Ganges

In Hindu mythology, Himavat is the personification of the Himalayan Mountains. He is the father of Ganga, a heavenly river that flew from the toe of Vishnu, but which was brought down to the earth to purify the ashes of the dead. The site where the Ganges enters the plains of northern India is called Haridwar (the gate of Hari or Shiva); in ancient times, people also called it Ganga-dwara (the gate of…

Chapter 8A & 8B Summary The South Asian Realm South Asia may be the most diverse realm in the world. Mountains, deserts, and the Indian Ocean are some the features that mark this realm. Another feature of this realm is the great rivers, especially the Ganges that has for many years supported the clustered population in this realm. India was the birthplace of major religions that impacted this realm. Religions like Hinduism and Buddhism originated in India. Foreign influences came to the South…

The British ruled over India with an iron fist, controlling their lifestyles, imposing their taxes, and forever influencing India’s culture. However, now, India is free from any rule and has one of the highest populations in the world and a strong and powerful economy. After gaining its independence from Britain, India chose the Asoka Chakra to represent their flag, naming it after a ruler that lived over 2,000 years ago. But why choose Asoka? Some historians say that Asoka was a ruthless…

of comfort and decided to travel to the kingdom of Magadha and study with great yoga masters. After years of meditations and studying, Siddhartha found enlightenment and spend that next forty five years spreading his majestic words throughout the Ganges Valley. He would speak in the local language of Magadhi to get his word across to others rather than Sanskrit. The Buddha was a very noble man who main message with imbedded in his Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. He believed that…

Hinduism is one of the oldest organized religions of the human beings with more than 4500 years of history and it is the third biggest religion with approximately one billion followers. The notion of Hinduism as religion refers to the philosophical beliefs of people living in modern day India and Indian subcontinent. Unlike other religions, Hinduism (also known as ‘Sanatana Dharma’ or ‘Eternal Religion’) had not been set up from one philosophy, tradition or had not originated from one holy book,…

Have you ever been to a funeral, and noticed that the body is looking young as if nothing had happened? According to Jessica Milford’s essay, it may be because the funerals are being over done by, dressing up in nice clothes and make up. In Jessica Milford’s essay she gives her opinion on what she thinks of it in America. With her opinion we will compare how the traditions relate and differ from funeral rituals in India. According to Jessica Mitford’s “Behind the Formaldehyde Curtain” she…

Every religion has a different viewpoint on the afterlife. While there may be some similarities, the differences are vast. Specifically, Hinduism and Buddhism differ in the way they approach the idea of the afterlife. That is the main difference; how they interpret death. However, a common theme across these religions is that a life well lived on earth today brings an eternal reward tomorrow. They believe in a better realm being promised once someone passes on. Hinduism is one of the world’s…

Vegas is an all – out display of gonzo journalism that remains Thompson best known work” and also he was become an internationally known because of his firs nonfiction novel Hell’s Angels: The strange and Terrible saga of the outlaw Motorcycle Ganges. As Jerome Klinkowit wrote “For all of the charges against him, Hunter S…

Indian contact with the Greeks and Persians provided more than just warfare, but enhanced the economy and administrative tactics. This foreign intervention set the foundation for leaders to construct large empires, with one of them being the Mauryan Empire, and develop a society that still has influence on present day India. India became involved in the battles of the sixth century B.C.E. Persian invasion, by the emperor Darius, reaching into the Indus Valley and Kashmir around 513 B.C.E.…

Sumerians lived near two rivers: The Tigris and the Euphrates. The rivers were vital to their agriculture system as they depending on the flooding of the rivers for silt, which was a fertilizer for their crops. They ended up building dams and canals and just had a very complex irrigation system in general. This allowed them to grow abundant amounts of wheat and barley. The Egyptians worshipped the Nile, a river that they considered a god as it provided them with food by watering plants, which…