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7.2 The Origins of Hinduism

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  • Who were the Aryans?
    Indo-European people that moved into India about 1500 B.C.
  • What is Hinduism?
    The major religion of India.
  • What is Brahmanism?
    An early Aryan religion.
  • How can Hindus believe in one God and many different gods at the same time?
    They think that the other gods are part of the one supreme God.
  • Where did the Aryans come from?
    Central Asia.
  • What is karma?
    The belief that the deeds of a person affect what he or she will be in the next life.
  • What is a caste?
    A social class based on jobs.
  • How was Aryan society organized?
    The Aryans developed the caste system, which organized society into groups based on occupation.
  • What is a key feature of Hinduism?
    Belief in reincarnation and karma; belief in many gods, they see this as part of one supreme God or life force; there are many different paths to God.
  • Who were the Brahmans?
    They were priests in the early Aryan religion.
  • What is reincarnation?
    The belief that each person has many lives.
  • What is the Bhagavad Gita?
    It is a central piece of Hindu writing.
  • What happened when the Aryans encountered the Dravidians?
    Their cultures blended, as each culture shared with the other.
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