Week 11: Wikipedia Trail

 

 

A Kuru coin, earliest example of coinage in India. Source

 

Hindu deities

I was interested in looking at all of the Hindu Gods and Goddesses. There are a lot! This article mentions the beginning of some of these deities in the Vedic period.

Vedic period

c. 1500 – c. 500 BCE started around the late Bronze Age. This age followed the Indus Valley Civilization, 

and contributed to many incredible innovations. The Kuru Kingdom  followed after.

Kuru Kingdom

Took place in the Iron Age. The Kuru kingdom decisively changed the religious heritage of the early Vedic period, arranging their ritual hymns into collections called the Vedas, and developing new rituals which gained their position in Indian civilization as the srauta rituals,which contributed to the so-called "classical synthesis" or "Hindu synthesis". - wiki

Cemetery H culture

A Bronze Age cemetery found between modern day India and Pakistan. considered by some scholars as a factor in the formation of the Vedic civilization

Week 11 Reading: Babbitt. Jataka Tales Part A

 

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Dishonest King - wanted a dishonest valuer to get more rich

Valuer - set the price precious goods. Honest and just. Very clever, tricks the kings valuer into selling the city for rice lol

Stupid peasant - made valuer so the king can get rich. Set prices very high since he didn't know their actual value. Made a fool of when he sets a measure of rice to the value of the whole city.

 

https://iereadingguides.blogspot.com/2013/06/reading-guide-babbitt-jataka-tales.html

Week 11: Growth Mindset: even more cats

 

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This cat's so cute ♡. I like this meme cat because I don't think of learning as a superpower, but it sure can be! I love learning, I sit and read wikipedia for hours. I learn too much useless information, but it sure is fun!

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This meme saying is 1000% me. If instruction or input isn't interesting I zone out. I won't be rude about it but I certainly can't help it. I've had instructors who have a droning voice and I couldn't help but not listen. My thoughts were more interesting.