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.)
-----  Islamic  (World History classes will not do.)
-----  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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