Transcript spoken language of the aryans - major language of india

SPOKEN LANGUAGE OF
THE ARYANS - MAJOR
LANGUAGE OF INDIA
SANSKRIT
CHIEF OF
ARYAN
TRIBES
RAJAH
TRIBES OF PEOPLE FROM
EUROPE WHO INVADED INDIA
- NAME MEANS “NOBLE
ONES”
ARYAN
MAJOR PASSAGE WAY
THROUGH THE HINDU KUSH
MOUNTAINS
KHYBER
PASS
PERIOD THAT RAN FROM
1200 TO 500 B.C. - LIFE
EVOLVED AROUND THE
VEDAS (RELIGIOUS BOOKS)
VEDIC AGE
LOCATED NORTHWEST OF
INDIA - IT FORMED A
NATURAL BARRIER
HINDU KUSH
MOUNTAINS
LOCATED ALONG THE
GANGES RIVER ALONG
NORTHERN INDIA
GANGES
PLAIN
FOUR RELIGIOUS BOOKS
“BOOKS OF KNOWLEDGE”
WRITTEN BY PRIESTS FOR
THE ARYANS
VEDAS
LONG
NARRATIVE
POEM
EPIC
NATIONAL RELIGION OF
INDIA - BASED IN ARYAN
RELIGION
HINDUISM
FOUR MAJOR SOCIAL
CLASSES OF ARYAN
SOCEITY
VARNAS
FIRST CLASS OF PEOPLE IN
THE VARNAS
WARRIORS
RESPONSIBLE FOR RUNNING
THE GOVERNMENT AND THE
MILITARY
KSHATRIYAS
SECOND CLASS OF PEOPLE IN
THE VARNAS CLASS SYSTEM
PRIESTS
RESPONSIBILITY FOR
TEACHING THE VEDAS (HOLY
BOOK)
BRAHMANS
THIRD CLASS OF PEOPLE IN
THE VARNAS
MERCHANTS, FARMERS,
CRAFTSMEN
RESPONSIBILITY FOR
FARMING
PRODUCING AND TRADING
GOODS
VAISYAS
FOURTH CLASS OF PEOPLE IN
THE VARNAS CLASS SYSTEM
UNSKILLED LABORERS AND
SERVANTS
RESPONSIBILITY FOR
SERVING OTHER CLASSES
SUDRAS
THIS CLASS OF PEOPLE WERE
CONSIDERED SO LOW THEY WERE
NOT INCLUDED IN THE CASTE
SYSTEM
THEY SLAUGHTERED THE
ANIMALS
OTHER CLASSES OF PEOPLE
THOUGHT THEY WERE UNCLEAN
THEY WERE CONSIDERED TO BE
SOCIAL OUTCASTS
PARIAHS
THIS SYSTEM WAS VERY
RIGID
ONE COULD NOT MOVE
FROM ONE CLASS TO THE
NEXT
BASED ON BIRTH
CASTE
SYSTEM
SUBDIVISION OF
INDIVIDUAL CLASSES
BASED ON OCCUPATION
JATI
PARIAHS WERE CALLED THIS
BECAUSE THEY WERE
CONSIDERED TO BE SOCIAL
OUTCASTS
UNTOUCHABLES
EPIC POEMS THAT OUTLINED
THE DUTIES OF INDIVIDUALS
MAHABHARATA
DUTIES OF THE MALES THAT
BELONGED TO EACH CLASS
IN THE VARNAS CLASS
SYSTEM
DHARMA
MAN CHOSEN BY GOD AS THE
FIRST KING
VIRAJAS
THIS WAS PART OF THE
MAHABHARATA
IT ILLUSTRATED THE
IMPORTANCE OF DUTY IN
LIFE
MEANS “SONG OF THE
LORD”
BHAGAVAD
GITA
TALE OF KING RAMA AND
HIS WIFE
DESCRIBES THE
STRUGGLE BETWEEN
GOOD AND EVIL
RAMAYANA
RELIGIOUS
WRITINGS
ALL LIVING THINGS
HAVE SOULS
UPANISHADS
RELIEF FROM GOING FROM
ONE LEVEL TO ANOTHER
MOKSHA
PHYSICAL AND MENTAL
EXERCISE
A STATE OF PEACE
YOGA
THE ONE ETERNAL
SPIRIT
BRAHMAN
NERGUNA
THE PRACTICE THAT
REQUIRES HINDUS TO
PROTECT ALL LIVING
THINGS
AHIMSA
REBIRTH OF
SOULS
REINCARNATION
THE IDEA OF WHAT YOU DO
IN THIS LIFE DETERMINES
WHAT YOU ARE IN THE
NEXT LIFE
KARMA