What is dharma? Hinduism – India
What is dharma? Arjuna fights Shiva (in a story from the Mahabharata) because that is his dharma Dharma is an Indian idea Dharma is a Sanskrit word originally meaning order or [...]
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Friendship in ancient India
Duryodhana (Cambodia, ca. 900s AD) - friendship in ancient India Friendship between men We don't know very much about friendships among poor people in ancient India, or among women. But [...]
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The Mahabharata – Ancient India
Pandava brothers from the Mahabharata What is the Mahabharata? The Mahabharata is a collection of many different stories around one central story. That's something like the Jewish Bible, or the [...]
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Duryodhana and Karna – India’s Mahabharata
Duryodhana (Cambodia, ca. 900s AD) Who was Duryodhana? Duryodhana was the enemy of the Pandavas in the story of the Mahabharata. He's forced out of power when the Pandavas defeat him. [...]
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Stories of ancient India
Harappan Seal One of the earliest known writing systems came from India, probably around 2500 BC. Unfortunately, nobody can read the Harappan writing yet. But we know people were using this writing to [...]
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Cinderella in India – Mahabharata
Indian woman from the Mauryan period (ca. 200 BC), about the time of this Cinderella story How old is the story of Cinderella? This story comes from the Sanskrit epic poem [...]
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Mauryan India – history of India
These punch-marked silver coins might be from the time of Chandragupta I, in Mauryan India. Chandragupta I Alexander went back to Babylon in 324 BC. Then a man named Chandragupta overthrew [...]
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Vedic expansion – history of India
Ganges river - wider and slower than the Indus Vedic people become more Indian After the Vedic people moved into the Ganges valley about 800 BC, they were further from West Asia and Central Asia and [...]
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Indian games: ancient India
Indian games: A die found in excavations at a Harappan period site. Note that the six is not opposite the one. The first games in India People brought the idea [...]
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History of cats – Where did cats come from?
History of cats: Sumerian clay head of a cat (Iraq, ca. 3000-2000 BC) Evolution of cats Wildcats first evolved from earlier mammals in Europe during the late Tertiary period, about [...]
