Roots of Indian Society What is Society An

Roots of Indian Society What is Society? � An ‘association’ (limited sense) � A group of people who live together, sharing their values and general interests long enough to be regarded as a unit by others. � Collective living in organised communities – RURAL, URBAN, TRIBAL etc. � As a ‘web of Social Relationships’ � Virtual Society �

Indian Society Social Structure – patterned social arrangements in society � Stratification – class, caste, gender � Social Institutions and Organisations in society – norms and values – family, religion, government, different groups etc. � Norms, values, traditions, codes of conduct are there to meet certain needs of people �

Roots of Indian Society Two main characteristics: � It is very old and has already crossed 5000 years � It is also very complex: � - People from different parts of the world came to India � - they were from different races � - They had different language and cultures �

Indian Society Different Races � Negrito � Proto-Australoid � Mongoloid � Indo-Aryan � Found in different parts of India �

Indian Society Religious Groups � Hinduism – around 80% - oldest th � Islam – 15% - came to India in 12 century AD through the Muslim Rulers. th � Christianity – 2. 3% - 6 century ADth � Sikhism – offshoot of Hinduism, 16 Century AD (1. 96 %) th � Budhism – offshoot of Hinduism, 6 Century BC (less than 1%) th � Jainism – offshoot of Hinduism, 6 Century BC (0. 5%) � Zorastrianism – Parsis – worship fire � Animism – workshop nature and ancestors – tribals �

Indian Society Linguistic Groups � 1) Indo-Aryan – Hindi, Odia, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kashmiri, Marathi, Punjabi etc � 2) Dravidian – Telegu, Tamil, Kannada, Malyalam � 3) Austric – Most tribal dialects of Central and East India � 4) Sino-Tibetian – Tribals of North Eastern India – Nagas, Mizos etc. �