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• Subcontinent • 3 Major Geographic Zones • Far North – Himalaya
Mountains – Snow melts and forms
rivers
• South – Deccan Plateau – high plateau that gets less rain
• Heavy Rains • Monsoons
Geography of India
• People NEEDED monsoons to bring water needed for civilization
• Rains flooded rivers and deposited rich silt farmers needed to grow crops
• Monsoon rains too heavy = devastation – crops, homes, and lives can be lost
• Monsoon rains too late = drought – cant grow crops
Positive and Negative Effects of Monsoons
• Small communities
• Their migrations took place over several centuries.
• Eventually lead to Hinduism
• Hinduism became the dominant religion in India
Enter the Aryans
People may be reincarnated at a higher or lower level of existence depending on their karma from their present life.
People may be reborn as plants or animals or they may be elevated to a higher caste as a human.
MOKSHA IS REACHED THROUGH MANY LIFETIMES
Hinduism - Reincarnation