2015 Indian History

The Caste System was important because the Aryans did live a life of being warriors and conquering. The Indus introduced them to basic Indian religions and the caste system. In this system, the priests were on top. The caste system was important because it was used for many years by the Indo-Aryans.

The Aryans wrote and spoke in a language called Sanskrit. Sanskrit was later used in the first documentation of the Vedas. It also contributed strongly to the Indian religion. The Aryans had the largest impact on India

The Vedas are the oldest available written texts of Hinduism. They are the earliest record of Indian-Aryan civilization. Veda means wisdom or knowledge. There are four Vedas: the Rig-Veda, the Sama Veda, the Yajur Veda and the Atharva Veda.

This event is the beginning and namesake of the Mahajanapada Era. Mahajanapadas are large cities made up of smaller tribal groupings. Janapada means literally ‘land where the jana has set foot’, and mahajanapada only means a larger one one these. The sixteen great states are called Kasi, Kosala, Anga, Magadha, Vajji, Malla, Chedi, Vatsa, Kuru, Panchala, Maccha, Surasena, Assaka, Avanti, Gandhara, and Kamboja.

The Caste system is still used today in India, but is highly illegal. The caste system is a system of segregation of people, each person with having a traditional occupation. The four main groups were Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, and Shudras. Certain people were excluded, and called untouchables.

Prince Siddhartha finds enlightenment and he changes his perspective. Prince Siddhartha then becomes a Buddha. Buddhism is a religion that is still practiced today by many people, despite it's long term use. The word Buddhism comes from the word "budhi" which means "to awaken".

Jainism values self-salvation, without the assistance of any gods. They also value ahimsa, or non-injury. To do so, many Jain monks starve themselves ritually in order to harm absolutely nothing.

It affected the people because they empire lived in peace and converted to Buddhism. Since he is a king, his a role model to people so a lot of people looked up to him and converted.

Under the reign of king Ashoka, Indian culture developed more than it ever had before. Because of this people were able to change how they acted.

This is important because, they raided a lot of places which led to people being killed or injured, or affected by the raid. We think this is a very important event.