i need help i suck at history and i dont have a book?

[Brandon F]

1.What is the caste system? What determines someone’s place in the caste system?


2.Why were the untouchables’ lives so harsh?


3.Explain how a female was treated as an inferior in Indian society.


4.What is the Vedas? Why is it important?


5.How is reincarnation important to Hindus?


6.How is dharma different from Karma?


7.Why was Guatama shocked to see old, sick and dying people?


8.Why is Guatama called “the enlightened one”?


9.Why is Buddhism considered my many to be a philosophy rather than a religion?


10. (This is not in the reading so you need to think about this) Over time, most people in India remained with the Hindu faith and Buddhism gained most of its followers in other parts of Asia. Why do you think most Indians chose the Hindu faith over Buddhism?

 

[Elmyr]

I would answer a couple of these, but even finding Wikipedia links for 10 questions took a while. I could answer a lot of them without a source, but it would take at least an hour, so I'm just going to mostly give you links. I hope it helps.

1. Hindu caste system: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_caste_system

2. Untouchables: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalit

3. Women in India: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_India#Historical_practices

4. Vedas (oldest sacred Hindu texts): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedas

5. Reincarnation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reincarnation_and_Hinduism

6. Dharma: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharma

7. Because he had a sheltered life as a prince and never saw the sickness and death that afflicted the poor on a daily basis.

8. Gautama's Enlightenment: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gautama_Buddha#The_Great_Enlightenment

9. One reason is that Buddhism is generally opposed to dogma that typifies religions. To a large extent, a practitioner is supposed to find his own path.

10. Buddhism and Hinduism: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_and_Hinduism