India Officially the Republic of India,is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largestcountry by area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world. Home to the ancient Indus Valley Civilization and a region of historic trade routes and vast empires, the Indian subcontinent was identified with its commercial and cultural wealth for much of its long history. India might not be as wealthy as other countries but it had contributed so much in our way of living and so let us now enter the doors to India’s prosperous history.
First off are the people who first lived in their lands
Aryans
The Aryans were the first group of people to conquer India. They were said to have lived in Indus. Models such migration discuss scenarios of prehistoric migrations of the early Indo-Aryans to their historically attested areas of settlement in the northwest of the Indian subcontinent and from there further across all of North India. Claims of Indo-Aryan migration are primarily drawn from linguistic evidence but also from a multitude of data stemming from genetics, Vedic religion, rituals, poetics as well as some aspects of social organization and chariot technology.
Aryans
The Aryans were the first group of people to conquer India. They were said to have lived in Indus. Models such migration discuss scenarios of prehistoric migrations of the early Indo-Aryans to their historically attested areas of settlement in the northwest of the Indian subcontinent and from there further across all of North India. Claims of Indo-Aryan migration are primarily drawn from linguistic evidence but also from a multitude of data stemming from genetics, Vedic religion, rituals, poetics as well as some aspects of social organization and chariot technology.
Dravidians
Dravidians are also the inhabitant of India who were invaded by the Aryans who gave them the name Dravidians for their brown skin tone they live in India and are close to the walls in India. They worship gods that they believe that gives light and hope to the principles of their lives, like Shivaand other gods they believe.
Dravidians are also the inhabitant of India who were invaded by the Aryans who gave them the name Dravidians for their brown skin tone they live in India and are close to the walls in India. They worship gods that they believe that gives light and hope to the principles of their lives, like Shivaand other gods they believe.
Shiva
Shiva meaning "The Auspicious One", also known as Mahadeva, Mahesh "Great God" or Bholenath "Simple Lord", is a popular Hindu deity and considered as the Supreme God within Shaivism, one of the three most influential denominations in Hinduism. Shiva is regarded as one of the primary forms of God, such as one of the five primary forms of God in the Smarta tradition, and "the Destroyer" or "the Transformer.”Shiva is usually worshiped in the anionic form of Lingam. Shiva of the highest level is limitless, transcendent, unchanging and formless. However, Shiva also has many benevolent and fearsome forms. In benevolent aspects, he is depicted as an omniscient Yogi who lives an ascetic life on Mount Kailash, as well as a householder with wife Parvati and two sons, Ganesha and Kartikeya or as the Cosmic Dancer. In fierce aspects, he is often depicted slaying demons. The most recognizable iconographical attributes of the god are a third eye on his forehead, a snake around his neck, the crescent moonadorning and the river Ganga flowing from his matted hair, the trishula as his weapon and the damaru as his instrument.
Shiva meaning "The Auspicious One", also known as Mahadeva, Mahesh "Great God" or Bholenath "Simple Lord", is a popular Hindu deity and considered as the Supreme God within Shaivism, one of the three most influential denominations in Hinduism. Shiva is regarded as one of the primary forms of God, such as one of the five primary forms of God in the Smarta tradition, and "the Destroyer" or "the Transformer.”Shiva is usually worshiped in the anionic form of Lingam. Shiva of the highest level is limitless, transcendent, unchanging and formless. However, Shiva also has many benevolent and fearsome forms. In benevolent aspects, he is depicted as an omniscient Yogi who lives an ascetic life on Mount Kailash, as well as a householder with wife Parvati and two sons, Ganesha and Kartikeya or as the Cosmic Dancer. In fierce aspects, he is often depicted slaying demons. The most recognizable iconographical attributes of the god are a third eye on his forehead, a snake around his neck, the crescent moonadorning and the river Ganga flowing from his matted hair, the trishula as his weapon and the damaru as his instrument.
Hinduism
It is the combination of two belief systems. Hinduism developed when the Aryans, an Indo-European people, who worshipped male gods, invaded India and Dravidian people. Over time these two peoples lived together and the beliefs of Hinduism were formed, with features of both original religions remaining. The period between 800 BCE and 200 BCE is "a turning point between the Vedic religion and Hindu religions” and a formative period for Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.
It is the combination of two belief systems. Hinduism developed when the Aryans, an Indo-European people, who worshipped male gods, invaded India and Dravidian people. Over time these two peoples lived together and the beliefs of Hinduism were formed, with features of both original religions remaining. The period between 800 BCE and 200 BCE is "a turning point between the Vedic religion and Hindu religions” and a formative period for Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.
Reincarnation
It is the religious or philosophical concept that the soul or spirit, after biological death, begins a new life in a new body that may be human, animal or spiritual depending on the moral quality of the previous life's actions. Meaning "continuous flow", is the repeating cycle of birth, life, death and rebirth (reincarnation)within Hinduism, Buddhism, Bön, Jainism,Taoism. In Sikhism this concept is slightly different and looks at one's actions in the present and consequences in the present. It is symbolized by“samsara”.
According to the view of these Asian religions a person's current life is only one of many—stretching back before birth into past existences and reaching forward beyond death into future incarnations.
It is the religious or philosophical concept that the soul or spirit, after biological death, begins a new life in a new body that may be human, animal or spiritual depending on the moral quality of the previous life's actions. Meaning "continuous flow", is the repeating cycle of birth, life, death and rebirth (reincarnation)within Hinduism, Buddhism, Bön, Jainism,Taoism. In Sikhism this concept is slightly different and looks at one's actions in the present and consequences in the present. It is symbolized by“samsara”.
According to the view of these Asian religions a person's current life is only one of many—stretching back before birth into past existences and reaching forward beyond death into future incarnations.
Karma
It is a word meaning the result of a person's actions as well as the actions themselves. It is a term about the cycle of cause and effect. According to the theory of Karma, what happens to a person happens because they caused it with their actions. It is an important part of many religions such as Hinduism and Buddhism. Karma is about all that a person has done, is doing and will do. Karma is not about punishment or reward. It makes a person responsible for their own life, and how they treat other people.A concept of karma (along with samsara and moksha) may originate in the shramana tradition of which Buddhism and Jainism are continuations.
It is a word meaning the result of a person's actions as well as the actions themselves. It is a term about the cycle of cause and effect. According to the theory of Karma, what happens to a person happens because they caused it with their actions. It is an important part of many religions such as Hinduism and Buddhism. Karma is about all that a person has done, is doing and will do. Karma is not about punishment or reward. It makes a person responsible for their own life, and how they treat other people.A concept of karma (along with samsara and moksha) may originate in the shramana tradition of which Buddhism and Jainism are continuations.
Chandragupta Maurya
Chandragupta Maurya (340 BC – 298 BC) was the founder of the Mauryan Empire and the first emperor to unify India into one state. He was said have separated his Empire into districts and ruled from 322 BC until his voluntary retirement and abdication in favour of his son Bindusara in 298 BC.
Chandragupta Maurya (340 BC – 298 BC) was the founder of the Mauryan Empire and the first emperor to unify India into one state. He was said have separated his Empire into districts and ruled from 322 BC until his voluntary retirement and abdication in favour of his son Bindusara in 298 BC.
Buddhism
It is a religion indigenous to the Indian subcontinent that encompasses a variety of traditions, beliefs and practices largely based on teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, who is commonly known as the Buddha, meaning "the awakened one". The Buddha lived and taught in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent sometime between the 6th and 4th centuries BCE. He is recognized by Buddhists as an awakened or enlightened teacher who shared his insights to help sentient beings end their suffering through the elimination of ignorance by way of understanding and the seeing of dependent origination and the elimination of desire, and thus the attainment of the cessation of all suffering, known as the sublime state of Nirvaņa.
It is a religion indigenous to the Indian subcontinent that encompasses a variety of traditions, beliefs and practices largely based on teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, who is commonly known as the Buddha, meaning "the awakened one". The Buddha lived and taught in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent sometime between the 6th and 4th centuries BCE. He is recognized by Buddhists as an awakened or enlightened teacher who shared his insights to help sentient beings end their suffering through the elimination of ignorance by way of understanding and the seeing of dependent origination and the elimination of desire, and thus the attainment of the cessation of all suffering, known as the sublime state of Nirvaņa.
Buddha
Means "awakened one" or "the enlightened one." "Buddha" is also used as a title for the first awakened being in an era. In most Buddhist traditions, Siddhartha Gautama is regarded as the Supreme Buddha of our age. Gautama is the primary figure in Buddhism, and accounts of his life,discourses, and monastic rules are believed by Buddhists to have been summarized after his death and memorized by his followers. Various collections of teachings attributed to him were passed down by oral tradition, and first committed to writing about 400 years later.
The times of Gautama'sbirth and death are uncertain: most historians in the early 20th century dated his lifetime as circa 563 BCE to 483 BCE, but more recent opinion dates his death to between 486 and 483 BCE or, according to some, between 411 and 400 BCE.
Means "awakened one" or "the enlightened one." "Buddha" is also used as a title for the first awakened being in an era. In most Buddhist traditions, Siddhartha Gautama is regarded as the Supreme Buddha of our age. Gautama is the primary figure in Buddhism, and accounts of his life,discourses, and monastic rules are believed by Buddhists to have been summarized after his death and memorized by his followers. Various collections of teachings attributed to him were passed down by oral tradition, and first committed to writing about 400 years later.
The times of Gautama'sbirth and death are uncertain: most historians in the early 20th century dated his lifetime as circa 563 BCE to 483 BCE, but more recent opinion dates his death to between 486 and 483 BCE or, according to some, between 411 and 400 BCE.
Great Stupa and Sanchi
It is the oldest stone structure in India and was originally commissioned by the emperor Ashoka the Great in the 3rd century BCE. Its nucleus was a simple hemispherical brick structure built over the relics of the Buddha. It was crowned by the chatra, a parasol-like structure symbolising high rank, which was intended to honour and shelter the relics. The construction work of this stupa was overseen by Ashoka's wife, Devi herself, who was the daughter of a merchant of Vidisha. Sanchi was also her birthplace as well as the venue of her and Ashoka's wedding. In the 1st century BCE, four profusely carved ornamental gateways and a balustrade encircling the whole structure was added.
It is the oldest stone structure in India and was originally commissioned by the emperor Ashoka the Great in the 3rd century BCE. Its nucleus was a simple hemispherical brick structure built over the relics of the Buddha. It was crowned by the chatra, a parasol-like structure symbolising high rank, which was intended to honour and shelter the relics. The construction work of this stupa was overseen by Ashoka's wife, Devi herself, who was the daughter of a merchant of Vidisha. Sanchi was also her birthplace as well as the venue of her and Ashoka's wedding. In the 1st century BCE, four profusely carved ornamental gateways and a balustrade encircling the whole structure was added.
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