Buddhism and
Buddhism- art of Asia, spread from India to all corners of Asia, Art often portrays Buddha or potential Buddihist
. Stupa-mound like structure used by buddhist as for a place of meditation, often performed in Mandala ashes of the decist. Hinduism- Hindu gods were common in Hindu, art of india, known as india art and is used to invoke spirtiually.
contrast-subject of matter was the only difference between the art, beliefs influence on the indi artistic styles.
Compare- same artists created both Hindu and Buddhist art. Both religion traditions sacred art often takes plce in a mandal formation(circle)
Military.. Maurya, Chandragupta Maurya may have been born in the powerful kingdom of magadha Chandraputa gathered an army killed the unpopular nanda king, and in about 321 B.C
Expansion- after he took over the nanda dynasty he started rapidly moving westward across central and western india. After alexander died chandragupta starting taking the land that alexander had conqured from the satraps left by alexander. At its greatest point it had streched to the north along thr natural boundaries of the Himalayas and into the east which is now assam. To the west it streched to modern day Pakistan. It was also in parts of present day afganistan.
Conclusion- The Maurya Empire was the biggest to rule the indian subcontinent. Until the British arrived. It ended in 185 B.C with the foundation of the sunga dynasty. Kalidasa- Author.
Hinduism- Bolded terms; three gods of the Hindu triumvirate, Vishnu is the preserver of the universe. Shiva tries to destroy the world in order to re-create it. Brahma created the world and all its creatures.
Cows- gave off milk. Peacocks- son of Shiva
Hinduism- has no founder but based of multiple traditions. IT is one of the oldest living religious in the world. Has about 1 billion followers. One cool aspect of Hindus is they believe in Karma. They also believe in reincarnation.
Aims of life- Dharma (righteounous) , Artha ( wealth), Kama(desire) and Moksha(salvation) are the four objectives of a Hinduis life.
Hinduism- they go along with the law of conversation of energy. Energy can never be created or destroyed. only one form can be changed into another. Basically what we call deth isn't the soul is simply transforming.
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