Aryan Culture

The Aryans of the Vedic Age and the people of the Shang and Zhou dynasties

Over the course of history, South Asians have been mistreated and undermined within American society. This is especially evident after the terror attacks of 9/11 in which Americans shunned its South Asian Population, and reduced them to devastating stereotypes. This has created tension and hostility within the South Asian community, thus pressuring them to being more Americanized, and further creating a fixation towards becoming more white. The obsession with American culture has caused many to conform, leaving behind cultural and religious parts of their identities. It is necessary to explore the history behind the mistreatment of South Asians to understand why the change in identity such as those portrayed with Changez in The Reluctant Fundamentalist and Amir in Disgraced have occurred. These main characters of South Asian descent make it is clear that the American dream for immigrants creates a constant struggle between national and transnational identities as racism and hostility are being thrust upon them by American society.

Persian people, or “people of Arya”, settled south of Iran in the plains of Pars. These plains were very fertile. This fertility allowed the Persian’s to grow and expand on sea and land. (Acrobatic, 2014)

The Vedic period lasted from 1500 to 600 BCE. The Dravidian civilization was located in the Indus Valley of northwest India, this area is now known as Pakistan. The Dravidians were advanced

Relations with the British effected the Mohawk in many ways but, in order to understand how it affects them. One must understand their lives and culture before they had any European contact at all.

The Huns were a group of nomadic people who lived in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia between the 1st Century AD and the 7th Century. The origins of the Huns are disputed, although it is likely that they originally came from another nomadic group called the Xiongnu, who inhabited what is now Mongolia and often battled with the Han Empire of China. After their defeat by the Han, part of the Xiongnu began to move west and acquire other nomadic people, these people would become the Huns .

The Ashkenazi enjoys their lives. Humor is not a means of getting through a stressful life but an added advantage of making them live long and happy. They have been assimilated into the American society, which makes it difficult to differentiate them from the real Americans. They have adopted the American culture, which has even changed their approach as they have even dropped the accent, and become new age Americans. However, the Sephardi has remained genuine and loyal to their Jewish origins. They still have the Jewish accent and they humor concentrates of the Jewish culture and the issues affecting them. He has enabled them to remain relevant in the comedy industry, as they have not been assimilated in any culture that has taken away their

“And in spite of successive waves of invasion and conquest by Persians, Greeks, Scythians, Muhammadans, the national development of the life and literature of the Indo-Aryan race remained practically unchecked and unmodified from without down to the era of British occupation. No other branch of the Indo- European stock has experienced an isolated evolution like this.” (Inden 426)

Although we do not know the exact time that Hinduism began, it is believed to be over 4,000 years old. There have been overlapping civilizations in India that may have molded the religion into what it is now (Kinnard 1). Around 2,000 B.C.E., located near the great Indus River, the Indus Valley Civilization, who worshipped many goddesses, may have been the very beginning of the shaping of Hinduism. Near the end of the Indus Valley Civilization around 1,500 B.C.E., a new society surfaced in India. Believed to be brought by the central Asian Aryans, the Vedic religion began (Kinnard). The Aryans’ practices included the sacrifice of animals and other offerings to their gods into a sacred fire. The gods they worshipped were mainly gods of nature such as the fire god and the plant god (flood). This era was the time of the Vedas, which are scriptures describing rituals to please the gods (Kinnard). Later, around 1,000 B.C.E., priests called Brahmins began to reject the materialistic ways of the Vedic tradition and began to adopt practices

If we retrospect to the 19th century, there was a common idea among the German intellectuals that Germany was alone, and so it created a genealogy for itself as Aryanism. For the Schlegel brothers, there were nations that had established civilization: blue-eyed, blonde-haired breed. The Germans accepted the Renessaince was an Italian myth. Aryanism was also based on the Sanskrit and Avesta translations of the European scholars such as William Jones, Anquetil Duperron, and Max Müller. The Arya assumption served the purposes of Germany which had not constituted the national unity yet. According to the theoreticians, German was a continuation of Sanskrit, and so the Germans are Aryan. However, I think, Arianism was an ideological excuse

Gypsies are an ethnic group, scattered throughout Europe and North America, who maintain a nomadic way of life in industrialized societies. They migrated from Northern India in around the 14th century and pride themselves on maintaining all elements of traditional gypsy culture. The most significant differences between my life and that experienced by Gypsy adolescents are evident in their family life, gender roles, educations and traditions.

Trade and immigration influenced the spread of Hinduism throughout the world: “Hinduism spread to…Southeast Asia. Indian Brahmins may have arrived in the area through trade…they [the rulers] seemed to have gravitated to…the Hindu religious practices” (Opposing Views). Whilst migrating from country to country in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, Indian immigrants searched for jobs, and once becoming wealthy, mandirs sprung up like livestock around the country of Great Britain. In addition, in 1906, the

There are no separate ideals for women versus men, and no task that are strictly for women or men. A newly married couple often lives for weeks in the wife’s settlement since majority of the time spouses are from different settlements. The couple takes turns living within each other’s settlement until they finally settle down in one or the other. As long as the couple remains sleeping and eating together they are considered married. But if the couple no longer sleeps or eat together they are considered separated. For the Semai, the ideal adult man has a good relationship with his wife, lover his children more than anything, has a normal sexual appetite, a good appetite, and a healthy cool body. He keeps his feelings and thoughts to himself. He does not cause confusion for others and does not try to make someone including his own child do something contrary to that person’s will. He does not harm strangers even if he mistrusts them. If he is being attacked he will open his arms hoping to make the attacker change their mind or the Semai man will flee.

India is country known all over the world for its culture and tradition. It is a land with various cultures and traditions which are as vast as the subcontinent upon which they are located. This essay will focus on the Indian culture and highlight the different beliefs that Indians have on life processes. The essay will show the different methods Indians use to stay healthy and how the Indian culture can determine how healthcare services are provided to the people.

There are factors that include why I am writing about the Aryan invasion. I am interested by how many historians disagree about if the Aryan invasion even happened. First of all Aryans were semi-nomadic people. They speak a mix of indian and aryan and they came from eastern europe The historians are trying to prove the Aryan invasion actually happened, and that they are correct.