India Handout 1 & Notes  Created by DuncanVK   99 terms  Indus
Valley Civilization  Also known as Harappan and/or Dravidian
culture   belief in nature spirits/deities   having human form
or characteristics   a distinct design element   the use of
signs and symbols to identify a subject in art; the study of
signs and symbols in art  Shiva (Siva)  3rd member of the Hindu
trinity, emblematic of both destruction and procreative power,
believed by some to have evolved from ancient Dravidian beliefs
adhering as closely as possible to the appearance of the natural
world  Aryan Invasion  c.1500-1200 BC   literary texts of the
Aryans; term applied to the 4 religious books containing the
sacred knowledge for the performance of Brahmanic priestly
ritual   the Ramayana and Mahabharata, Aryan-Vedic literary
texts  Caste System  Brahman, Kshatriya, Vaisya, and Shudra
(Sudra)   also called Siddhartha, Gautama, Sakyamuni  c.272-232
BC  the most famous ruler of Mauryan Empire, Ashoka, ruled from
(c.BLANK-BLANK BC)   decorat