The origins of civilization are emerging in the process of territorial occupation promoted by various Aryan tribes between 2000 and 1500 BC. Before that, the Hindu civilization was responsible for organizing a vast culture filled with artifacts that prove the presence of a complex society endowed with an extensive agriculture, the performance of commercial activities and own religious practices.
From that event we have the formation of the Vedic civilization, which gets its name because of the sacred texts gathered in the Vedas. This work consists of a collection of poems and writings attributed to Krishna, incarnation of Vishnu, one of the most important deities of the Indian people. In it we have the presence of religious precepts as well as social rules that justify the Indian caste system.
Under this system, the birth of a person in a certain family defines the nature of her caste. Followers of the principle of reincarnation, the Indians relate the presence of a person in a caste with her spiritual self-denial in her lifetimes. To the extent that spirituality is worked, the individual can occupy a higher caste in each incarnation.
Around the 6th century BC, a new religious movement transformed the Indian scenario again. According to the Indian codices, this time, a prince named Siddhartha Gautama abandoned his life of luxury and pleasure to experience an ascetic life focused on the end of human suffering. With that, he wrote the various principles of Buddhism, a religion that spread in various regions of the Eastern world.
Other religions such as Islam and Jainism also appear in the history of Indian civilization and demonstrate the presence of a history behind it. When we reached the modern era, we note that other Western civilizations came into contact with India. The valuable and diverse Indian products caught the attention of European merchants of the 15th and 16th centuries.
When we reach the 19th century, the intonation of contact with Europeans was transformed by the imperialist actions taken by the British Empire. Interested in developing its economy and capture new markets, the English staged a gradual process of political meddling in India. Over time, the rule enabled a strong tension between British and Indian.
The end of British hegemony only gained force when the leader Mahatma Gandhi undertook the organization of a peace movement. Through non-violent civil disobedience and conducting high-impact speeches to the Indian population, this political and spiritual leader could disrupt the justifications and the ordering of political control supported by England.
After achieving independence, India was involved in an unresolved territorial dispute with Pakistan for Kashmir. Moreover, its economy has adapted to the needs of contemporary capitalism, and today occupies the status of emerging country. Nevertheless, we see that India suffers from the various dilemmas that expose the tensions between Western modernization and the preservation of its ancient traditions.
From that event we have the formation of the Vedic civilization, which gets its name because of the sacred texts gathered in the Vedas. This work consists of a collection of poems and writings attributed to Krishna, incarnation of Vishnu, one of the most important deities of the Indian people. In it we have the presence of religious precepts as well as social rules that justify the Indian caste system.
Under this system, the birth of a person in a certain family defines the nature of her caste. Followers of the principle of reincarnation, the Indians relate the presence of a person in a caste with her spiritual self-denial in her lifetimes. To the extent that spirituality is worked, the individual can occupy a higher caste in each incarnation.
Around the 6th century BC, a new religious movement transformed the Indian scenario again. According to the Indian codices, this time, a prince named Siddhartha Gautama abandoned his life of luxury and pleasure to experience an ascetic life focused on the end of human suffering. With that, he wrote the various principles of Buddhism, a religion that spread in various regions of the Eastern world.
Other religions such as Islam and Jainism also appear in the history of Indian civilization and demonstrate the presence of a history behind it. When we reached the modern era, we note that other Western civilizations came into contact with India. The valuable and diverse Indian products caught the attention of European merchants of the 15th and 16th centuries.
When we reach the 19th century, the intonation of contact with Europeans was transformed by the imperialist actions taken by the British Empire. Interested in developing its economy and capture new markets, the English staged a gradual process of political meddling in India. Over time, the rule enabled a strong tension between British and Indian.
The end of British hegemony only gained force when the leader Mahatma Gandhi undertook the organization of a peace movement. Through non-violent civil disobedience and conducting high-impact speeches to the Indian population, this political and spiritual leader could disrupt the justifications and the ordering of political control supported by England.
After achieving independence, India was involved in an unresolved territorial dispute with Pakistan for Kashmir. Moreover, its economy has adapted to the needs of contemporary capitalism, and today occupies the status of emerging country. Nevertheless, we see that India suffers from the various dilemmas that expose the tensions between Western modernization and the preservation of its ancient traditions.
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