A Study On The Indus River Valley

Hinduism is a religion that is in absence of a well-known founder, with its understandings and teachings developing over thousands of years. In Siddhartha, there is an immense amount of influence from the Hinduism religion. For example, “Still, even in the deepest meditation, he had been his father’s son, had been a Brahmin,

The Indian society adopted a class or caste system from the Indus Valley people. Just like the Indus society had priest rulers, the Indian society has the high class Indian Brahmins, which are seen as the priestly class. Trade was a very big part of the Indus Valley society, everything that they did, everything that they made was to ensure that they were able to create and trade more effectively. The class system during the Indus Valley civilization is extremely similar to the class system seen in Pakistan and India today. There were farmers, who grew crops, mustard, sesame, grapes, dates, melons, and khan. There were traders, these people were extremely good at what they did, and this is one of the reasons why the Indus Valley Civilization was able to prosper for so long. There were craftsmen, these people made things for people to use in everyday life. Just like today, they would be people that would make things and other people who would buy them. This contributed to the stability of the Indus civilization. Just like most ancient civilizations, priests played an important part in ruling the civilization. They were seen as the closest to God, and that is why they were given such authority and power. For people who follow religions, the religious leaders are very important because they are seen as all knowing & are respected by the people of the religious community.

Ancient Mesopotamia and the Indus River Valley civilization were two incredibly productive and successful empires. While Mesopotamian politics were slightly less focused on religion and more on other aspects, the two societies shared many social characteristics. They both had defined social hierarchies, as well as similar views on gender roles. These traits are helpful in explaining the similarities and differences between the two cultures.

So we can see that in one religion we have life set out the way it should be lived and in the other people are free to live the way that they see fit within their religion. The next main difference is the actual being of the dharma. In Hinduism Dharma is not only seen as the way in which people should live, but also as the god Vishnu or Rama. Here we see the term dharma as, “the preserver of dharma who takes worldly form (avatara) to combat threats to dharma,”(lecture, 9/16). It was also said that, “Rama, was a heroic king who, along with his spouse exemplifies dharma,”(lecture, 9/16). This is very different then that of the Buddhists, because they believe that, “what Buddha discovered, is that which makes him the awakened one,”(lecture, 9/23) So we see that it is somewhat of the reverse from Hinduism, because it is not represented or upheld through gods, but that which brought them their god to worship. So again we see clearly that these two religions are not as closely related as people may think.

Both traditions have almost similar backgrounds. However, Hinduism began earlier as compared to Buddhism. They were both traditions of native Indians. The traditions were therefore influenced and developed by the nature, culture, and surroundings of the Indian people. Hinduism began with the Vedic civilization about 3000 years ago. Scholars believe that the beginning of Hinduism was influenced by fusion of tradition and cultures from all Indian subtribes. The tradition encouraged running life through the gods’ specifications, devotion to different gods and goddesses and finding one’s souls. However, Buddhism was influenced by the life of

Hinduism and Buddhism shared many similarities and differences in their origins and founders.Hinduism originated in early India, it evolved over time from the original Vedic religion of the Aryans. It had no exact founder. Buddhism also originated in Early India, Siddhartha Gautama was a king in the kshatriya system. Siddhartha Gautama was the founder of Buddhism, a person who believed being kind to everyone and respectful, he did not believe in violence and achieved nirvana. Both Hinduism and Buddhism came from the same place, showing how they had similar qualities. Since Hinduism did not have a founder it is showing how they did not have someone leading them,

As two of the world’s oldest and most established religions, Hinduism and Buddhism have their similarities, as well as differences. Both religions are practiced in Southeast Asia, starting in India and have influenced each other. Hinduism dates back to 5,000 years ago, while Buddhism was created three centuries ago. I will explore what the two religions share and what separates the two from one another covering the origins, number of followers, the texts used, and the belief system followed.

Since Buddhism arose from Hinduism, they share many values and goals. One mutual goal of the two religions is the concept of Nirvana or moksha. Since each religion places this sort of enlightenment as the paramount objective of its congregations, the efforts to reach it would be doubled and individuals would be more inclined to and more capable of reaching enlightenment. Some other features that Hinduism and Buddhism have in common include the significance of karma and dharma. In each practice, improving one’s karma is one of the goals of

Both the Indus River Valley civilization and Mesopotamia existed in the time period of 2000-1200 BCE. The two civilizations had economies that had been agriculturally based, and in the civilizations both had polytheistic societies. On the other hand there were differences politically; Mesopotamia had consisted if city -states, while the Indus River Valley was centralized. Although there are similarities in their economics, politics, and culture, was found in their life, these civilizations have enough differences between each other that dignify them into two separate civilizations.

Although the Governing Structure of the Indus River Valley Civilization is unknown, archeologists have suggest three major theories on what it could be. The first theory was that there was a single governing system in the Civilization. This theory was suggested based on evidence of how similar the artifacts from different cities were in comparison. To be specific, the cities all shared the same grid pattern and the size of the bricks had standarized ratio. The second suggested theory was about how there could have been several rulers, each per city. The last theory was that there were no rulers and everyone had equal status. There was also a minor theory about having a theocratic government, a form of government that has religious leaders as

Some of the most daunting challenges we face to learning ancient civilizations is how much of the relics have been lost to the sands of time. Whole cities have been buried in sand and jungles, tables destroyed, and writings forgotten. Parcak and Rao show how we can use modern technology to help unlock some of the mysteries. Parcak used a satellite imagery coupled with a computer to analyze terrain features identifying the location of the Nile river thousands of years ago. Then using topography found the most likely site of a cities missing for eons. Rao used analyzing software to try to unlock the indus valley script. He showed how they figured out writing direction and evidence of it use as a written form of language rather than as symbols.

There is no single founder of Hindu religion, but there are many sacred texts. The most significant are Vedus, Ramayana and Bhagavat-Gita. In contrast with Hinduism, Buddhism do not worship a creator God that is why people do not see it as a religion in the ordinary Western sense. The basic tenets of Buddha teaching are straightforward and practical: nothing is fixed or permanent, actions have consequences and any change is possible. If normal experience is based on conditions - upbringing, psychology, opinions, perceptions, and so on - Enlightenment is unconditioned. It was a state in which the Buddha, the single founder of this faith, gained Insight into the deepest workings of life. Buddhist practice their teachings and spiritual developments. These practices are the means of changing oneself in order to develop the qualities of awareness, kindness, and wisdom. In comparison to Hindus Buddhists do not accept any sacred scriptures. Although Hindus and Buddhists both have temples and shrines, Hinduism has a lot of rituals about it and proper ways to arrange an altar, proper offerings to make and proper compass directions to face, while Buddhism’s original forms had none of

Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley civilizations have long been compared throughout history and were both some of the earliest civilizations in the world. Mesopotamia, also known as, 'the land between the rivers,' was named for the triangular area between the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers. This area has been extended and now covers modern day Iraq, adding ancient Assyria and Babylonia to that land. The Indus civilization is often referred to as the Harappan civilization from the first city discovered called Harappa. The Indus civilization existed in the vast river plains of what are now Pakistan and northwestern India between the Indus and Ganges rivers from about 2800 BC to 1800 BC. Though these two territories had many things in common

Hinduism originated in India over four thousand years ago. The India-based religion lacks an individual founder. In the beginning, the term “Sanatana Dharma” erupted; but Sanatana Dharma soon transformed to “Hindu” after Islamic invasions occurred: “the Muslim invaders pronounced H for I” (Patheos), thus, the inhabitants along the Indus River were called “Hindus” as a result. The primary goal Hindus hope to achieve is to become reincarnated – thus reaching closer and closer to the state of nirvana every Hindu is called to with each transformation after death.

The Indus valley civilizations was an intriguing and sophisticated ancient culture and also a major contributor in the development of what later came to be known as “Hinduism” . The civilization was founded “accidentally” in the 19th century when the British engineers were searching for ballast for a railway line in north-western India (which is now modern day Pakistan) and found the remains of what seemed to be an ancient city which was only known only to locals until then. In the early 20th century, when other similar sites were uncovered, archaeologists realized the significance of the discovery, which turned out to be one of the most prospering civilizations of the ancient world. It is called The Indus Valley Civilization because most of its settlements are situated along the banks of the Indus River .The largest and most important of this civilization were its two prospering cities known as Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa. These names are of post–Indus origin as they were given with reference to the towns built much later on the ruins of these ancient cities. During their prosperous period,, Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa had a population of around 40-50 thousand, which was a lot by ancient standards. Both of these cities were highly organized and strategically planned, and displayed remarkably similar features during their excavation. Given the structure of the cities, archaeologists suggest that there may have been a central authority for code enforcement and the Harappan