Ethice- Hindus were vegetarians, therefore, Hindus did not eat any meat product.
Beliefs- Allows the freedom to believe and worship. They belived the world is one big family.
Festivals- Hindusm has many festivals during the year.
Brama- first god in the Hindu triumvirate, god of creation.
Vishnu- was a god in the HIndu triumve=irate, Supreme god.
Shiva- was the destroyer or transformer amoung the triumverate.
History of Hindusm oldest and one of the most complex. Has no specific founder or theogy so its hard to provide good history about it.
India trade- Common trade items, Blackpepper, cinnamon, cloves.
Trade- India is one of the worlds largest diamond cutting and polishing country.
Silk Roads- An interlinking trade route across Afro-Eurasianthat connected East, South, and western india.
Caravans- A group of people carrying goods to trade with people far away. Include about 4,000 camales.
Trade facts- During the classical period India became a crassroads in a vast trade network.
Military Dynasties- Nanda dynasties-80,000 calvery 6,000 war elephants 200,222 infantry 8,000 armed.
Mauryan dynasties, Shishunaga dynaties, satavana dynasty.
Empires- Gupta empire- relied heavily on war elephants, infantry, archers, and they rarely used horses.
Weapons- The bamboo longbow- Made of bamboo, didnt warp as much composite bows of other cultures.
The war elephant- were used to charge enemy lines. Catapult- Capable of hurtaling things.
Tactics- Krauncha Vyuha- THe crane-shaped formation of an army. Vyuha- A winding ever- rotating circular formation.
Budism- Religion in the Indian subconttinent. Has a variety of beliefs, traditions.
Theravada- Oldest surviving Buddhist branche. Most popular religion.
Stupas- A dome- shaped structure erected as a Buddhist shrine there are 5 types of strupas.
Brahma- In buddhism it is the name for a type of exalted passionless deilty.
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