INDIAN ACHIEVEMENTSChapter 5

RELIGIOUS ART

ARCHITECTURE- Temples- Stupas : is a mound-like or semi-hemispherical structure

containing Buddhist relics, typically the ashes of Buddhist monks, used by Buddhists as a place of meditation.

- Most famous Buddhist temple carved out of mountainsides is at Ajanta.

PAINTINGS AND SCULPTURE

-Paintings: Drew on Hinduism and Buddhism beliefs.

-Sculpture: Buddhist temples - intricately carved columns and statues of kings and the Buddha.

Hindu temples – statues of their gods.

SANSKIRT LITERATURE

Religious Epics: -Mahabharata – story about struggle between two families for

control of kingdom. -Ramayana – story of Prince Rama (the god Vishnu in human

form)-Other Literary Works: Panchatantra – stories intended to teach

lessons.

Standards/Objectives& Review

• TSW identify the major Indian achievements in art, literature, math, medicine, and astronomy.

• TSW demonstrate a Bollywood dance, an Indian art style.

Activity: Primary Source Evidence Reading from the Mahabharata

This activity is to check your prior knowledge to see if you learned what we have covered.

Read and answer questions at the end in your comp books.

You have 7 minutes.

SCIENTIFIC ADVANCES

Metalworking:

-Metallurgy – science of working with metals.

-Alloys – mixture of two or more metals.

SCIENTIFIC ADVANCESMathematics: -Hindu-Arabic Numerals- The very numbers we use today. They

were created by Indian scholars and brought to Europe by Arabs.

- Created concept of zero. Modern Math not possible without zero .

- Created decimal systemMedicine:-Inoculation- injecting a person with a small dose of a virus to

help him or her build up defenses to a disease. ex. flu shot.- Like Mesopotamia doctors recorded medical knowledge. - Plastic surgery, C-section, repaired broken bones, 500 healing

plants identified, 1000 diseases classified

SCIENCE

Astronomy: the study of stars and planets-solar calendar, there are seven planets, the earth is round, knew

earth was a sphere, sun was a star.

Bollywood Dancinghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0xGSPBzdck

• What is "Bollywood"?

Bollywood is the name given to the Mumbai-based Hindi-language film industry in India. it is considered to be the largest in the world in terms of number of films produced, and maybe also the number of tickets sold.

• What is Bollywood dancing? Bollywood dancing is a commercial name for modern Indian dancing.

• The Lord of Dance • Shiva

Standards/Objectives& Review

• TSW identify the major Indian achievements in art, literature, math, medicine, and astronomy.

• TSW demonstrate a Bollywood dance, an Indian art style.

EXIT TICKET & ASSESSMENTCooperative Review

GGeography

RReligion

AAchievements

PPolitics /Government

EEconomy

SSocial Structure