDAS
Oral; later written
Hymns, prayers

19. Aryan shift: sedentary life
++ large cities

20. JANAPADAS 800 bce Agrarian states Consolidation
Maharajas: secular, divine

21. VILLAGE
Central
Family?

22. Patriarchal
Duties?
Two themes:
Pleasure
Protect from society

24. RELIGION
????
Rough, violent world

25. HINDUISM
Caste
Karma
Good/bad
Moksha
Dharma
“Acceptance”

26. BUDDHISM
5th cent. b.c.e.
S. Guatama

27. BELIEFS
End rebirth?
Suffering
Moral

28. JAINISM
Ahimsa: nonviolence