History of India

In response to a group of six Buddhist figures in the Harvard Art Museums, this display takes the viewer back in time and showcases the beauty of nature and the importance of appreciating pieces of art in their original forms and environments. Located in the Early East Asian gallery of the Harvard Art Museums, a collection of five Buddhist carvings and one statue attract many visitors every day. Although these sculptures are curated together in a harmonious fashion, they actually originated from…

Buddhism is known to be one of the world’s major religions that was founded in India during 500 B.C., by a teacher known as Budda, which was Siddhartha Gautama (Schober, 2017). Siddhartha born in a royal family that lived north of the Ganges River that who Hindus. Before Siddhartha was born, an astrologer told his father that he would have a son that would become either a powerful emperor or leave to become a very powerful religious leader (Voorst, 2013). Once Siddhartha was born, it was said…

Buddhism is a path of practice and spiritual development leading to insight into the true nature of reality. Buddhist practices like meditation are means of changing yourself in order to develop the qualities of awareness, kindness, and wisdom. Buddhism, founded in the late 6th century B.C. by Siddhartha Gautama (known as the “Buddha”), is an important religion in most of Asia. The Buddha was born as a royal prince in Lumbini which is now part of Nepal. People also refer to the Siddhartha as…

Long ago in a small village of the state of Gujurat, India during the height of British imperialism of the 18th century, the impoverished villagers struggled to make end meet with the prolonged drought and the impossibly high taxes brought about by the British officers in the state. Of course, the officers thought, the entire village must resent them. But, they reasoned with themselves; what could a village of weak Indians do anything about it? The officers were right; the villagers absolutely…

Indian holy man who created this religion, preached about the unity of God and brotherhood. The text states that Sikhs later clashed with rulers of India by forming military forces. c) Babur: Babur was someone who claimed to be the descendent from Tamerlane and Genghiz Khan. He led Mongol and Turkish invaders in 1526 through mountains to India. With a huge army with cannons that he met in Delhi, he set up the Mughal dynasty from 1526-1857. According…

it is that kind of colorblind thinking itself that is the problem. Per Alexander, we need to talk about race openly and honestly. We must stop debating crime policy as though it were purely about crime. People must come to understand the racial history and origins of mass incarceration-the many ways our conscious and unconscious biases have distorted our judgments over the years about what is fair, appropriate, and constructive when responding to drug use and drug crime. We must come to see, too…

Buddhist art developed in Asia from the philosophies of the Buddhist religion and the influences of local and foreign art styles. The first remaining Buddhist art work is dated nearly three hundred years after Buddha was born. The oldest structures and art are found in caves, statues, and mounds called stupas. The challenge artists faced when creating art was the struggle between conveying meaning and Buddha’s teachings without depicting Buddha himself. In early Buddha philosophy he was not a…

“additional ones remain to be named” (Vitt). Encyclopædia Britannica goes on to say that “About half of the species occur only in Madagascar, whereas others occur mostly in sub-Saharan Africa. Two species occur in Asia; one is native to southern India and Sri Lanka, and the other is found from the Middle East to southern Spain” (Vitt). This means that chameleons naturally inhabit three different continents, not to mention the chameleons kept in captivity all around the world. They typically…

noble but ill-fated idea whose economic implications are felt in the impoverished nation of India…

Geography and environment influenced Indian civilization. India is located near many other civilizations like the Middle East and the Mediterranean. These contacts brought new ideas and items into India that furthered its growth. New artistic styles, political concepts, and important contacts with Hellenistic culture were presented to India due to it proximity to influences. On the other hand, the Himalayas led to a division between the subcontinent that led to weaker political unity.…