Indian History
Early Indian Development
History II Honors
Mrs. Badger
DUE DATE: 12/15/11
Luke Perda
"Pledge Observed"
Throughout India's history numerous foreign forces controlled it. These outsiders included the Aryans, the Guptas, and the British. All three of these invaders influenced India in a unique way. This foreign presence in India's history caused a plethora of influences in their religion, education, government, and society. Many of these impacts are still seen today in Indian.
The Indo-European group, better known as the Aryans (derived from what they called themselves) began their reign of power in India in 1500 BCE (The History of India). The Aryans who were said to be ...
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included the priest, the warriors, and than those who took care of the cattle (The History of India). Aryan culture further influenced that of the Indian's with its enormous contribution to the main religion of India, Hinduism (The History of India). The Aryan collections of writing, known as the Veda, were written in the Indo-European language of Sanskrit (The History of India). It included content addressed to various deities, as well as myths, spells, and some philosophical conjecture (The Founder of Hinduism). The content of the Veda had been orally passed down from well before 1000 BCE for hundreds of years, because the ancient Sanskrit language did not acquire script until roughly 500 BCE. The influence of these writings is that they are regarded as the most authoritative and sacred Hindu scripture (The Founder of Hinduism). The effect is so great that Hinduism is sometimes referred to as Vedic Dharma, the religion of the Veda (The Founder of Hinduism). Overall, the ...
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"Arabic" numerals, which were carried from India by Arabs to the Middle East (Sandra Petersen). A final mathematical achievement made by the Guptas was the development of the decimal system, numbers based on ten digits (Elisabeth Ellis). The Guptas did not only influence math, but medical practices as well. Indian physicians used herbs and other antidotes in order to treat sickness (Elisabeth Ellis). Surgeons also practiced the medical process of adroitly setting bones (Elisabeth Ellis). A third medical discovery founded by the Guptas was the exercise of vaccinations, which were not used in Europe for another 1,000 years (Elisabeth Ellis). The classic phase enjoyed during the time of the ...
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