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What was significant about the first settlers of India?
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All non-Africans can trace back their ancestry back to the people that migrated into India. It is considered that the rest of the world is populated from people that came into India.
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Where is it believed the sounds of the Brahmin ceremonies originate? What is the importance of this finding?
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Sounds are possibly from pre-speech societies that are based on the sounds of birds. It is part of the oral tradition that existed in Indian society. It is important because the oral tradition is still alive and celebrated in India today.
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Why are scientists testing the DNA of Indian tribal groups? What is being learned?
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They are trying to find clues of the patterns of migration of human beings. This helps people trace the history of humans. It is learned that they all originated in Africa. They find that the tribes have genetics from the early waves of human migration.
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What factors led to the development of cities in India?
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Cities are grown on the side of the river. It is was based on the technological developments that allowed agriculture to exist in the first place. It was probably needed when there was a need for trade and for sustainability of a large population.
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What did archaeologists find at Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro?
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They found writing that cannot be deciphered. They also found out that Mohenjo-Daro was part of a powerful empire. They also found out that the civilization had traded with people from places like Iraq and also suggested that they were part of the most populous civilization.
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What is one of theories about why the Indus Valley civilization disappeared?
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India was part of a geological island and rammed into Asia. They believe that climate change caused the decrease in the strength of the monsoons, and thus lessened the water supply needed to sustain civilization. People were forced to move away to new places with rivers.
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Are the characteristics found in the Indus Valley civilization similar to other ancient civilizations?
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They usually spring from near the water source and have many things such as weaponry, tools, laws, social organization and their own cultural ideas of how they see the world.
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What is the importance of the monsoons?
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They provide the water for river channels that fed a water supply for the Indus Valley Civilization.
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Describe the importance of the Vedas to Hindus and historians.
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The Vedas are the oldest scriptures for Hindus. Since they are so well translated, the historians can date the stories of the past. The Rig Veda, 1000s of hymns that are passed down to Brahmins, are stories that are passed of the past. The stories tell of people looking for new land and gives insight as to what the people that moved into India were like. Those groups of people are called Aryans. People use the Rig Veda to trace the Aryans as the language source for India.
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What was discovered about the relationship between Sanskrit, Latin, and Greek?
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There was a close relationship between Sanskrit, Latin and Greek. Many people believe that the language came for the same source outside of India.
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What linguistic influences did the Aryans bring to India?
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The Aryans brought to India the Vedic language and that eventually developed into the Indian language of Sanskrit. It is believed that the Aryans are the ones that help spread variances of the same language across Europe and Asia and it did in fact help India form Sanskrit as a language of its own.
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What religious influences did the Aryans bring to India?
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The Aryans brought elements of militarism and mobile societies into India. That idea, along with the ideas of the Dravidians, allowed for the teachings in the Upanishads that allowed for the social division in the caste system and brought the ideas of life existing in a cycle of reincarnation.
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Explain the connection that Michael Wood found in Turkmenistan regarding India and the Rig Vedas.
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The material culture is similar to those of the Aryans. There was also a shift in population because of the fact that there was a climate shift. There was also soma, horses, wheeled vehicles, and fire alters that was featured in the Rig Veda.
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What is the cultural significance of the Mahabharata?
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The Mahabharata led to the development of the Hindu values. It was an oral secular tradition that told stories in which the Brahmins used to develop Vishnu and other figures that become especially important in Hinduism.
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How did the development of Mahabharata over several hundred years become the story of India?
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It explains the early histories of India and plays an important role in the development of the Indian religion which later became Hinduism. It also helped shape the moral traditions of Indian culture. It helps shape the social hierarchy and the social roles that each gender played in the society.
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How did the Mahabharata help define the nation of India when the country gained independence in the 20th century?
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It proved that before the colonial period in India, India had an identity of its own, a history of its own. Many Indian revolutionaries also used it as a source of inspiration for the whole society to find a source of cultural unity as well.
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