Schedule
W-16
Hinduism
R-17
Jain
F-18
Buddhist
(first 2 branches)
Homework: Read Buddhist
Sand Mandala.
M-21
Buddhist
(3rd branch) & later Hindu (Honors class will do Crete
instead.)
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Islamic (World History classes will not do.)
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Colonial
& quiz (World History classes will not do.)
Indus
Valley 2500-1700
BCE
Mohenjo-Daro
Harappa
Aryans
Rig
Veda
4 Classes
Priests
Rulers & soldiers
Businessmen & landowners
Workers
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Outcastes = Untouchables
Upanishads
Brahman
Samsara
Karma
Moksha = Nirvana
Mahabharata
Bhagavad Gita
Ramayana
Shramana
religions
Lokayatas
Gymnosophists
Jains
Ajivikas
Buddhists
Ascetic--not
Aesthetic
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The Jains (Italicized terms not covered in General
classes)
Parsva–750
BCE
Mahavira–500
BCE
Doctrine of Manysidedness
Doctrine of the Standpoints
Doctrine of the Maybes
(Sevenfold Predication)
Sañjaya--Gymnosophists
Tirthankara
Digambara=Sky-clad
Lohanipur Torso #1--c.300 BCE
Alexander the Great--326 BCE
Chandragupta Maurya
Maurya empire 322-185 BCE
Bactria
*Durjanpur–375 CE
*Sittanavasal–600
Jinasena–800s
Shravana Belgola–981 or 983
Chandragupta
Maurya–300 BCE
Bhadrabahu–300 BCE
Bahubali→Gommateshvara
Rishabha–1st
Tirthankara
Bharata
Math
6 Lesyas
*Gommatagiri–1300s
*Dharmasthala–1973
Circumambulate
*Tippur–c.1100s
*Orissa
Iconography
Shvetambara=White-clad
Mount Abu--11th-13th cent.
Patan
Rani-ki-kav=Queen's
step-well--c.1200
Sthanakavasi
Yapaniya
(attempt at
compromise)
Malli--19th Tirthankara–1000
*Just names
of places
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Buddhist Art
Siddhartha
Gautama
4
Noble Truths
Theravada
Ashoka
Pillars
Shunga
dynasty
185-72 BCE
Bodh Gaya
Barhut
Maya
Jataka tales
Sanchi
Stupa
Torana gate
Yakshi
Yaksha
Mahayana
Boddhisatva
Kushan
dynasty--c.50-c.250
Gandhara
style
Mahaparinirvana
Fasting Buddha
Mathura
style
Maitreya
Gupta
dynasty 320-c.540
Mathura
style
Sarnath
style
Ajanta
Vihara
Avalokiteshvara = Guanyin
Chaitya hall
Kalidasa--Shakuntala
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Tantric Buddhism
Right hand
Dalai Lama
Mantra
Mandala
5
Dhyani Buddhas
Amitabha
Vairochana
Borobudur in Java
Sudhana
Samantrabhadra
Left hand
Tara
Hindu art
Trinity
Brahma the creator
Vishnu the preserver
Shiva the destroyer
Elephanta--600s
Linga
Parvati
Mahamalapuram--600s
5
Ratas
The Mahabharata
Arjuna
Khajuraho--c.1000
Temple parts
Mandapa
Garbha Griha
Shikara
5
peaks of Mt. Meru
Ganesh
Chola
dynasty--709-13th
century
The
Ramayana
Sambandar
Shiva Nataraj
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Islamic India
Sultanate
of Delhi
1205-1525
Mughal
empire 1526-1858
Babur
Char-bagh
Humayun
Akbar
Babur Namah
Fatehpur Sikri
Jami Masjid
Sikandra
Jehangir
Govardhan
Shalimar--Srinagar, Kashmir
Shah Jehan
Jami
Masjid--Delhi
Taj
Mahal--Agra
Mumtaz Mahal
Dara
Shukoh
Aurangzeb
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British
East
India Company
Rajasthani
area
Malwa
Krishna & Radha
Ragamala paintings
Kishangahr
Pahari area
Guler
Kangra--1775-1800
Gopi
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