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Aryans Bring Changes to India
Ms. Berry
6th Grade
Social Studies
Warm Up:
• Map Practice: Study your map for 5 minutes.
• Grab a white board, a marker, and a napkin.
• Put your maps away and let’s practice!
Who are the Aryans?
• Around 1500 B.C. large numbers of people
began to migrate into India.
• 3000 years of migrations
• New ideas and customs introduced
• These earliest immigrants were known as
Aryans- warriors and herders
• The word Aryan means “noble”
Migrations Paths
Why did they migrate?
• May have migrated due to overpopulation in
their homeland.
• Traveled through the Hindu Kush into the
Punjab and the Ganges plain.
• Defeated the local natives.
• Brought horses, chariots, and iron tools with
them.
Focus Questions:
1. Who were the Aryans?
2. What paths did they take to get to India?
3. Why did they migrate?
4. What did they bring with them?
What is Hinduism?
• A religion that originated from the Aryans- still
seen in present-day Indian culture and beliefs
• Sanskrit- a holy language used by the Aryans,
thought to be spoken by the gods; many
languages that are spoken in India today are
based on this
• Vedas- the four holy books, written in Sanskrit
Hinduism
• One of the world’s oldest religions
• Believe in 3 main gods:
– Brahma- the Creator
– Vishnu- the Preserver
– Shiva- the Destroyer
• Below these main gods are many other lesser
gods
Focus Questions
5. What is Sanskrit?
6. What are the Vedas?
7. What is Hinduism?
8. Who are the three main gods?
What do they believe?
• Teach that people live many lives until they
reach spiritual perfection.
• Reincarnation- the belief that the soul lives on
after death and returns to life in a new body
• If you live a good life and obey religious
teachings will be reborn into a higher social
position.
• Those who do not lead good lives will return
as lower life forms.
Holy Cow!
• Hindus also believe animals have souls
• Cows are sacred animals so they do not eat
beef
Focus Questions
• What is reincarnation?
• Why are cows seen as holy?
Compare and Contrast
• How is Hinduism similar to Christianity?
• How is it different?