Partition of India

Ashoka, otherwise known as Ashoka the Great, was an emperor of the Maurya Dynasty. As an emperor he most known for his edicts based on Buddhist beliefs. Edicts are the official rules or proclamations of a person of authority. His edicts are a reflection of the kind of emperor he was. He was a fair ruler who was devoted to his religion and demanded that his subjects all treated each other with respect. He takes after the Dharma, the teachings of Buddha of law and order.” There is an underlying…

Social location/pg. 4: The group membership that people have because of their location in history and society. Dharavi is the largest slum in Mumbai. It consists of roughly 18 million people in one square mile; eighty-five percent of which have a job. A large majority of the residents’ jobs are involved in sorting through the trash to re-turn it into something usable. They are called rag pickers. While there are different districts in Dharavi, everyone still cooperates together. It is a…

Major points Caste Society is a system which the social levels are closed so that people remain at the same social level as when they were born. Social status is based on race, religion or parental caste. Class society is mobility that allows people to change their socioeconomic position. They are first based off economically, class is determined by weather it was earned or inherited. Second, class is relatively fluid, the boundaries between classes can be crossed. Third, class status is by…

Divakaruni’s ‘Clothes’ emphasizes the clash of cultures and finding one’s true identity. Near the end of Sumita’s transition through American cultures, the colors that she wears in America become dull and colorless compared to the traditional colors in India that are rich and beautiful. To begin with, the author uses symbolism to convey the emotional changes that Sumita experiences and Divakaruni does this to keep Sumita grounded with her Indian beliefs during her transition. The saris that…

Abdul Razak Hariri is a Syrian refugee who was resettled, with his wife and five children, in Charlotte, NC in October 2015. For the purpose of this paper, Hariri will be treated as if he has just stepped foot in the country. The information about Hariri can be found in the Charlotte Observer article entitled, “A Family in Charlotte, Free From Fear at Last” (Batten, T., 2015). Hariri is from Daraa, Syria, which is where the unrest in Syria began in 2011. There he was an auto mechanic. Hariri and…

The Buddha, also known as Prince Siddhartha Gautama, started out very different than normal people. This story starts from Queen Maha Maya’s dream. In her dream, the mother of the Buddha perceived herself being transported to Lake Anotatta in the Himalayas. She was bathed in the water, dressed in heavenly clothes, rubbed with perfumes, and decorated with divine flowers by the devas. Next, a white elephant gyrated three times around her and entered her womb from her right side. Soon the elephant…

Summing Up So Far-How did India's Caste system differ from China’s class system. The caste system was in a sense is rank based on religious status and ritual purity. China’s class system differed in the sense that it was more about political rank, where officials could get higher political ranking in contrast to people of the caste system that couldn’t become purer. India’s caste system divided society into distinct social groups. In china the social groups were fewer and more general -…

The Mughal Empire was both similar and different to other Empires during the post classical time period. Some of the similarities were their weapons, The British used the longbow the Mughals also used bows except it was a composite bow. The Ottoman Empire used their cannons to take over Constantinople, the Mughals also used cannons to take over their enemies. Another similarity they had with other empires was architecture. They used domes arches and they had intricate geometric patterns…

Chapter VII In short, I can fairly generalize the concepts of this chapter as the main focus on which body of law can take action against a perpetrator; it depends on who had committed the crime(s) and where the crime(s) took place. The three different bodies in question are the federal government, tribal government, and state government that each have some part in Indian laws but there are limits to what they each body can do. The Indian Reservations are referred to as ‘Indian Country’, it is…

What type of clothing do Indian religions wear and why (compare them) ? The comparisons in traditional clothing between the four major religions in India: Buddhism, Hinduism, Sikism, and Janism have similarities, yet also many differences. In this paragraph the dress traditions of Buddhism will be discussed. Compared to other religions and movements, Buddhism became widespread in Asia because of the strong organization of its monastic communities (sangha). A very important sign to outwardly…