Indus Valley Civilization University of Missouri–St印度河流域文明密苏里堪萨斯大学–ST. Louis.pptVIP

The Iron Age: new sources the Vedas: passed on orally the Brahamanas: interpretations on the Vedas the Upanishads: interpretations and symbolic studies forerunners of later dissenting literature Strain of change Iron Age change causes strain on the class system blurring of lines between Aryans and Daas answered with the caste system Caste System skin color ritual purity “Us vs. Them” feelings divine order of four castes Caste System (“Varnas”) Brahmins: the priests Kshatriyas: the warriors Vaisyas: merchants and peasants Sudras: non-Aryans Caste system, con’t produced by Brahmins literature em