Table 6 South Asia Project 2024

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  1. Hey guys, welcome to our South Asia presentation. I'm Audie,
  2. I'm Julia
  3. and I'm Jenny
  4. and we will be covering for Elijah.
  5. We will be going over eight different topics that come all over from South Asia,
  6. including the different types of cultures.
  7. Let us first start with.
  8. Now we'll go over the kingdoms. There were two main kingdoms in South Asia.
  9. Shri Gupta founded the Gupta Empire in 240 ce
  10. and fell in 280 ce. The
  11. Chola Empire then was founded in 848 ce and fell in 1279 ce.
  12. It was unknown at one specific time
  13. who the founder of Hinduism was and when it was founded,
  14. but the religion was gained popularity
  15. and spread across multiple different kingdoms
  16. in the empires. Although the shudders
  17. were the poorest part of the caste system, they were not considered
  18. slaves, but they were kind of treated like one
  19. also
  20. over the years due to the government getting addicted to how much money they had,
  21. they got weaker,
  22. which made the people revolt against the empires leading to destruction
  23. and conflicts.
  24. Very interesting. Now let's go over the caste system,
  25. the caste system was divided into four sections.
  26. The Brahmins were priests and were at the top of the triangle which made them the
  27. really powerful.
  28. The people in second were the
  29. Katas.
  30. They were rulers and warriors during the time
  31. and had an important role in the system.
  32. Second to last, in the caste system of India were the
  33. Vijaya.
  34. They were middle class, meaning that they weren't really rich or poor.
  35. People in this group included artisans, merchants,
  36. tradesmen and occasionally farmers.
  37. Last but not least
  38. were the people in the low class. They were called the
  39. shore.
  40. They were extremely poor.
  41. And due to the way the cast is still weren't,
  42. there was no way to be upgraded or downgraded when it came to your role.
  43. These people were treated more like slaves and were highly disrespected as well.
  44. There are a lot of major achievements in India which of course inspired
  45. others to become better and upgrade to a better and more successful society.
  46. Indians were able to create a decimal system when it came to mathematics,
  47. which are the numbers one through nine.
  48. That was a huge breakthrough which earned a lot of credit.
  49. They even upgraded architecture and had a
  50. huge success in different branches of science.
  51. Some of the most famous inventions were made in India
  52. like a toilet that flushes imagine life without that plastic surgery
  53. and board games as well as yoga and meditation.
  54. Well, now let us move on to the
  55. Bhakti movement
  56. this was a very bold and important movement of medieval Hinduism.
  57. The point of the movement was to
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  64. me
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  73. wait, we can do it after school. After school.
  74. I
  75. can
  76. stop arguing. Just start from the beginning,
  77. start from the beginning.
  78. Well, now let us move on to the
  79. Bakti movement.
  80. This was a very bold and important movement of medieval Hinduism.
  81. The point of the movement was to create a social and friendly environment to many
  82. in the surroundings but was also used to celebrate traditions as a family of many.
  83. The reason this celebration was so important was because
  84. it required urgent reforms which helped in religion,
  85. society and culture
  86. and it helped them go more against the caste system
  87. and gender discrimination which started becoming more popular during the
  88. time people wanted peace in general and they believed this
  89. was the only solution to make a better environment.
  90. Now to the literature topic,
  91. people in South Asia were into sacred writings which in this case is the rig
  92. veda also known as Veda of the stanzas.
  93. The rig veda helped implant parts of India and many other places in the world.
  94. According to many, this writing is also revealed to be magical in its purposes.
  95. There were also many other popular parts of literature spread everywhere in Asia,
  96. not only South Asia,
  97. but India was one place that influenced others
  98. in many ways that no other place could have possibly ever done.
  99. Many say another big literary text in India is the
  100. Mahabharata
  101. and it is one of the most important texts in Hinduism as the book
  102. is all about the story of Hinduism and is very popular around the world.
  103. While there are many different types of encounters in South Asia,
  104. I'm gonna tell you about which I think is the most important one. Calica
  105. calica
  106. was a city of trade for the Indian Ocean trade.
  107. This was also a major city of spice trades.
  108. So traders would use monsoon winds to trade spices from Southeast
  109. Asian Islands and products from the West.
  110. Religious and cultural influences were also
  111. spread along calica like Chinese Buddhist,
  112. Hindu and Muslim ideas.
  113. Calica became a major site of encounter in South Asia. Also due to its,
  114. it attracted many trades from different parts of the world
  115. and thrived with many cultural exchanges and trade networks.
  116. The geography of South Asia impacted the growth of South Asia due to
  117. the heavy monsoons which affected the area in a positive and negative way.
  118. The rest of the area included some of the biggest mountains in the world,
  119. cool rivers and fuming hot deserts which ravaged the area to a massive extent.
  120. Some some places that are highlighted in South Asia include the Himalayas the Hindu
  121. Kush and the
  122. Karakoram.
  123. There are also around 30
  124. there are also, there's also 30 around 30 ft of rain per year in the area.
  125. Thank you for listening to our pre
  126. presentation.
  127. We'll see you next time. Bye.