Caste system in India

The rise and shine of India reappeared in the sixth and fifth centuries with thriving trades and the building of ramparts around the cities with bricks baked in kilns. The kingdom of Magadha was outfighting its enemies with a series of tactics and written language finally made an appearance back. This was an intellectual period that was influence by the early Greek philosophers, Hebrew prophets, Persia Zoroaster, the early Daoist’s in china, and Confucius. This eventually led to the rejections…

Hinduism but in all of India. In order to fully explain the caste system, Persaud drew it out on paper and identified where he and his family fall within it. “There are five levels of the caste system. Starting from the bottom you have the untouchables, above them you have the suavas who are the unskilled and above them are the vaisyas who are the merchants. Then you have the Kshatriyas who are the warriors; that’s where my family and I belong in the system. The top of the system belongs to the…

Hinduism and Buddhism are one of the oldest beliefs that have ever been known. Both started in India around 2500 years ago, and originated in the northern part of India. Buddhism was founded in 563 B.C.E by Siddhartha Gautama. Siddhartha, who was born and raised in a wealthy family, believed that humans will suffer as long as they breath. He left his wealthy life behind and started looking for the truth of enlightenment. Buddhism is not a religion, it is a way of thinking that changes the way…

other and cultures are diffused, rulers implemented different politics to control and unify their people. To secure their power during the Classical period, rulers of Han China and Mauryan and Gupta India used laws and tributary systems similarly; yet, they established different…

While prostitution in India was not a crime, doing it in a brothel within 200 meters of any public place is illegal. The Immoral Traffic (Submission) Act was the first step for Indian official to abolish prostitution. They wanted to make various aspects of sex work illegal until…

similarities and differences between Buddhism and Hinduism as seen throughout the origins of both, how they spread, and their overall belief systems. To begin, there are many similarities and differences between the origins of Hinduism and Buddhism. A few similarities both share are the fact that they were created in the great civilization of ancient India and were both based on two pre-existing religions, for Buddhism this was Hinduism and for Hinduism this was the Vedic religion and Indus…

opportunities granted by the unification as well. Now Scots could now join the East India Trading Company as employees and investors and were not barred by the Navigation acts and merchants could now go to the colonies directly for trade. Many Scots quickly joined the Trading Company and rose through the ranks joining many Englishmen into riches earning the title of “Nabob’. The most notable early Scot in the East India Company being James Macrae, born in Ayrshire, he became the governor of…

Marjane Satrapi, the author of «Persepolis», was born in 1969 in Iran, in an aristocratic family, belonging to the Qajar dynasty, whose members ruled Iran between 1781 and 1925. Despite their origins, Satrapi's parents shared the ideas of communism, and her uncle had even been executed for his political beliefs. (Tulli) "Persepolis" is a story of Marjane Satrapi growing up in her native Iran. The events in the book take place in the period from 1979 until the end of the 80’s. The overthrowing…

Critical Analysis Considered to be India’s greatest epic, there are few uninspired by the Mahabharata. But, the Mahabharata is also a narrative which has its own share of criticisms. A very noticeable aspect is the double standard held by many formidable characters such as Bhīma, Drona, Arjuna, and many others. While there is no doubt that the good they performed certainly outweighs the evil it is important that they not be portrayed as infallible- for legends as they are, they are also human.…

In this essay, I will discuss the ways in which we as humans catagorise each other and the inequalities within our societies, and the consequences this has on our relationships with one another. The first item I will discuss is the Rwanda genocide in 1994. At this time, the country was split into two groups, by the Belgian’s and were called the Hutu and the Tutsi. There was absolutely no difference between the groups, but since they were separated, they began to identify physical differences…