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| 32. Aryans invaders of India, circa 1500 BCE |
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| (124)When the Aryans crossed the mountains and began to enter into India; with the invasions they brought a new type of farming by raising wheat and barley, slash and burn was effective; the Aryans created an aristocratic warfare society = charioteers fought in single combat (brought the Vedic hymns and the long epic poem Mahabharata); however when iron became plentiful the horses and chariots stopped because they were very expensive to import since the harsh and hot Indian climate made it to difficult to raise them |
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| (128)system of position in the Indian society; persons caste was and is the most important thing about him or her; membership is hereditary; marry inside the caste; the first thing you ask in an encounter and with that info you would know how to act and behave |
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| (130)Brahmans developed a theory of incarnation that when you were born you were re-incarnated into an infants body; this means your soul did not start life with a "clean slate", rather it accumulated karma; referred to as dust by collecting on the soul through the process of living |
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| (123-124) Monsoon winds in the winter came from central Asia and blew across India from the north; this causes little rain to fall and vegetation to dry out; part of the dark ages for India; in the summer they would blow over the Indian ocean which brought heavy rainfall |
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