Learning About India

By: Tyler Mosher

5/4/10

Global Project

Topic 2 – The Vedas

• The most ancient sacred literature of Hinduism.

• Represents beliefs of Aryan Tribes

• Called the gods to recite the hymns aloud (Rig)

• Most important of ancient text

• Not popular

The Vedas/ The Harappan Civilazation

• No pictographic symbols • No alphabet • Borrowed Ideas • Mesopotamia

Topic 3 – Indian Fashion

• Varies from village to village

• Vibrant in colors

• Bold colors from inventive drapes

• India Sari – Traditional clothing for women

• No stitching

• All sewing

Indian Fashion

• A piece of clothing that raps around your body and it can vary in size.

• Mehndi is a temporary skin decoration.

Topic 4 – Sports in India

• Chess, Snakes, Ladders, Playing Cards, Polo, Karate

• Further modernized in other countries

• These games have something to do with today's Olympic games

• Hockey is the national sport

• Baseball with sticks instead of bats.

Sports in India

• Anju Bobby George was a Olympic long jumper

• She won a bronze medal

Topic 6 – Indian Art Indian Art from Ancient Times

Early Indian Art 1st century

Medieval Indian Art 1000 A.D

15th to 19th Century Art

Contemporary and Modern Indian Art

Indian Art

• First Harrappan

• Vishnu and Shiva had some of the same ideas

• Earliest man creations were made of clay

• Dating back well over 10,000 years

• Very popular in the early ages

Topic 7 – The Caste System

• Status of people • For centuries the caste – less were denied access

to temples, water, and other civil amenities

The Caste System

Bibliography• http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/ANCINDIA

/VEDAS.HTM

Date: 5/5/10