HIST110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Sushruta Samhita, Formal System, Emperor Taizong Of Tang
3 Mar 2015
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Kalpa (time cycle) 4 million years in 14 parts each called manvantaras. Great cycle (divided into yugas-eras) there are 4 in all. Practice incisions on pickles, gourds, watermelon ; bandaged puppets. Formal system of education only available to the top khasts. 10 years to become a monk, emphasize memorization then teach them to read and write, they recopied texts. Puranas old tales of the creation of time. Gupta use gold and silver coins for trade, 2 crops a year, low taxes, tolerance for minority religion (buddhist or jains), Code of manu women subject to their fathers and then their sons, early marriages (to at least. Harsh and intolerant , islamic thought india worshipped false gods, gahazi group leaders. Harsha , ruled in india, relationship between china"s tang taizong, no heir.
