Hinduism
- deities
- thousands of leser deiteis
- 3 main deities
- Brahma-creation
- Vishnu-preseent
- Shiva-destruction
- Facts
- 3rd largest religion
- no single founder
- worship in a temple
- written in sanskrit
- eight inportant hindu festivals
- Principals
- includes laws and prescriptions
- daily moral
- intellectual and philosophical points of view
- oldest living religion
- Scriptures
- Shruti(heard)-heard the truths of the universe from the things around them and translated them into words humans can understand. Made of Vedas and Upanishads
- Smriti(memorized)-poetry and epics explains the truths through symbolism and mytholohy rules
- Brahma
- known as creator of the world and vedas, the hindu scripture
- wife is Saraswati, commonly known as the mother of the Vedas
- Father of Manu, who all humans are descendent of
- Vishnu
- he is commonly known as narayana
- described as having the devine color of water filled clouds
- four amred and holding a lotus
- he is God of the present
- Shiva
- major Hindu Gods
- transformer and destroyer of them
- most powerfull
- 4 inportant things
- creator
- preserver
- destroyer
- concealer
- revealer
- also known as Rudra
- depicted slaying demons
- involved in deep meditation
Military Conquests
- hisrorians considered these conquers of this time the bloodiest chapter of human history
- lots of good rulers during tis time
- 500 Bc the ascetic prince Mahavira founds Jainism in northen india
- himilayan mountains split india from the rest of Asia leaving many kindgdoms open for battle
- most warfare was between indian kingdoms
- elephants and bamboo bows
- Alexander the Great wanatedd to take over India
- Shishunaga dynasty were the first to use catapults
- bow was the most deadly weapon in the military
- Maurya was large dynasty
- first empire to unite all of india
- chariots elephants infantry and archers
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