For class on Monday/Tuesday, please read pages 166-182 covering Classical India. You may skip the large green section on 178 and the blue sections on 180 and 181 . As usual, I would love for you to read every one of these pages but if you are short on time please at least read/take notes on the details listed below.
Vedic Age
Why is it called this? (pg. 167)
What are the Vedas? (pg. 167)
Who are the Aryas and Dasas? (pg. 167-168)
Why did they have bad blood? How did this relate to skin color? (pg. 167-168)
How did this lead to the caste system? (pg. 168-169)
Know details about reincarnation and karma (pg. 169)
Challenges to the Old Order: Jainism and Buddhism
What are the core beliefs of Jainism? (pg. 169-170)
What are the core beliefs of Buddhism? (pg. 170-171)
Know the "Middle Path", "Four Noble Truths", "Eight Fold Path", and "Nirvana"
The Evolution of Hinduism
What is the foundation of Hinduism? (Vedic Religion... there I gave you the answer)
Hinduism = Polytheistic, but all deities are representations of one spiritual force
What happens to Buddhism once Hinduism comes about? (pgs. 171-74)
The Mauryan Empire
Ashoka: His military conquest and conversion to Buddhism (pgs. 174-175)
Similarities to Persia, Rome, and Qin/Han China?
Commerce and Culture in an Era of Political Fragmentation
Why did new rulers come in and use Buddhism and not Hinduism? (pg. 175-176)
The Gupta Empire
Theater State (pg. 177)
Status of women in this period, Sati (And how could they escape this status?) (pg. 178-179)
Religion of the Gupta Empire (Hinduism)
Vedic Age
Why is it called this? (pg. 167)
What are the Vedas? (pg. 167)
Who are the Aryas and Dasas? (pg. 167-168)
Why did they have bad blood? How did this relate to skin color? (pg. 167-168)
How did this lead to the caste system? (pg. 168-169)
Know details about reincarnation and karma (pg. 169)
Challenges to the Old Order: Jainism and Buddhism
What are the core beliefs of Jainism? (pg. 169-170)
What are the core beliefs of Buddhism? (pg. 170-171)
Know the "Middle Path", "Four Noble Truths", "Eight Fold Path", and "Nirvana"
The Evolution of Hinduism
What is the foundation of Hinduism? (Vedic Religion... there I gave you the answer)
Hinduism = Polytheistic, but all deities are representations of one spiritual force
What happens to Buddhism once Hinduism comes about? (pgs. 171-74)
The Mauryan Empire
Ashoka: His military conquest and conversion to Buddhism (pgs. 174-175)
Similarities to Persia, Rome, and Qin/Han China?
Commerce and Culture in an Era of Political Fragmentation
Why did new rulers come in and use Buddhism and not Hinduism? (pg. 175-176)
The Gupta Empire
Theater State (pg. 177)
Status of women in this period, Sati (And how could they escape this status?) (pg. 178-179)
Religion of the Gupta Empire (Hinduism)