10-19-12

indian empire

great indian mathmatical named aryabhata created PI to 4 places.

 

Astronomy: gupta made great advances but had lack of modern devices such as telescopes. first to discover seven planets in our soloar system

 

medicine: indian developed the technique of inocluation. inoclulation- injecting a person with a small dose of virus to help him or her.

literature: writin was developed in madurai in 100 A.D. still over 2,000 poems from there today. classical indian dances are based in dance teqniques.

 performing arts: indians arts of this time was religious. work is still admired today.

Aryabhata: first mathmatic- astronomy. his most famous work was Aryabhatiya. he was born in Bihar, india.

 

 

Hinduism vs buddhism Art

 

Buddhism: the art of asia. spread from india to all corners of asia. art often portrays buddha pr potenial buddhist

STUPA- Is a mound like structure

 Hinduism: hindu gods were common in hindu art. the art of india. known as indian art. art is used to invoke spirituality.

 contrast: the subject matter was the only difference between the art. beliefs had alittle influence on the indian artistic styles.

 

compare: the same artists created both hindu and buddhist art. both religious traditions sacred arrt often takes place in a mandala formation.

 

 

Hinduism:

THe three gods of the hindu triumvirate. vishnu is the preserver of the universe. shiva tries to destory the world in order to re-create it. brahama created the world and all its creatures. some ani,als are thought to be holy in hindu religion, here are some: cows and other milk products are used for worship.

Hinduism: has no founder. one of the oldest religions in the world. hinduism has about 1 billion followers. one cool aspect of hindus is they believe in karma. they worship in a temple.

aims of life: rightousness, wealth, desire, salvation.

they go along with the law of conservation of energy. energy cnan never be created or destoryed. only one form can  be changed into another.

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