Traditions and Encounters, 4th Edition (Bentley)

Chapter 4: EARLY SOCIETIES IN SOUTH ASIA

Primary Source Links


The Laws of Manu: The Caste System
Story of the origins of the caste system.
( http://www.philosophy.ru/library/asiatica/indica/samhita/manu/01.html )
The Creation Hymn from the Rig Veda
Vedic creation myth.
( http://www.indianest.com/hinduism/006.htm )
The Upanishads: The Moment of Death
Death according to the Upanishads.
( http://alexm.here.ru/mirrors/www.enteract.com/jwalz/Eliade/160.html )
Brihadaranyaka-Upanishad
Account of how the individual achieves release.
( http://www.comparative-religion.com/hinduism/upanishads/brihadaranyaka_3.php )
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