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INDUS VALLEY D. Hardin

INDUS VALLEY D. Hardin

Mohenjo-Daro INDUS VALLEY Harappa D. Hardin

INDO-EUROPEAN INVASION D. Hardin

INDO-EUROPEAN INVASION D. Hardin

VEDIC CIVILIZATION D. Hardin

VEDIC CIVILIZATION Vedas Upanishads Bhagavad Gita Puranas D. Hardin

DRAVIDIAN CIVILIZATION D. Hardin

DRAVIDIAN CIVILIZATION D. Hardin

HINDUISM D. Hardin

HINDUISM Pantheon Brahma Vishnu Shiva Krishna creator preserver destroyer Rama & Sita Hanuman Saraswati Ganesh service wisdom prosperity D. Hardin

HINDUISM Pantheon Shiva D. Hardin

HINDUISM Pantheon Shivalingam D. Hardin

HINDUISM Karma Jews Christians Muslims X samsara reincarnation Universal law of cause and effect D. Hardin

HINDUISM Brahmin Caste system Release from samsara Oneness with the universe Dalit D. Hardin

HINDUISM Caste system Brahmin D. Hardin

HINDUISM Caste system Dalit D. Hardin

HINDUISM Landscape features Temples Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple complex, Madurai, Tamil-Nadu Parvati Shiva D. Hardin

HINDUISM Landscape features Sacred cows D. Hardin

HINDUISM Landscape features Sacred cows D. Hardin

HINDUISM Holy places Haridwar D. Hardin

HINDUISM Holy places Haridwar D. Hardin

HINDUISM Holy places Allahabad D. Hardin

HINDUISM Holy places Allahabad Maha Kumbh Mela Festival 10: 30 am, January 23, 2001 Every 144 years 30 million people bathed that day! D. Hardin

HINDUISM Holy places Varanasi D. Hardin

HINDUISM Holy places Varanasi D. Hardin

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HINDUISM Holy places Varanasi D. Hardin

HINDUISM Holy places Varanasi D. Hardin

HINDUISM Holy places Varanasi In India about 3, 000 whole bodies and 1, 800 tons of partially burnt cremation remains are thrown into the Ganges River every year. . D. Hardin

HINDUISM Holy places Varanasi . . . so the government raised 28, 820 turtles whose sole purpose was to consume the decomposing flesh. They took to their job with relish and grew to a large size. Unfortunately, most of the turtles subsequently have been eaten by locals. D. Hardin

BUDDHISM Siddhartha Gautama (563 -483 BCE) D. Hardin

BUDDHISM Philosophy (527 BCE) D. Hardin

BUDDHISM Philosophy (527 BCE) D. Hardin

BUDDHISM Philosophy Four Noble Truths 1. Nothing in the physical world is permanent 2. Suffering arises as a result of cravings 3. Suffering ceases when cravings cease 4. Ending craving comes about by following the “Middle Way” or the “Noble Eightfold Path” Noble Eightfold Path 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Right Understanding Right Thought Right Speech Right Action Right Livelihood Right Effort Right Mindfulness Right Concentration D. Hardin

BUDDHISM Diffusion Asoka Pataliputra D. Hardin

BUDDHISM Diffusion X X X D. Hardin

BUDDHISM Branches n Ze Lama ism D. Hardin

BUDDHISM Decline in India Sarnath Lumbini Kushinagar Pataliputra Bodh Gaya D. Hardin

BUDDHISM Landscape features Images of the Buddha India China Japan Buddhas of Bamiyan D. Hardin

BUDDHISM Landscape features Shrines D. Hardin

BUDDHISM Landscape features Shrines India Sri Lanka Burma stupa pagoda China Japan D. Hardin

BUDDHISM Landscape features Bodhi tree D. Hardin

ZEN BUDDHISM Landscape features Bodhi tree D. Hardin

ZEN BUDDHISM Landscape features Japanese garden D. Hardin

BUDDHISM Holy Places Lumbini D. Hardin

BUDDHISM Holy Places Lumbini D. Hardin

BUDDHISM Holy Places Sarnath D. Hardin

BUDDHISM Holy Places Sarnath D. Hardin

BUDDHISM Holy Places Kushinagar D. Hardin

BUDDHISM Holy Places Kushinagar D. Hardin

BUDDHISM Holy Places Bodh Gaya D. Hardin

BUDDHISM Holy Places Bodh Gaya D. Hardin

SIKHISM D. Hardin

SIKHISM Three Pillars, Five Virtues, and Five Evils 5 Ks Kesh Kachera decency, moral values, spirituality Kanga Khanda community Kara Kirpan meditation on Waheguru D. Hardin

SIKHISM Holy place Amritsar D. Hardin

SIKHISM Holy place Amritsar Golden Temple D. Hardin

CHRISTIANITY D. Hardin

CHRISTIANITY Holy Places Chennai (Madras) D. Hardin

CHRISTIANITY Holy Places Chennai (Madras) St. Thomas (Santhome) Cathedral D. Hardin

Amritsar Haridwar New Delhi Sarnath Allahabad Varanasi Lumbini Kushinagar Pataliputra Bodh Gaya Chennai (Madras) D. Hardin