Caste system in ancient India
Indian people partying: members of a high caste Why is caste important? Castes were the central feature of people's identities in ancient India. Beginning soon after the Yamnaya arrived in India, about 1500 [...]
Indian people partying: members of a high caste Why is caste important? Castes were the central feature of people's identities in ancient India. Beginning soon after the Yamnaya arrived in India, about 1500 [...]
Put the slips of paper in a jar To see how caste worked in ancient India, try dividing your class or your family into castes. Take a box or a [...]
Spinning thread in the garden, like Lalla Arifa (1400s AD) Lalla Arifa growing up Lalla Arifa lived in the 1300s AD, in Kashmir, in northern India. Most people in medieval Kashmir [...]
Zen master Bodhidharma sitting alone Bodhidharma: the first Zen master In Zen Buddhist traditions (but nobody really knows), the first Zen master was a Brahman man called Bodhidharma. According to these [...]