2. D. Hardin

3. INDUS VALLEY D. Hardin

4. INDUS VALLEY D. Hardin

5. INDUS VALLEY D. Hardin Mohenjo-Daro Harappa

6. INDO-EUROPEAN INVASION D. Hardin

7. INDO-EUROPEAN INVASION D. Hardin

8. VEDIC CIVILIZATION D. Hardin

9. VEDIC CIVILIZATION D. Hardin VedasUpanishads Bhagavad GitaPuranas

10. DRAVIDIAN CIVILIZATION D. Hardin

11. DRAVIDIAN CIVILIZATION D. Hardin

13. HINDUISM D. Hardin

14. HINDUISM Pantheon Krishna Ganesh Rama & SitaHanumanSaraswati Brahma creator Vishnu preserver prosperityservicewisdom Shiva destroyer

15. D. Hardin HINDUISM Pantheon Shiva

16. Shivalingam D. Hardin HINDUISM Pantheon Shiva

17. D. Hardin HINDUISM Karma X reincarnation Jews Christians Muslims samsara Universal law of cause and effect

18. D. Hardin HINDUISM Caste system Dalit Brahmin Oneness with the universe Release from samsara

19. D. Hardin HINDUISM Caste system Brahmin

20. D. Hardin HINDUISM Caste system Dalit

21. D. Hardin HINDUISM Landscape features Temples Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple complex, Madurai, Tamil-Nadu Shiva Parvati

22. D. Hardin HINDUISM Landscape features Sacred cows

23. D. Hardin HINDUISM Landscape features Sacred cows

24. Haridwar HINDUISM Holy places Haridwar D. Hardin

25. HINDUISM Holy places Haridwar

26. Allahabad HINDUISM Holy places Allahabad D. Hardin

27. HINDUISM Holy places Allahabad Maha Kumbh Mela Festival 10:30 am, January 23, 2001 Every 144 years 30 million people bathed that day!

28. Varanasi HINDUISM Holy places Varanasi D. Hardin

29. HINDUISM Holy places Varanasi

30. WARNING: DISTURBING IMAGES AHEAD

31. D. Hardin HINDUISM Holy places Varanasi

32. D. Hardin HINDUISM Holy places Varanasi

33. In India about 3,000 whole bodies and 1,800 tons of partially burnt cremation remains are thrown into the Ganges River every year.... D. Hardin HINDUISM Holy places Varanasi

34. ... so the government raised 28,820 turtles whose sole purpose was to consume the decomposing flesh. They took to their job with relish and grew to a large size. D. Hardin HINDUISM Holy places Varanasi Unfortunately, most of the turtles subsequently have been eaten by locals.

35. D. Hardin BUDDHISM Siddhartha Gautama (563-483 BCE)

36. BUDDHISM Philosophy (527 BCE) D. Hardin

37. BUDDHISM Philosophy (527 BCE) D. Hardin

38. BUDDHISM Philosophy Four Noble Truths 1. Nothing in the physical world is permanent 2. Suffering arises as a result of cravings 3. Suffering ceases when cravings cease 4. Ending craving comes about by following the “Middle Way” or the “Noble Eightfold Path” Noble Eightfold Path 1.Right Understanding 2.Right Thought 3.Right Speech 4.Right Action 5.Right Livelihood 6.Right Effort 7.Right Mindfulness 8.Right Concentration D. Hardin

39. BUDDHISM Diffusion Asoka Pataliputra D. Hardin

40. BUDDHISM Diffusion X X X D. Hardin

41. BUDDHISM Branches Lamaism Zen D. Hardin

42. Lumbini Pataliputra Bodh Gaya Sarnath Kushinagar BUDDHISM Decline in India D. Hardin

43. BUDDHISM Landscape features Images of the Buddha IndiaChina Japan D. Hardin Buddhas of Bamiyan

44. BUDDHISM Landscape features Shrines D. Hardin

45. BUDDHISM Landscape features Shrines D. Hardin stupa pagoda IndiaSri LankaBurma ChinaJapan

46. BUDDHISM Landscape features Bodhi tree D. Hardin

47. ZEN BUDDHISM Landscape features Bodhi tree D. Hardin

48. Japanese garden D. Hardin ZEN BUDDHISM Landscape features

49. Lumbini BUDDHISM Holy Places Lumbini D. Hardin

50. BUDDHISM Holy Places D. Hardin Lumbini

51. Sarnath BUDDHISM Holy Places Sarnath D. Hardin

52. BUDDHISM Holy Places Sarnath D. Hardin

53. BUDDHISM Holy Places Kushinagar D. Hardin

54. BUDDHISM Holy Places Kushinagar D. Hardin

55. Bodh Gaya BUDDHISM Holy Places Bodh Gaya D. Hardin

56. BUDDHISM Holy Places Bodh Gaya D. Hardin

57. SIKHISM

58. SIKHISM Kesh Kanga Kara Kirpan Kachera Khanda 5 Ks Three Pillars, Five Virtues, and Five Evils decency, moral values, spirituality community meditation on Waheguru

59. Amritsar SIKHISM Holy place Amritsar D. Hardin

60. SIKHISM Holy place Amritsar Golden Temple

61. CHRISTIANITY D. Hardin

62. Chennai (Madras) CHRISTIANITY Holy Places Chennai (Madras) D. Hardin

63. CHRISTIANITY Holy Places Chennai (Madras) St. Thomas (Santhome) Cathedral D. Hardin

64. Haridwar Lumbini Pataliputra Bodh Gaya Sarnath Varanasi Allahabad Amritsar Kushinagar New Delhi D. Hardin Chennai (Madras)